[ale] expanding $(echo -e "$word\t$word")

[deepbsd at earthlink.net (David S. Jackson)]

When I go line=`echo -e $word"\t"$word`; echo $line I only get a
single space for the \t.  I've tried the following to no avail:

line=$(echo -e $word"\t"$word)
line=`echo -e "$word\t$word"`
line=`echo -e $word"\t"$word`

and they all expand to only one space.  I want the \t to expand
to a full tab space.  What am I doing wrong?  (Using bash 2.x).

TIA.

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