Tock Tick, Dong Ding

xoxoxoBruce · 05-25-2017, 04:53 PM

I figured it didn't sound right because we've always heard it the other way round. Turns out there are rules.

lumberjim · 05-25-2017, 10:36 PM

I'm so glad I read that when I was high. Like, really high. Just overdid the King Kush, took a swig of Gin, smoked a Camel.... High. Not the Kush King, but the King Kush. Kingally Dingally Kush.

lumberjim · 05-25-2017, 10:41 PM

Also, I'm going to try to reverse the normal order of this kind of phrase going forward, to see if people are taken aback.

You should too. It'll be funny.

Gravdigr · 05-25-2017, 11:14 PM

I'm reminded of the day that Momdigr put her flip-flops on the wrong feet, and walked around all day going flopflip, flopflip, flopflip.

glatt · 05-26-2017, 08:41 AM

Bruce, that was an enjoyable article. Thank you for sharing it.

I didn't realize there were rules. Especially the multiple adjective rules. I sometimes find myself struggling with the order of adjectives because I know they sound wrong, but don't know how to do it correctly.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-26-2017, 11:11 AM

It surprised me there are actually rules. I guess I just played it by ear

going by what I normally hear(read) others doing my whole life.

Oh shit, I've been brainwashed by our Syntax Overlords.

05-25-2017, 04:53 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Tock Tick, Dong Ding I figured it didn't sound right because we've always heard it the other way round. Turns out there are rules. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-25-2017, 10:36 PM	#2
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I'm so glad I read that when I was high. Like, really high. Just overdid the King Kush, took a swig of Gin, smoked a Camel.... High. Not the Kush King, but the King Kush. Kingally Dingally Kush. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

05-25-2017, 10:41 PM	#3
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Also, I'm going to try to reverse the normal order of this kind of phrase going forward, to see if people are taken aback. You should too. It'll be funny. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

05-25-2017, 11:14 PM	#4
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	I'm reminded of the day that Momdigr put her flip-flops on the wrong feet, and walked around all day going flopflip, flopflip, flopflip. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

05-26-2017, 11:11 AM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It surprised me there are actually rules. I guess I just played it by ear going by what I normally hear(read) others doing my whole life. Oh shit, I've been brainwashed by our Syntax Overlords. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-26-2017, 08:41 AM	#5
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Bruce, that was an enjoyable article. Thank you for sharing it. I didn't realize there were rules. Especially the multiple adjective rules. I sometimes find myself struggling with the order of adjectives because I know they sound wrong, but don't know how to do it correctly.

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