Difference between し and たり


For example,

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    京都でラーメンを食べたし金閣寺に行ったしお酒を買った。
    京都でラーメンを食べたり金閣寺に行ったりお酒を買ったりした。
    
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As far as I know, both are non-exclusive lists and たり isn't in chronological
order (don't know about し). Is there any other difference besides that? The
one I hear the most in Japan is し, but that might be just because it's Osaka
and they have their own way of saying things.




You could say し is cumulative and たり is dispersive.

Repeating …し…し…し… is like combining multiple "... as well as ... as well as
... as well as ...", while …たり…たり…たり… is like lining up "(for example) ... or
... or ... or ...".

As long as the subject is singular, both eventually imply the same person do
all the things so that the difference is somewhat obscured, but when you use
them with plural subjects:

> メンバーはみんなイケメンだ **し** 頭がいい **し** 歌がうまい **し** …  
>  → _They are all good-looking AND smart AND good singers AND... at the same
> time_
>
> メンバーはみんなイケメンだっ **たり** 頭がよかっ **たり** 歌がうまかっ **たり** …  
>  → _They are all good-looking AND/OR smart AND/OR good singers AND/OR..._ (a
> certain member has one or more properties in the list)




You could say し is cumulative and たり is dispersive.

Repeating …し…し…し… is like combining multiple "... as well as ... as well as
... as well as ...", while …たり…たり…たり… is like lining up "(for example) ... or
... or ... or ...".

As long as the subject is singular, both eventually imply the same person do
all the things so that the difference is somewhat obscured, but when you use
them with plural subjects:

> メンバーはみんなイケメンだ **し** 頭がいい **し** 歌がうまい **し** …  
>  → _They are all good-looking AND smart AND good singers AND... at the same
> time_
>
> メンバーはみんなイケメンだっ **たり** 頭がよかっ **たり** 歌がうまかっ **たり** …  
>  → _They are all good-looking AND/OR smart AND/OR good singers AND/OR..._ (a
> certain member has one or more properties in the list)

