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[-] lobut@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

I think for some reason it flows better when you call it chicken and the egg.

However there's some weird phenomenon like saying "tick tock" flows better as opposed to "tock tick" and I think that's called ablaut reduplication. Don't think that's with the egg and the chicken though.

Btw for the root question, here's a QI bit on it: https://www.tiktok.com/@theqielves/video/7415894774202240288

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