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นววรรณ พันธุเมธา 563 วารสาร ราชบัณฑิตยสถาน ปีที่ ๓๖ ฉบับที่ ๔ ต.ค.-ธ.ค. ๒๕๕๔ Abstract Some Confusion Concerning Double Letters for Consonants Navavan Bandhumedha Fellow of the Academy of Arts, The Royal Institute, Thailand This paper presents some confusion concerning double letters for a consonant as follows: 1. Double letters for an initial consonant in some words are pronounced as a single consonant. 2. Some words should not be written with double letters since the original words were pronounced as a single consonant. 3. Initial consonant clusters of some words used to be pronounced as a single consonant in former time. 4. Some words which at present are written differently, for example, written with double letters and with a single letter, were originally the same words. 5. Two consecutive letters which at present are pronounced as initial consonants of two consecutive syllables might have been pronounced as initial consonant cluster of the second syllable. Key words : double letters for a consonant, consonant clusters