رادیو مادیو

English translation: radio-shmadio

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Persian (Farsi) term or phrase:رادیو مادیو
English translation:radio-shmadio
Entered by: Ali Fazel

05:57 Dec 23, 2014
Persian (Farsi) to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Linguistics
Persian (Farsi) term or phrase: رادیو مادیو
In informal speaking a word is repeated a second time with the first letter of the repetition being replaced with م in the case the first does not start with م: examples کتاب متاب-کباب مباب- غذا مذا-رادیو مادیو
and with پ in the case the first starts with م: examples مدرسه پدرسه-ماشین پاشین-مدرک پدرک
Ali Fazel
Iran
Local time: 15:01
radio-shmadio
Explanation:
See here for a discussion of this practice:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shm-reduplication

very common one is: fancy-shmancy
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Edward Plaisance Jr
Local time: 07:31
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Summary of answers provided
5 +5radio-shmadio
Edward Plaisance Jr
4 +1a radio or something
Bahareh Abbasi
4 +1Radio of sort of ( radio)
Habibulla Josefi
2what have you
Saifollah Mollaei


Discussion entries: 8





  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
what have you


Explanation:
I'm not quite sure about this.

what ˈhave you:

(informal) other things, people, etc. of the same kind




Example sentence(s):
  • • There's room in the cellar to store old furniture and what have you.
Saifollah Mollaei
Iran
Local time: 15:01
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
a radio or something


Explanation:
or something: used to show that what you have just said is only an example or you are not certain about it

Example sentence(s):
  • You should have a radio or something with you.

    Reference: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/or-someth...
Bahareh Abbasi
Iran
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)

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agree  sepideh javdani
4 days
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Radio of sort of ( radio)


Explanation:
Radio of sort of radio

Habibulla Josefi
United Kingdom
Works in field
Native speaker of: Dari

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agree  leila sharifiyan
16 mins
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
radio-shmadio


Explanation:
See here for a discussion of this practice:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shm-reduplication

very common one is: fancy-shmancy

Edward Plaisance Jr
Local time: 07:31
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 31
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Awesome! Thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ramak Milani
22 mins
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agree  Bahareh Abbasi
1 hr
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agree  Farzad Akmali
8 hrs
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agree  Mohammad Reza Sabeti Zadeh
8 hrs
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agree  Mitra Mousavi
16 hrs
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