2 Aug 2021

Word: salt and pepper - not pepper and salt

From Lately, 10:39 pm on 2 August 2021

On tonight's Word segment one of our regulars, Professor Jen Hay from the University of Canterbury, joins Karyn to talk binomial pairs and name ordering - she'll explain why we call it salt and pepper, not pepper and salt, and why in a couple some names come before others.

Professor Jennifer Hay with researchers at the New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour

Professor Jennifer Hay with researchers at the New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour Photo: Jennifer Hay