&ensp in a monospaced font

Blinky the Shark wrote:

Harlan Messinger wrote:

Yet I'm not going to worry that some day a new browser version will
display "bookkeeper" as "bokeper". I think it's taken for granted that
characters not arbitrarily collapsing with each other is the norm, and
only situations where they do collapse need to be articulated explicitly.

ot> Are there other English words that contain a consecutive triplet of
doubled letters?

Bookkeeping.

Ben C wrote:

On 2008-03-03, Blinky the Shark <no.spam (AT) box (DOT) invalid> wrote:
Harlan Messinger wrote:

Yet I'm not going to worry that some day a new browser version will
display "bookkeeper" as "bokeper". I think it's taken for granted that
characters not arbitrarily collapsing with each other is the norm, and
only situations where they do collapse need to be articulated explicitly.
ot> Are there other English words that contain a consecutive triplet of
doubled letters?

Good question, the answer is no!

These are all the ones I could find in the Scrabble dictionary of
pointless but high-scoring words and various other word lists I have on
my computer:

bookkeeper
bookkeepers
bookkeeping
bookkeeping

I will leave the regular expression to find them as an exercise to the
reader.

^.*(.)\1(.)\2(.)\3.*$

Neredbojias wrote:

On 03 Mar 2008, Blinky the Shark wrote:

Ed Mullen wrote:
I understand all of that. But, for those of us who learned to touch
type in 1963 it's nearly impossible to break the habit of hitting the
space bar twice after a period.

It also scans better, in my opinion. I think that's important; I can
single space regardless of my training, and I would if it worked better.

Well just remember that not everybody has the same wierd problems you old
guys have...

Yeah, the other day......uh......HEY!

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On 2008-03-03, Harlan Messinger <hmessinger.removethis (AT) comcast (DOT) net> wrote:

Ben C wrote:
On 2008-03-03, Blinky the Shark <no.spam (AT) box (DOT) invalid> wrote:
Harlan Messinger wrote:

Yet I'm not going to worry that some day a new browser version will
display "bookkeeper" as "bokeper". I think it's taken for granted that
characters not arbitrarily collapsing with each other is the norm, and
only situations where they do collapse need to be articulated explicitly.
ot> Are there other English words that contain a consecutive triplet of
doubled letters?

Good question, the answer is no!

These are all the ones I could find in the Scrabble dictionary of
pointless but high-scoring words and various other word lists I have on
my computer:

bookkeeper
bookkeepers
bookkeeping
bookkeeping

I will leave the regular expression to find them as an exercise to the
reader.

^.*(.)\1(.)\2(.)\3.*$

That's it. I felt compelled to try a Dutch word list for some richer
piicckkings.

aaneennaai
aaneennaaide
aaneennaaiden
aaneennaaien
aaneennaait
aannaai
aannaaide
aannaaiden
aannaaien
aannaaiend
aannaait
aanneem
aanneembaar
aanneembare
aanneemsom
aanneemsommen
aanneemster
aanneemsters
aanneemt
actievoorraad
beheerraad
bevoorraad
bevoorraadde
bevoorraadden
bevoorraadt
borduurraam
buffervoorraad
dooddeel
dooddeelde
dooddeelden
dooddeelt
doorreed
doorrook
doorrookt
doorrookte
doorrookten
doorrookter
doorrooktst
dwaalleer
eerroof
figuurraadsel
figuurraadsels
goederenvoorraad
goudvoorraad
hamstervoorraad
hooggaand
hooggaande
hooggaander
hooggaandere
hooggaandst
hooggaandste
ijzervoorraad
kasvoorraad
koollaag
leeggooi
leeggooide
leeggooiden
leeggooien
leeggooit
leeggoot
maalloon
materiaalleer
mondvoorraad
muntvoorraad
nooddoop
noodvoorraad
overreedde
overreedden
plaaggeest
plaaggeesten
reservevoorraad
restantvoorraad
spreekkoor
spreekuurrooster
steekkaart
steekkaarten
steenkoollaag
straattaal
stuurreep
tamboereerraam
teellaag
toneellaars
toneellaarzen
uiteenneem
uiteenneembaar
uiteenneembare
uiteenneemt
uurrooster
uurroosters
verraadde
verraadden
vertaalloon
voedselvoorraad
voorraad
voorraadadministratie
voorraadaftrek
voorraadbeheer
voorraadbeheersing
voorraadbestand
voorraadbewaking
voorraadboek
voorraadboeken
voorraadcontrole
voorraadgegevens
voorraadhoeveelheden
voorraadhoudende
voorraadhuis
voorraadhuizen
voorraadje
voorraadkaart
voorraadkaarten
voorraadkamer
voorraadkamers
voorraadkast
voorraadkosten
voorraadniveau
voorraadpeil
voorraadrekening
voorraadschuren
voorraadschuur
voorraadtank
voorraadtanks
voorraadvat
voorraadvorming
voorraam
voorreed
vuurrood
vuurroodst
weekkaart
weekkaarten
winkelvoorraad
wintervoorraad
woordvoorraad
woordvoorraaden
zoolleer

