No, 27 isn’t 81.
Is triple triple the same as triple triple triple?
Submitted 2 weeks ago by ConstantPain@lemmy.world to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
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xmunk@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Guadin@k.fe.derate.me 2 weeks ago
Okay, treating this seriously. No: triple triple = 333 333 333. Triple triple triple = 333 333 333 333 333 333 333 333 333.
illi@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Yes: triple triple triple is triple “triple”.
Today@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Sometimes. We think a triple triple is going to be three triples, but in most cases a triple triple is just two triples. Jameson’s triple triple is distilled three times and then barreled three times. At In-N-Out a triple triple is triple burger and triple cheese. In crochet they call it a triple treble but in that case you do something four times and then do the same thing three more times. So that’s weird and it might depend on which side of the Atlantic you’re on. So I think what people think a triple triple is going to be (3 triples) is really a triple triple triple.
I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Double plus good.
Nemo@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
“A triple triple” would be “triple, triple, triple”.
“Triple triple” without a preceding article is ambiguous and could be lots of things.
“Triple triple triple” souls similarly be lots of things.
Punctuation is important.
tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 2 weeks ago
The trouble with triples …
Boozilla@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
“Triple triples” would convey three triples, and “triple triple” would convey two triples, IMHO.
But I’m not a linguist or grammar expert. I’m just posting my opinion, fairly confident some Lemmy pedant will come barging in like the Spanish Inquisition.
bear@lemmynsfw.com 2 weeks ago
Triple: x + x + x = 3x Triple triple: 3x + 3x + 3x = 9x Triple triple triple: 9x + 9x + 9x = 27x
Deestan@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Without additional context, no. One has a word extra.