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		946789987649 on June 3, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Britain banned mobile apps for government agen... double -> treble? Only reasoning I can think of. Why do we use double? Who knows.

Qwertious on June 4, 2016 | [–]

At a guess, it was probably "duo-ble" originally, but the pronunciation eroded from "due-wobble" to "dubbel" over time.

zeristor on June 3, 2016 | [–]

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