Difference in repetition

Occasionally, repetitions of similar-looking or similar-sounding words can make perfect sense to fluent speakers of a language but completely confuse the uninitiated. Take, for example the following:

English (with an Australian accent): Sick Sikh seeks six Sikhs.

Swedish: Hon, hon hann inte, hon, men han, han hann, han.

Old Norse: Hann á á á á.

Mandarin: Youtube clip of a woman telling a story by saying “shi” for 37 seconds

Explanation

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