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account42today at 8:29 AM3 repliesview on HN

> Mushrooms that have this effect are collectively called xiǎo rén rén.

"Little people people" or does the second rén have a different meaning here?


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eloisiustoday at 8:35 AM

The effect of reduplicating is to make it diminutive. It like adding -ito to the end of a Spanish noun.

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doginasuittoday at 1:21 PM

Maybe they are not just little but socially oriented (i.e., a people person).