There are a number of common words in the English language which start with a double letter, such as ooze and eerie, but these start with vowels.

Can you think of a common word in the English language which starts with a double consonant?

(In reply to simple solution - no dictionary/search engine invloved by Snocona)

What you are saying makes sense.  HOWEVER, if that's the case, the question is not written correctly.  A double consonant does not involve two different constants.  It involves two constants repeating.  I speak Spanish, and we have two double consonants.

If the question read "Can you think of a common word in the English language which starts with a two consonants?", then it would be correct.  However, "th" is not a double consonant.

Posted by Alexis on 2005-11-08 01:08:09