Why do we stand on our tiptoes and not our toetips?
This interesting blog post doesn't have the answer to this good question, but it does mention one of my favorite linguistic features with one of the coolest names (it'd make a good punk band name), ablaut reduplication.
This interesting blog post doesn't have the answer to this good question, but it does mention one of my favorite linguistic features with one of the coolest names (it'd make a good punk band name), ablaut reduplication.