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Re:Why Britain banned mobile apps for government agencies by 946789987649 on Friday June 03, 2016 @04:11PM (#11832884)
double -> treble? Only reasoning I can think of. Why do we use double? Who knows.
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Re:Why Britain banned mobile apps for government agencies by Qwertious on Saturday June 04, 2016 @03:57AM (#11835438)
At a guess, it was probably "duo-ble" originally, but the pronunciation eroded from "due-wobble" to "dubbel" over time.
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Re:Why Britain banned mobile apps for government agencies by zeristor on Friday June 03, 2016 @04:40PM (#11833116)
trouble was already taken
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