Comedian Rodney Carrington becomes Billy Bob's first adult only show. Billy Bob's Texas celebrates 20 years as the World's Largest Honky Tonk on April 1. The club celebrates 20 years of success with a commemorative book that sells over 10,000 copies.
Should these be considered, bookkeepings is the longest English word with three consecutive double letters and the bookkeep is the shortest. expand the question to 3 sets of double letters and take out proper names. âcommittee,â âunsuccessfully,â âsuccessfullyâ and âwhippoorwillâ would be included.
Note that, except for ll, double consonants in words from Spanish are not very common. Buffalo and peccadillo represent exceptions. In Spanish, buffalo has only one f and peccadillo has only one c. English spelling rules prefer two consonants as a signal that the previous vowel is short, as is the case in these words.