Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 23:37:08 -0700

From: Rudy Troike RTROIKE[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU

Subject: Re: knife & fork



I suppose the traditional male dominance or "power" factor is responsible

for the fixed order of

Fibber McGee and Molly

George Burns and Gracie Allen

though when duos like this are announced on stage, typically the master of

ceremonies gives greater prosodic prominence to the second of the two.



Rudy

--Rudy Troike (rtroike[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ccit.arizona.edu)