# Alphabet Couples **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 1, 2015, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphabet-couples/723935 "2015-07-01T04:21:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Absene\_Myth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/absene_myth/32/7322_2.png) [@Absene\_Myth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absene_Myth)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphabet-couples/723935/1 "2015-07-01T04:21:59Z")
We’ll maje a list of read people whose letters follow each other, as in a and b, c and d through the alphabet. We’ll do it twice. No doubles and no z. 1. Alfred Barry ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphabet-couples/723935/2 "2015-07-01T04:51:48Z")
1. Carson Daly ---
**Author:** ![Absene\_Myth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/absene_myth/32/7322_2.png) [@Absene\_Myth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absene_Myth)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphabet-couples/723935/3 "2015-07-01T04:51:50Z")
We’ll make a list of real people whose letters follow each other, as in a and b, c and d through the alphabet. We’ll do it twice. No doubles and no z. 1. Alfred Barry 2. Charles Dickens ---
**Author:** ![Absene\_Myth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/absene_myth/32/7322_2.png) [@Absene\_Myth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absene_Myth)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphabet-couples/723935/4 "2015-07-01T04:54:30Z")
_You get it–yours was first_ 1. Alfred Barry 2. Carson Daly ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphabet-couples/723935/5 "2015-07-01T08:08:30Z")
1. Alfred Barry 2. Carson Daly 3. Edward Furlong ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphabet-couples/723935/6 "2015-07-01T11:30:38Z")
1. Alfred Barry 2. Carson Daly 3. Edward Furlong 4. Georgette Heyer ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphabet-couples/723935/7 "2015-07-01T11:37:28Z")
1. Alfred Barry 2. Carson Daly 3. Edward Furlong 4. Georgette Heyer 5. Inigo Jones ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphabet-couples/723935/8 "2015-07-01T11:39:25Z")
1. Alfred Barry 2. Carson Daly 3. Edward Furlong 4. Georgette Heyer 5. Isabella I, Queen of Jerusalem ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphabet-couples/723935/9 "2015-07-01T12:06:54Z")
1. Alfred Barry 2. Carson Daly 3. Edward Furlong 4. Georgette Heyer 5. Isabella I, Queen of Jerusalem 6. [Kris Letang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kris_Letang) (Hockey player with the Pittsburgh Penguins) ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphabet-couples/723935/10 "2015-07-01T16:14:48Z")
1. Alfred Barry 2. Carson Daly 3. Edward Furlong 4. Georgette Heyer 5. Isabella I, Queen of Jerusalem 6. Kris Letang (Hockey player with the Pittsburgh Penguins) 7. Mike Nichols ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphabet-couples/723935/11 "2015-07-01T16:21:57Z")
1. Alfred Barry 2. Carson Daly 3. Edward Furlong 4. Georgette Heyer 5. Isabella I, Queen of Jerusalem 6. Kris Letang (Hockey player with the Pittsburgh Penguins) 7. Mike Nichols 8. Oscar Peterson ---
**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphabet-couples/723935/12 "2015-07-01T16:28:27Z")
1. Alfred Barry 2. Carson Daly 3. Edward Furlong 4. Georgette Heyer 5. Isabella I, Queen of Jerusalem 6. Kris Letang (Hockey player with the Pittsburgh Penguins) 7. Mike Nichols 8. Oscar Peterson 9. Quinton Reynolds ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphabet-couples/723935/13 "2015-07-01T16:39:55Z")
1. Alfred Barry 2. Carson Daly 3. Edward Furlong 4. Georgette Heyer 5. Isabella I, Queen of Jerusalem 6. Kris Letang (Hockey player with the Pittsburgh Penguins) 7. Mike Nichols 8. Oscar Peterson 9. Quinton Reynolds 10. Steven Tyler ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphabet-couples/723935/14 "2015-07-01T16:41:11Z")
1. Alfred Barry 2. Carson Daly 3. Edward Furlong 4. Georgette Heyer 5. Isabella I, Queen of Jerusalem 6. Kris Letang (Hockey player with the Pittsburgh Penguins) 7. Mike Nichols 8. Oscar Peterson 9. Quinton Reynolds 10. Steven Tyler (Aerosmith) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphabet-couples/723935/15 "2015-07-01T20:30:46Z")
1. Alfred Barry 2. Carson Daly 3. Edward Furlong 4. Georgette Heyer 5. Isabella I, Queen of Jerusalem 6. Kris Letang (Hockey player with the Pittsburgh Penguins) 7. Mike Nichols 8. Oscar Peterson 9. Quinton Reynolds 10. Steven Tyler (Aerosmith) 11. Urban V ---
**Author:** ![Absene\_Myth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/absene_myth/32/7322_2.png) [@Absene\_Myth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absene_Myth)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphabet-couples/723935/16 "2015-07-01T20:39:52Z")
[\*yay \*Prof. Pepperwinkle 1. Alfred Barry 2. Carson Daly 3. Edward Furlong 4. Georgette Heyer 5. Isabella I, Queen of Jerusalem 6. Kris Letang (Hockey player with the Pittsburgh Penguins) 7. Mike Nichols 8. Oscar Peterson 9. Quinton Reynolds 10. Steven Tyler (Aerosmith) 11. Urban V 12. William Yeats (Irish poet) Congratulations Beginning again and all new names 1. Anne Boleyn ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphabet-couples/723935/17 "2015-07-01T20:56:35Z")
Beginning again and all new names 1. Anne Boleyn 2. Clarence Darrow ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphabet-couples/723935/18 "2015-07-01T22:49:38Z")
1. Anne Boleyn 2. Clarence Darrow 3. Edie Falco ---
**Author:** ![Absene\_Myth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/absene_myth/32/7322_2.png) [@Absene\_Myth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absene_Myth)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphabet-couples/723935/19 "2015-07-01T22:50:20Z")
Beginning again and all new names 1. Anne Boleyn 2. Clarence Darrow 3. Edward Fox ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphabet-couples/723935/20 "2015-07-01T23:27:45Z")
Beginning again and all new names 1. Anne Boleyn 2. Clarence Darrow 3. Edward Fox 4. Goldie Hawn [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphabet-couples/723935.md?page=2)