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sound right to your ears. Ever wondered why we say tick-tock, not tock-tick, ding-dong, not dong-ding; King Kong, not Kong King? Turns out it is one of the unwritten rules of English that native speakers know without knowing. The rule, explains a BBC article, is: "If there are three words then the order has to go I, A, O. If there are two words the