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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Reduplicatives #164374 12/18/2006 12:26 PM Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1 wdwind1 stranger wdwind1 stranger Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1 According to Steven Pinkerin The Language of Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language: "The reason we say razzle-dazzle rather than dazzle-razzle is because the word beginning with the less obstruent consonant (one you pronounce by forcing air through an obstruction) always comes before the word beginning with the more obstruent consonant." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Reduplicatives #164375 12/18/2006 5:12 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA dalehileman Pooh-Bah dalehileman Pooh-Bah Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA A more general way of saying that is that the more euphonic would pevail dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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