Do you repeat words, particularly adjectives, thinking that by repeating you'll make

[raccoon]

their meaning really really really stronger?

If you do--quit it, quit it, quit it, quit it. (That's what I say to my cat when she's annoying.)

Professor Michael Drout does this on the Modern Scholar lectures and he drives me NUTS when he does that.

[geardaddy]

1. nuts, nuts, nuts.

[petronius]

2. Repeat single words? Nope, I just repeat my whole thought several times,

saying the same thing over again, reiterating the concept, echoing my idea in slightly different words, altered phrasing...

What could be annoying about that?

[Chan790]

3. You'll never do well in ASL with that attitude.

Okay, I'm being jokey but really there are 3 ways to emphasize things in ASL:

1. Use of both hands for typically one-handed signs.
2. Signing something at a dramatically different rate of speed from the rest of the sentence/thought. (The sign for "very slow" is the sign for "slow" done faster.)
3. Repetition for emphasis. (The sign for "really like" is "like like&quot
   
   I talk like what you're describing but it's because I have to concentrate to remember to sign as I speak, doing so requires me to "think in ASL" (This would be incorrect technically as ASL signers think in English but is the best way I can think to express this idea.)

[lunatica]

4. Actually I've found the words are much stronger if you leave out adjectives

To say something is "very, very vague" isn't as good as simply saying "it's vague".

I agree with you. Unless you want to describe something specific it's a good idea to leave out the "very", or "really".

[KamaAina]

5. Very, very rarely.

[dimbear]

6. lente lente currite noctis equi

The moral is: don't write junk like this. No one will ever remember you.