OLIST vs ULIST Pragmatic concerns: IMPORTANT ordering for pragmatic reasons. spelling's [k, a, y] numbers [4, 1, 2, 2, 6, 8, 6, 1, 9, 3] dates and days [md=30, md=1, md=8, md=15] VS [md=1, md=8, md=15, md=30] VS md=8, [md=15, md=30, md=1] ... [Monday, Tuesday, Friday] VS [Friday, Monday, Tuesday] My son and daughter are 3 and 5 years old (respectively). A: Do you want a house or a cabin? C: I prefer the former. SEEMINGLY UNIMPORTANT ORDERING [marmots, eagles, bears] VS [eagles, marmots, bears] VS [bears, eagles, marmots] ... "wife and I"