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To: Helicondelta

Is pitter-patter the same as jibber-jabber?


9 posted on 09/21/2015 8:10:52 AM PDT by Portcall24
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To: Portcall24

No, it is closer to fiddle-faddle.


12 posted on 09/21/2015 8:13:40 AM PDT by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: Portcall24

Pitter-patter is more girly and banal. Jibber-jabber hints at the far away, mysterious and exotic. Carl Sandburg could write about pitter-patter, but Rudyard Kipling would take up jibber-jabber.


22 posted on 09/21/2015 8:29:58 AM PDT by Psalm 144 (The mill grinds exceedingly fine.)
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