The Alchemy Of I A O Word Magic...

Have you ever heard of a linguistic concept known as the rule of ablaut reduplication? Probably not, but you almost definitely have never been exposed to the esoteric underpinnings of this obscure linguistic rule, although you unconsciously observe it all the time. I won't dilly dally around with all the sing song chit chat any longer. Why do we say tick tock instead of tock tick? Or ding dong instead of dong ding? The answer may surprise you... It has everything to do with the alchemy key... In a future follow up to this episode, we'll take it a step further and apply the concepts revealed here to explore the history of the game, tIc-tAc-tOe... 3 In A rOw I A O This one is another barn-burner... www.alchemicaltechrevolution.com