Irreversible binomial - Wikipedia

Fixed phrase of two or more conventionally joined words

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Aka a "binomial irreversible"

Whelks_chance@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 26d (5 replies)

In the UK it's always knife and fork, but I'm sure I've heard Americans say fork and knife. I may be wrong.

I’m from the US and I say fork and knife more often, but both work.

Edit: now that I think of it, my mother and grandmother only said “knife and fork.” Maybe it’s slowly becoming uncoupled in American English

In the lyrics to the Beatles’ song Piggies, there’s the line “clutching forks and knives”. Is that just an Americanism they picked up?

Drusas@fedia.io · -1 pts · 26d (2 replies)

It is usually "fork and knife" in the US.

toast@retrolemmy.com · 2 pts · 25d (1 reply)

Not in my experience

Drusas@fedia.io · 1 pts · 25d

Weird.

toad@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 27d (1 reply)

I'm definitely going to start reversing these to fuck with people.

Absolutely, let's roll and rock!

dantheclamman@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 25d (2 replies)

Mmm cheese and mac. Let's be real, the cheese is the main attraction.

als@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 25d (1 reply)

It's the classic carb and fat combo

There's protein in pasta & cheese! 😋

Edit: admittedly, probably not much in the box. But if you made it yourself, well!

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Simulation6@sopuli.xyz · 0 pts · 26d (1 reply)

Fried ham, fried ham
Cheese and baloney
And after the macaroni
We will have fried ham.

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