Category talk:English alliterative phrases

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Deliberate alliteration only?

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Is this category for phrases that were created in order to alliterate? Should it include those that are alliterative only by coincidence? Equinox 10:24, 16 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Equinox: In principle, it's for deliberate alliterations (the same way that Category:English rhyming phrases / Category:English rhyming compounds should be for deliberate rhymes). However, I'm afraid it won't always be easy to determine. Do the two entries already in the cat fit? PUC11:14, 16 July 2020 (UTC)Reply
part and parcel was an old legal phrase so I doubt it was chosen for its sound. Equinox 17:30, 16 July 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Equinox: Ok, removed. PUC10:32, 17 July 2020 (UTC)Reply