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Not in My Idiolect
Some of these have no such constraints in my idiolect. For example "girls and boys" and "boys and girls" are completely interchangeable, with no preference, whether used as a mocking term of address for silly grown-ups or for actual children. To me "Ken and Barbie" is more natural than "Barbie and Ken." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.85.130.130 (talk) 22:46, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
- At least as far as "boys and girls" and "girls and boys," I agree. Kostaki mou (talk) 16:07, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
no ifs ands or buts
Siamese triplets? Btljs (talk) 18:55, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
I think that most examples here should be unlinked
This page has nothing to do with actual "bow and arrow" and "chicken or the egg". D1gggg (talk) 18:49, 7 November 2017 (UTC)
"cannot be reversed"
Obviously, they can, but they "may" not. No doubt they have been for humorous purposes. Kostaki mou (talk) 23:08, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
Knife and fork
I’ve more often heard of ‘fork and knife,’ but anyways, who said these can’t be interchanged because they definitely can and have. Also it appears that a Siamese twin has to have no rhyme or reason (*rimshot*) why the two items can’t be switched, but you have on the list “slip and fall” and that’s just a sequence of events (you slip then fall, you don’t fall then slip) so it shouldn’t be counted as a Siamese twin — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.18.38.178 (talk) 04:12, 18 November 2018 (UTC)