Why Nett?

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Hi Folks

I think that Nett comes from the French Nettoyer, to clean, ie the score is cleaned of any unwanted points, as in a product’s net weight is the product without the weight of the packaging. Some people spell it with one t but I have no idea why - laziness perhaps.

Fiona

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Thanks; interesting…

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Hi Folks

I think that Nett comes from the French Nettoyer, to clean, ie the score is cleaned of any unwanted points, as in a product’s net weight is the product without the weight of the packaging. Some people spell it with one t but I have no idea why - laziness perhaps.

Fiona