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Maybe, but there are plenty of counter examples: “Chicken and egg” “Cookies and cream” “Heaven and Earth” “Chapter and verse” Seems like some phrases just
by zoky 2y ago
Maybe, but there are plenty of counter examples:
“Chicken and egg”
“Cookies and cream”
“Heaven and Earth”
“Chapter and verse”
Seems like some phrases just are a certain way, and inverting them sounds wrong just because that’s what we’re used to hearing.
- mkl 2y agoI think it's entirely what we're used to. Mainly when I hear one the other way around it's a non-native speaker, but sometimes the inverted order is used for effect, e.g. A Song of Ice and Fire sounds off-kilter, like its world and characters.
- jihadjihad 2y agoThese examples all consist of a trochee followed by an iamb--another word for this specific metrical foot is choriamb [0]. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choriamb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choriamb