1. A method of ordering a pair of even and odd data words substantially simultaneously retrieved during successive read operations according to a respective address, comprising: simultaneously storing a data word ordering designator of the successive read operations in a first-in first-out order, the data word ordering designator identifying which of the pair of even and odd data words from one of the plurality of addresses is to be a first-out one; configuring data word ordering circuitry according to a first-out one of the data word ordering designator; latching a first-out one of the pair of even and odd data words corresponding to and ordered according to the first-out one of the data word ordering designator; and reconfiguring the data word ordering circuitry according to a next first-out data word ordering designator upon latching of the first-out one of the pair of even and odd data words.