omg. Even the nonsense song from Peppa Pig is "bing bang bong". This is amazing.
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And you probably know this already, but the adjective thing is the Royal Order of Adjectives, which sounds like the *best* knightly order.
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Disappointed that there was no "wibbly wobbly" in their list of examples.
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Or "timey wimey"
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Love this - thanks
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BBC article referred to is probably quoting Elements of Eloquence by Mark Forsyth, lots of amusing details like that (twitter has photos)
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Bill Bryson's The Mother Tongue also includes this, but he may have cited it from Forsyth.
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Big Bad wolf doesn't break the rule if you interpret bad as the purpose rather than an opinion. 'Bad' is the wolf's narrative purpose.
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IAO is a higher rule than adjective order, though
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