Ben C wrote:

On 2008-03-03, Harlan Messinger <hmessinger.removethis (AT) comcast (DOT) net> wrote:
Ben C wrote:
On 2008-03-03, Blinky the Shark <no.spam (AT) box (DOT) invalid> wrote:
Harlan Messinger wrote:

Yet I'm not going to worry that some day a new browser version will
display "bookkeeper" as "bokeper". I think it's taken for granted that
characters not arbitrarily collapsing with each other is the norm, and
only situations where they do collapse need to be articulated explicitly.
ot> Are there other English words that contain a consecutive triplet of
doubled letters?

Good question, the answer is no!

These are all the ones I could find in the Scrabble dictionary of
pointless but high-scoring words and various other word lists I have on
my computer:

bookkeeper
bookkeepers
bookkeeping
bookkeeping

I will leave the regular expression to find them as an exercise to the
reader.

^.*(.)\1(.)\2(.)\3.*$

That's it. I felt compelled to try a Dutch word list for some richer
piicckkings.

aaneennaai
aaneennaaide
[snip]

That's cheating though! :-) Dutch even has a word with 8 consonents in
a row... (and yes, it can be pronounced)

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Els wrote:

That's cheating though! :-) Dutch even has a word with 8 consonents in
a row... (and yes, it can be pronounced)

All I can come up with off the top of my head is geslachtsschreven, if
by any chance that means "writing pornographic novels".

In article <633g2mF260mmfU1 (AT) mid (DOT) individual.net>,
Harlan Messinger <hmessinger.removethis (AT) comcast (DOT) net> wrote:

Els wrote:
That's cheating though! :-) Dutch even has a word with 8 consonents in
a row... (and yes, it can be pronounced)


All I can come up with off the top of my head is geslachtsschreven, if
by any chance that means "writing pornographic novels".

<g>
No, it doesn't mean that, and I doubt it even exists. The word 'writing'
is 'schrijven', but even if I substitute that, I never heard of it, the
word itself doesn't make sense, and the online dictionary doesn't have
it.

The word I meant is 'angstschreeuw'. Noun, 'scream of fear'.

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Els wrote:

Ben C wrote:

On 2008-03-03, Harlan Messinger <hmessinger.removethis (AT) comcast (DOT) net> wrote:
Ben C wrote:
On 2008-03-03, Blinky the Shark <no.spam (AT) box (DOT) invalid> wrote:
Harlan Messinger wrote:

Yet I'm not going to worry that some day a new browser version will
display "bookkeeper" as "bokeper". I think it's taken for granted that
characters not arbitrarily collapsing with each other is the norm, and
only situations where they do collapse need to be articulated explicitly.
ot> Are there other English words that contain a consecutive triplet of
doubled letters?

Good question, the answer is no!

These are all the ones I could find in the Scrabble dictionary of
pointless but high-scoring words and various other word lists I have on
my computer:

bookkeeper
bookkeepers
bookkeeping
bookkeeping

I will leave the regular expression to find them as an exercise to the
reader.

^.*(.)\1(.)\2(.)\3.*$

That's it. I felt compelled to try a Dutch word list for some richer
piicckkings.

aaneennaai
aaneennaaide
[snip]

That's cheating though! :-) Dutch even has a word with 8 consonents in
a row... (and yes, it can be pronounced)

Not by terrestrials, it can't.

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Els wrote:

In article <633g2mF260mmfU1 (AT) mid (DOT) individual.net>,
Harlan Messinger <hmessinger.removethis (AT) comcast (DOT) net> wrote:

Els wrote:
That's cheating though! :-) Dutch even has a word with 8 consonents in
a row... (and yes, it can be pronounced)


All I can come up with off the top of my head is geslachtsschreven, if
by any chance that means "writing pornographic novels".

g
No, it doesn't mean that, and I doubt it even exists. The word 'writing'
is 'schrijven', but even if I substitute that, I never heard of it, the
word itself doesn't make sense, and the online dictionary doesn't have
it.

The word I meant is 'angstschreeuw'. Noun, 'scream of fear'.

Here it is with *no* consonants:

IIEEEEEE!


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Mon, 3 Mar 2008 14:07:38 -0000 from mrcakey <nospam (AT) spamispoo (DOT) com>:

Just out of interest, what is the logic behind collapsing spaces in text?
I'd love to be able to display a document I'd written with the conventional
2 spaces after a full stop.

Two spaces is *not* conventional after a full stop, any more than
"between he and I" is conventional in grammar. It is a common error,
and that's all.

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