proper language
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Posted 2009-July-29, 07:15
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Posted 2009-July-29, 09:26
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Posted 2009-July-29, 11:57
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Posted 2009-July-29, 11:58
#6
Posted 2009-July-29, 13:00
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I think "treble" is more of a British thing. Whenever you see darts from the UK on TV they always say "treble twenty" but here in North America it's always "triple twenty".
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Posted 2009-July-29, 13:31
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Posted 2009-July-29, 13:59
#10
Posted 2009-July-29, 14:10
'Double' is analagous to 'treble', i.e. to multiply by two or a race bet.
'Pair' has the second meaning of 'triple' but not the first.
In Bridge, of course, we do use doubleton instead of pair to mean two. This was originally incorrect but has become accepted through regular usage.
If you want to replace 'double' with a term that means the same but refers to three things, the correct one is probably treble.
If you are looking for the most accurate term to describe a collection of three objects and don't mind whether it is consistent with 'double', I would suggest triple is better.
#11
Posted 2009-July-29, 15:41
Al_U_Card, on Jul 29 2009, 09:59 PM, said:
I like that one! Gonna use it.
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#12
Posted 2009-July-29, 20:36
But the sources that I looked at suggest that tripleton was more official.
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#13
Posted 2009-July-29, 21:55
"I hold ATxxx xxx ..., etc"
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#14
Posted 2009-August-01, 06:19
only Aussies may get this sigh
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PS as for calling 'xx' as '2 small': i refuse to use this nomenclature as it brings back painful memories as to why my first girlfriend in 7th grade refused to date me
#15
Posted 2009-August-01, 06:41
Tripleton: 112000 hits
Trebleton: 6800 hits, saying "Did you mean: tripleton?"
Also:http://dictionary.infoplease.com/tripleton
#16
Posted 2009-August-01, 06:43
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#17
Posted 2009-August-01, 14:06
slothy, on Aug 1 2009, 07:19 AM, said:
Gosh, the 7th grade girls in your school were surprisingly worldly!
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#18
Posted 2009-August-02, 00:44
By the way, if "trebleton" is the correct extension of "doubleton", what would be the proper name for "xx" in a universe where "xxx" is properly described as "tripleton".
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#19
Posted 2009-August-02, 03:29
Perhaps we should also consider shortening "world wide web" to "doubleyou doubleyou doubleyou".
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#20
Posted 2009-August-02, 06:46
gordontd, on Aug 2 2009, 04:29 AM, said:
Perhaps we should also consider shortening "world wide web" to "doubleyou doubleyou doubleyou".
How about if we make that Redouble U? or XXU?
Rik
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