TIL
- that there’s a reason why “tock-tick” or “dong-ding” or “Kong King” doesn’t sound right to our ears – there’s an unwritten rule in English that if there are three words then the order has to go I, A, O; and if there are two then it must I, A or I, O. Mish-mash, chit-chat, dilly-daily, tip-top, hip-hop, flip-flop etc.