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Takes the Cake - 8 May 2023

A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over

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Dodo the Baby

Tranette grew up in southern Louisiana, where dodo is a nursery word. It's used throughout the French-speaking world and has even made its way to South Africa. Tranette: You can find that if you want to learn it to sing to your grand child,. Just look up the phrase do-do, long font-do," she says.

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