# Style question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/style-question/205038>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [October 2, 2003, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/style-question/205038 "2003-10-02T01:36:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shrinking\_Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Shrinking\_Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shrinking_Violet)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/style-question/205038/21 "2003-10-08T12:28:01Z")

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Unless you’re a Brit of course - we _always_ double up, 'cos we like to get our money’s worth out of the alphabet - as our American neighbo **u** rs might have noticed. 😉

Julie

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