I just came across an unfamiliar phrase: ありきたりっちゃありきたり.
Does anyone know what this means? Mainly its because I don't know what the function of the っちゃ is here.
1 Answer
「～～っちゃ」 is a common colloquial pronunciation of 「～～と[言]{い}えば」. It is heard mainly, if not exclusively, in Kanto.
「word or phrase + と言えば + same word or phrase」 = "somewhat (word/phrase)", "(word/phrase) to a degree", etc.
It is a way of affirming a quality partially, if not entirely.
「ありきたりっちゃありきたり」
= "somewhat conventional", "kind of ordinary", "just another ~~", etc.
The best translation would depend on the context.
