Why "milk and sugar", but rarely "sugar and milk"?

Asked Sep 07 '18 at 06:20

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Some groupings are equally common in both orders:

Is there a word to describe this order?

edited Sep 07 '18 at 21:27

Araucaria - Him

asked Sep 07 '18 at 06:20

Flakkenmarsh

You can find an answer here!. They're called irreversible binomials :-) – Araucaria - Him Sep 07 '18 at 08:37
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@Araucaria, thank you for the answer! It is definitely what I was looking for (and a duplicate of the provided question you shared). I didn't use/have the correct search terms to find the results. – Flakkenmarsh Sep 07 '18 at 09:15
Yes, that's often the way :) – Araucaria - Him Sep 07 '18 at 15:05

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