> > >> "Wiki wiki" means "fast" in the Hawaiian language > > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiWiki > > > > > >And reduplication can indicate "fast" in human, right? I > swear there's a > > >French word "vitvit". > > > > The French word for "quickly" is "vite". It's often reduplicated > > in conversation -- "Vite! Vite!" -- but it's not considered one word. > > > > Yes, yes, I know, that's just the only even vague example I could come up > with to lamely back my assertion. I think there's some Auden or Yeats > poem that says, "quick, quick, to the music" but I can't pin it down. > There's an expression something like "Le francais n'est pas beau, > c'est vite", isn't there? I'm afraid. I'm afraid, Dave. Dave, my mind > is going. I can feel it. I can feel it. Arriba, arriba! Andale! - Speedy Gonzalez