# 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:** 109
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2017, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2161 "2017-03-05T04:32:21Z")
EU - European Union This is probably against the letter of the rules, but it seems squarely within the spirit. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2017, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2162 "2017-03-05T04:53:56Z")
EU = Entebbe, Uganda ---
**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 5, 2017, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2163 "2017-03-05T04:55:02Z")
EV - Exmore, Virginia ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2017, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2164 "2017-03-05T05:05:19Z")
EW - Ed Wood ---
**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 5, 2017, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2165 "2017-03-05T08:35:33Z")
EX - Emanuel Xavier ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2017, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2166 "2017-03-05T13:38:41Z")
EY = Eddie Yost, baseball’s famous “walking man” ---
**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 5, 2017, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2167 "2017-03-05T13:38:51Z")
EY = Estelle “Mama” Yancey Blues singer EZ = Efrem Zimbalist classical violinist, or EZ = Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. TV actor, _The F.B.I._, _77 Sunset Strip_ ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2168 "2017-03-05T14:59:01Z")
FA = Fatty Arbuckle ---
**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 5, 2017, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2169 "2017-03-05T15:46:13Z")
FB = Sir Francis Bacon ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2170 "2017-03-05T15:55:28Z")
FC- Frankie Crosetti (the man who received more World Series checks, as a player and coach, than anyone else in baseball history) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2017, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2171 "2017-03-05T16:14:43Z")
FD = Faye Dunaway ---
**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 5, 2017, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2172 "2017-03-05T16:21:28Z")
FE = Frank Edwards Author of _Stranger Than Science_, etc. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2173 "2017-03-05T16:22:57Z")
FF- Federico Fellini ---
**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 5, 2017, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2174 "2017-03-05T16:24:09Z")
FG = Francisco de Goya ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2017, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2175 "2017-03-05T16:35:23Z")
FH - Frankie Howerd ---
**Author:** ![Teach-me-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a4c791/32.png) [@Teach-me-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teach-me-not)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2017, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2176 "2017-03-05T16:37:11Z")
FI - finagle (Got to use that one, finally!) Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2017, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2177 "2017-03-05T16:43:44Z")
FI = Fort Wayne, Indiana (finagle not in accord) ---
**Author:** ![Teach-me-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a4c791/32.png) [@Teach-me-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teach-me-not)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2178 "2017-03-05T16:45:02Z")
Uh, sorry, I think I bullshitted. Looks like the game has moved on to Round 2 (only proper nouns). Please ignore my previous response. Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk ---
**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 5, 2017, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2179 "2017-03-05T16:49:23Z")
FJ = Famke Janssen ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2017, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2180 "2017-03-05T16:57:57Z")
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