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It's marked here [0] as "also common in other English dialects". I heard it plenty in South Africa. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diminutives_in_Australian
by lordgrenville 4y ago
It's marked here [0] as "also common in other English dialects". I heard it plenty in South Africa.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diminutives_in_Australian_English#List_of_diminutives https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diminutives_in_Australian_Engl...
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