Help Alice and Bob divide up their finances

Question

Our friends Alice and Bob must separate their finances. They divide up the first 18 items as follows.

They're left with these 8 items to divide.

Can you follow the pattern to help Alice and Bob finish splitting the 26 items? The items will divide evenly.

Hint #1

The task is merely to separate the items, so order does not matter. 13 of the 26 items go to Alice, the other 13 items go to Bob.

Hint #2

The pattern does not depend on word length, vowel counting, or letter counting of any kind. No computer or calculator is required.

Alice and Bob really ought to hire a professional divorce arbitrator instead of asking random strangers on the internet. — dan04, Dec 3, 2021 at 23:32

Helix Quar · Accepted Answer · 2021-12-04 11:18:18Z

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Alice gets the item whose etymology is Old French (just like her name).

answered Dec 4, 2021 at 11:18

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