Okie dokie=OK. It is an Australian slang .

Okie-dokie or okeydokey is indeed American English in origin. This kind of formation is called reduplication.

Tim

There are many reduplications like "humpty dumpty","hankny-panky","hocus-pocus","shilly-shally".
Does any chinese articles use "Reduplication",too?

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Reduplication

Reduplication, in linguistics, is a morphological process in which the root or stem of a word, or only part of it, is repeated.

Reduplication is used both in inflections to convey a grammatical function, such as plurality, intensification, etc., and in lexical derivation to create new words. It is often used when a speaker adopts a tone more "expressive" or figurative than ordinary speech and is also often, but not exclusively, iconic in meaning. Reduplication is found in a wide range of languages and language groups, though its level of linguistic productivity varies.

source from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduplication

Below are two nursery rhymes,you could see the
"reduplication" inside it.


Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again


A-tisket a-tasket
A green and yellow basket
I wrote a letter to my love
And on the way I dropped it

Click the link you could listen then song:
http://member.twt1.com.tw/4ddddd/flash/atisket.swf

Attach file:

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I think most languages and tongues have things like these. Surely Cantonese has lots of them.

聲聲慢　　　　　　　　宋　李清照


尋尋覓覓　冷冷清清　悽悽慘慘戚戚
乍暖還寒時候　最難將息
三杯兩盞淡酒　怎敵他晚(曉)來風急
雁過也　正傷心　卻是舊時相識
滿地黃花堆積　憔悴損　如今有誰堪摘
守著窗兒　獨自怎生得黑
梧桐更兼細雨　到黃昏　點點滴滴
這次第　怎一個愁字了得

Elinor,

曉來風急 or 晚來風急?

Glot, 皆可。



解读此词的难点有三：首先，“乍暖还寒”说的是什么季节？一般人习惯用这句话来形容早春天气，李清照在这里写得却是秋天的早晨。朝阳初出，故曰“乍暖”；晓寒犹重，故曰 “还寒”。最难“将息”，即最难调养、休息的意思。此句与上文“寻寻觅觅”呼应，说明自己从一清早就不知如何是好。其次，“三杯两盏淡酒，怎敌他晓来风急”。“晓”通行本作“晚”。俞平伯、吴小如等专家均认为应作“晓”，因为此词写的是一整天的事，并非一晚的事，“晓来风急”正与“乍暖还寒”相合

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