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cantthinkofanything
06-12-2012, 12:15 PM
I'm mystified why it only has one "p". Why "nipple" have two but "triple" got only one. Maybe some kind of oversight back in the day?

In fact, of the words that rhyme with "triple", all them got two "p"s. Except for a couple of oddball words.

cantthinkofanything
06-12-2012, 12:20 PM
And I'm not the only one wondering...


I went for a triple blue cheese burger. Seriously, why does "triple" only have one "p" but "nipple" have two? I blame the moles for that one.

http://voices.yahoo.com/culinary-hooligans-2670542.html?cat=22

spurs_fan_in_exile
06-12-2012, 12:27 PM
I think the real question is why doesn't it have 3 p's? Think about it.

cantthinkofanything
06-12-2012, 12:31 PM
I think the real question is why doesn't it have 3 p's? Think about it.

:lol already did...all the way to the nipple level

cantthinkofanything
06-12-2012, 12:32 PM
my fantasy would be a woman with quadripppples.
I think...

spurs_fan_in_exile
06-12-2012, 12:35 PM
my fantasy would be a woman with quadripppples.
I think...

You're edging into Tlong territory on that one.

cantthinkofanything
06-12-2012, 01:03 PM
You're edging into Tlong territory on that one.

does she have multiple nipples?

Blake
06-12-2012, 01:05 PM
You're edging into Tlong territory on that one.

:lol

Drachen
06-12-2012, 01:09 PM
triple (v.)
late 14c., from M.L. triplare "to triple," from L. triplus "threefold, triple," from tri- "three" + -plus "-fold." The noun is recorded from early 15c.; the baseball sense is attested from 1880. The adj. is recorded from 1540s.

nipple
1530s, nyppell, alteration of neble, probably dim. of O.E. neb "bill, beak, snout" (see neb), hence, lit. "a small projection."

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php

Reck
06-12-2012, 03:17 PM
Drachen ending the thread cold. :lol