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)