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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Triple double letters #12077 12/05/2000 9:13 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 9 NJ, USA HouseWolf stranger HouseWolf stranger Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 9 NJ, USA A long time ago I heard there were two words in the English language that had three successive double letters. One is bookkeeper; but I never learned the second. Does anyone know what it is? berdonmill berdonmill Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Triple double letters #12078 12/05/2000 9:20 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 347 Melbourne, Australia Marty enthusiast Marty enthusiast Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 347 Melbourne, Australia Disappointing answer, HouseWolf, but I found this quote "Bookkeeper" and "bookkeeping" are the only words in the English language with three consecutive double letters. at http://www.jayp.net/trivia/lang01.htm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Triple double letters #12079 12/05/2000 11:28 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia stales old hand stales old hand Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia Although a place name is not part of the English language, you may be interested to note that a dockland suburb of Sydney, Australia has this property. Mentioned in an earlier post ("Where Do You Live"), the place is "Woolloomooloo" (wool(as in sheep)-uh-mar-loo). stales Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Triple double letters #12080 12/05/2000 11:30 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia stales old hand stales old hand Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia Thinking about Marty's response (Hi Marty!), there ARE two words that fit - bookkeeper AND bookkeeping!! Good one for a trivia night!! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Triple double letters #12081 12/11/2000 2:28 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 9 NJ, USA HouseWolf stranger HouseWolf stranger Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 9 NJ, USA Bookkeeping kind of finesses the answer. My understanding was that there was another quite different word - not Australian - that filled the bill. Ah well, I'll keep searching. berdonmill berdonmill Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Triple double letters #12082 12/11/2000 5:58 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 I'll keep searching Welcome to this board HouseWolf. Please feed it back if you come across another answer! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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