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Does Article 44 spell double-death?

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2017
Does Article 44 spell double-death?
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Re:  “PM insists on Article 44”, front page, February 27.

Sources inform me that the number 44, pronounced “sz-shr-sz” in Mandarin Chinese, is roughly homophonous with the Chinese words for “die, die!”
So can we call it the “double death” article?
Just wondering,
Ye Olde Pedant

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