Adam Funk
2021-10-21 19:18:23 UTC
Seeing is definitely believing. Like I can't believe that the
phrase "higgelty piggelty" has appeared in AUE only once since
when? 1987, when it started? Or even before then?
It was a children's rhyme.phrase "higgelty piggelty" has appeared in AUE only once since
when? 1987, when it started? Or even before then?
Higgledy piggledy, my fat hen, Went to bed with his trousers on.
Or something like that.
dactyl. Some of those have been posted here.
WP says they were invented in 1951. As you say, the nonsense-word is
much older.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_dactyl
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