ditto
can someone explain it to me:chai: iv seen it used in so many ways…so any etymologists here…or just a psychoanalytic study on:chai:
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oo THE WORD 
your not suppose to say it 
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same to same?
that s what it mean:hmmm:
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^ditto both of u.
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or cant be used to mean "exactly the same"
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*ditto *means “the same.” This is a meaning that has evolved within English because it doesn’t mean that in Italian, the language that we get *ditto *from. In Latin *dictus *means “said” or “spoken.” That’s actually where we get *dictionary *from, in a roundabout way a dictionary tells you how to say things. So the word *ditto *is an Italian dialect evolution from the Latin *dictus *and meant “said.”
In Italian *ditto *was used to avoid repeating yourself.... there is your etymology :D
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similar/same thoughts on a statement.
*ditto *means “the same.” This is a meaning that has evolved within English because it doesn’t mean that in Italian, the language that we get *ditto *from. In Latin *dictus *means “said” or “spoken.” That’s actually where we get *dictionary *from, in a roundabout way a dictionary tells you how to say things. So the word *ditto *is an Italian dialect evolution from the Latin *dictus *and meant “said.” In Italian *ditto *was used to avoid repeating yourself.... there is your etymology :D
ditto ..
ok now dnt go all etymological n latinogical n use all these big posh words, some of us dnt have big brains u knw:blush:
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Awww sweetu 
… you’ll get there!