Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 02:50:43 +0100
From: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [OT] 'the the' in mails ...
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On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 03:24:11AM +0200, Herbert P?tzl wrote:
 > Please, could one of the native english
 > speaker enlighten me about 'the the' ...
 > I know this is absolutely off topic, but
 > about 30 threads, in the last two months,
 > on lkml contain this strange construct, 
 > and I'm worried that I miss something very
 > important ...
 > 
 > or is this just such a common typo? if so
 > please tell me, and I will simply ignore it 
 > from now on ...

It's a moderately common typo, particularly common at end of line wraps.
It turns up quite often for reasons I can't explain.
There's likely some deep seated psychological reason
why people selectively blank one of the "the"'s out.

		Dave

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