I have worked with someone who spoke like this, the double-"is". It is not a totally uncommon thing. Steven Pinker could probably bend your/my ear about it!

I have worked with someone who spoke like this, the double-"is". It is not a totally uncommon thing. Steven Pinker could probably bend your/my ear about it! Ah, nice write-up here: http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2013/09/17/double_is_why_linguists_think_we_sometimes_double_up_on_is_in_a_setup_payoff.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2013/09/17/double_...