Tautonym¶
tautonym · letter · validated
A word made of the same sequence of letters repeated twice, such as tartar or couscous.
Provenance¶
- Source: Dmitri A. Borgmann, Language on Vacation (1965)
- Attribution:
reference— attested in a standard reference rather than traced to an origin - Checkability:
self— decidable from the text and its parameters alone - Attested:
codified— formulated as a rule by a tradition rather than declared by an author
Details¶
- Kind: restrictive
- Languages: en
- Requires:
tokens,fold_diacritics - Deterministic: yes
Prompt hint¶
Use words built from one syllable-string written twice over.
Parameters¶
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
fold_diacritics |
boolean | True |
Treat accented letters as their base letter, and ß as ss. |
Examples¶
doubled-words¶
en — this text satisfies the procedure.
couscous tartar
Source: constructed example; the term is Borgmann's
ordinary-word¶
en — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
couscous cat
Source: constructed counterexample