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#102073 - 04/29/03 09:06 PM quick question
lapsus linguae journeyman Registered: 09/11/00 Posts: 56 Loc: Sydney, Australia	what's the only word in the English language that contains 3 pairs of double letters in a row?
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#102074 - 04/30/03 12:15 AM Re: quick question
Bingley Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/09/00 Posts: 3065 Loc: Jakarta	bookkeeping. Why do you ask? Bingley _________________________ Bingley
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#102075 - 04/30/03 01:44 AM Re: quick question
Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/30/01 Posts: 6296 Loc: Piedmont Region of Virginia, U...	Bingley, Did you know that off the top of your head? Another question: We've had these kinds of word/letter questions before. Is there a web page that pretty much stores them all for quick reference?
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#102076 - 04/30/03 02:20 AM Re: quick question
Bingley Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/09/00 Posts: 3065 Loc: Jakarta	I remembered it from it having been pointed out before, but whether it was here or somewhere else I forget. Bingley _________________________ Bingley
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#102077 - 04/30/03 06:15 AM Re: quick question
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13667	the only word Or either bookkeeper. Is that a different word? There is no word bookkeep, far as I know.
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#102078 - 04/30/03 08:36 AM Re: quick question
Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/30/01 Posts: 6296 Loc: Piedmont Region of Virginia, U...	I just checked Onelook. Bookkeep is not listed as an entry in any of their over 800 references. Both bookkeeping and bookkeeper are listed. tsuwm could check the OED for bookkeep just to firm up the final decision...hint...
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#102079 - 04/30/03 08:38 AM Re: quick question
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13667	This question has come up in the Great Eskimo Snow Debate. What counts as a word?
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#102080 - 04/30/03 09:35 AM just keeping the books straight
wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 3848 Loc: Worcester, MA	Did you know that off the top of your head? Probably. Among puzzle-conscious people it's encountered very early. (First runner-up: committee, which has one degree of separation)
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#102081 - 04/30/03 10:03 AM Re: quick question
TheFallibleFiend veteran Registered: 01/23/02 Posts: 1523 Loc: Virginia, USA	A general site is: http://rec-puzzles.org/ and follow the language link to http://rec-puzzles.org/language.html It doesn't list this particular puzzle, but as Wofa said, some puzzles are so common repeated, you just blurt the answer before the inquiry is finished. k
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#102082 - 04/30/03 10:29 AM Re: quick question
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13667	The english/pleonasm link listed AC current as redundant. I would maintain that to avoid confusion and to retain parallelism with AC voltage the redundancy is needed.
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