A grammatical trivia question

[Dynasty]

For some reason, I can't forget this little trivia question. However, nobody has ever asked me it since I first heard it nearly 20 years ago.

What is the only word in the English language which has three consecutive pairs of letters?

To make sure my meaning is clear, I will create an example. If poker were spelled "pookkeer", it would have "three consecttive pairs of letters"- the "ookkee".

Got any other good ones?

[John Cole]

Dynasty,

Bookkeeper is one, but I also found tattooee and subbookkeeper for a word with four in a row.

John

[Dynasty]

Bookkeeper is the answer I've always given.

I'm not sure what a tattooee is. A person who receives a tatoo?

Subbookeeper? Interesting.

[marbles]

The answer, "bookkeeper," was the cornerstone of an Encyclopedia Brown mystery. I would guess I read the book in 4th or 5th grade, and, oddly, still remember it.

[2005]

haven't read any of the other replies, but you pretty much gave the answer away in your explanation. the answer is bookkeeper.

Gavin

[2005]

I love the Encyclopedia Brown series. I still remember solutions to many of those books and it's been years since I read them. Those books really teach you how to pay attention to detail!

Gavin

[Dynasty]

you pretty much gave the answer away in your explanation

Doh! I didn't even realize what I did. I simply chose poker as the word since this is a poker website.