Why the doubling up?
It's said that when the O'Reillys were in charge of INM they ran a campaign to remove the full point in all abbreviations - to save ink on the printing presses.
All the ink that could be saved by dropping the new? And the silliness that could be hidden?
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Part of the argument made by British Railways (in the 1960s?) for the change of name to British Rail was the saving of ink on stationery.
I kid you not.
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