# Aphabetic letter pairs in words **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [November 17, 2016, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271 "2016-11-17T17:32:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 104
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2061 "2017-02-28T20:42:26Z")
BB - Bob Barker ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2062 "2017-02-28T21:25:15Z")
BC - British Columbia ---
**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:** [February 28, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2063 "2017-02-28T21:38:29Z")
BD = Bette Davis ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2064 "2017-02-28T23:41:18Z")
BE - Birmingham, England ---
**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:** [March 1, 2017, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2065 "2017-03-01T00:01:19Z")
BF = Betty Furness ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2066 "2017-03-01T00:36:06Z")
BG - Ben Gazzara ---
**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:** [March 1, 2017, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2067 "2017-03-01T00:36:59Z")
BH = Benjamin Harrison ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2068 "2017-03-01T02:55:12Z")
BI- Billy Idol ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2069 "2017-03-01T03:41:37Z")
BJ = Billy Joel ---
**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:** [March 1, 2017, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2070 "2017-03-01T11:40:17Z")
BK = Billie Jean King ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2071 "2017-03-01T12:17:49Z")
BL - Burt Lancaster ---
**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:** [March 1, 2017, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2072 "2017-03-01T12:20:26Z")
BM = Burgess Meredith ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2073 "2017-03-01T12:20:50Z")
A reminder about the request that posters attempt to make an “elegant” response of a person or place that is as well-known as possible, which at least calls for a moment of reflection to consider several possibilities that come to mind and offering the most notable one. As opposed to the first obscure name that pops into mind (Alice Liddell and Betty Furness), instead of Abraham Lincoln or Benjamin Franklin, which would hae taken a minute of pondering. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2074 "2017-03-01T14:42:49Z")
BN - Ben Nelson > **[Ben Nelson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Nelson)** > > Earl Benjamin Nelson (born May 17, 1941) is an American attorney, businessman, and politician who served as the 37th governor of Nebraska from 1991 to 1999 and as a United States Senator from Nebraska from 2001 to 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party, and as of 2023, the last Democrat to hold any statewide elected office in Nebraska. > Nelson was an insurance executive before he entered politics. His first run for office was in 1990, when he narrowly defeated incumbent Republican Governor ... ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2075 "2017-03-01T14:46:35Z")
BO - Barack Obama (well known enough for you?) ---
**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:** [March 1, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2076 "2017-03-01T19:08:38Z")
BP = Bettie Page ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2077 "2017-03-01T21:24:43Z")
BQ - Boisbriand, Quebec ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2078 "2017-03-01T21:27:38Z")
BR - Betsy Ross ---
**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:** [March 1, 2017, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2079 "2017-03-01T21:48:09Z")
BS = Bruce Springsteen ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2080 "2017-03-01T23:16:20Z")
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