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Bionika
teeny / tiny What's the difference between those two? And why do they sometimes use them in the same sentence, e.g. "Oh, this dog is really teeny tiny!" (Or teeny-tiny?)
16. Sep. 2013 13:29
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They both mean "very small," but teeny" is more of an informal child's word. With children, we often say "teeny-tiny" to emphasize that something is really, really small (notice that I just doubled the word "really."). Sometimes, in informal speech, by doubling a word or pairing two words that mean the same thing, we are adding emphasis. If I say that from the airplane people look like "teeny tiny" bugs, that's smaller than just saying "tiny" and it adds emphasis to the smallness of how the people appear. We'd be much more likely to use a phrase like this with children than with adults.
16. September 2013
"Teeny" is a cutesy version of "tiny". You would never use it in standard speech. However, you can use it in song! :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICkWjdQuK7Q
16. September 2013
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