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Of course these reports and the reports of more frequent homosexuality among the children of same-same gender parents strongly suggest that the behavior is learned behavior.
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And in February, Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler D said state agencies should recognize same-same marriages from other states where they are legal.
With Democratic gains in state Senate, Maryland poised to approve same-sex marriage John Wagner 2010
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“You same-same Vietnamee,” she says to him and titters.
GIRL BY THE ROAD AT NIGHT DAVID RABE 2010
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“You same-same Vietnamee,” she says to him and titters.
GIRL BY THE ROAD AT NIGHT DAVID RABE 2010
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But I wasn't too into urban fantasy, and the other Valdemar books seemed rather same-same, without ever being as cool as those first three.
Shamelessly stolen kitty julieandrews 2008
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And in February, Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler D said state agencies should recognize same-same marriages from other states where they are legal.
With Democratic gains in state Senate, Maryland poised to approve same-sex marriage John Wagner 2010
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“You same-same Vietnamee,” she says to him and titters.
GIRL BY THE ROAD AT NIGHT DAVID RABE 2010
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Banning same-same sex marriage is morally wrong, it's unconstitutional and, as so many progressive states have shown us, it's just a matter of time before there's a happy ending (pun intended) to this story.
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As usual, Jarvis employs a tired variant of his same-same provocation through bloviation.
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If you live somewhere that means driving through same-same blocks just to get ice or a bag of Chex Mix, that sucks for you.
Watch Fewer Food Ads For Less Couch Snacking | Lifehacker Australia 2009
madmouth commented on the word same-same
a Konglish collocation indicating a thing is the same as another.
October 3, 2010
bilby commented on the word same-same
English speakers visiting Indonesia often think that that is what is implied by the local expression sama-sama. It's not. Sama-sama means 'together with' and among other uses is used colloquially by Indonesians to indicate something equivalent to 'you're welcome' (i.e. 'I am together with you in the offering of thanks').
Hence you have foreign tourists in places like Bali baffling/torturing local shopkeepers with things like, 'You got shirt same-same like he wearing, same-same red colour but not same-same size, big-big size.'
The very patient Balinese are probably used to it now :-/
October 3, 2010
madmouth commented on the word same-same
funny--once in translation these Indonesian snippets look like Trinnie English patois c. 1958 i.e. the time Naipaul wrote The Suffrage of Elvira. The phenomenon (how current now I'm not sure) is due to Hindi et al., I believe, using adjective reduplication instead of "very" (indeed I have heard Punjabi speakers transfer the pattern into English).
From the novel:
"Is this election sweetness that sweeten you up, Baksh. But see how this sweetness going to turn sour sour. See?"
October 16, 2010