# 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:** 113
**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 7, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2241 "2017-03-07T17:55:36Z")
HT - Harriet Tubman ---
**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 7, 2017, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2242 "2017-03-07T18:01:53Z")
HU = Harriet Taylor Upton suffragette ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2243 "2017-03-07T18:04:19Z")
HV - Harry Vardon, golfer ---
**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 7, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2244 "2017-03-07T18:50:54Z")
HW = Henry Winkler ---
**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 7, 2017, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2245 "2017-03-07T19:26:29Z")
HX - Hector Xavier Mexican artist ---
**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 7, 2017, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2246 "2017-03-07T19:29:40Z")
HY - Henny Youngman “Take my wife… please!” HZ - Hans Zimmer ---
**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 7, 2017, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2247 "2017-03-07T19:55:31Z")
IA - Ian Anderson British musician ---
**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 7, 2017, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2248 "2017-03-07T19:59:23Z")
IB - Ivan Boesky (no love for Isaac Asimov?) ---
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IC = Imogene Coca ---
**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 7, 2017, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2250 "2017-03-07T20:48:19Z")
ID - Ivan Drago ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2251 "2017-03-07T22:22:59Z")
IE = Iskandariyyah, Egypt (Alexandria, in English) ---
**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 7, 2017, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2252 "2017-03-07T22:46:35Z")
IE = Ipswich, England ---
**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 7, 2017, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2253 "2017-03-07T22:53:50Z")
IF - Ian Fleming ---
**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 7, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2254 "2017-03-07T22:54:08Z")
IF - Ian Fleming ---
**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 7, 2017, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2255 "2017-03-07T23:00:52Z")
IG = Indira Gandhi ---
**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 7, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2256 "2017-03-07T23:06:47Z")
IH - Isaac Hayes ---
**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 8, 2017, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2257 "2017-03-08T01:35:40Z")
II - (Sir) Isaac Isaacs ---
**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 8, 2017, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2258 "2017-03-08T02:41:04Z")
IJ - Indiana Jones ---
**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 8, 2017, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2259 "2017-03-08T02:45:54Z")
IJ = Inigo Jones an Architect. We had Henry “Indiana” Jones for HJ. IK = Illya Kuryakin ---
**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 8, 2017, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2260 "2017-03-08T03:03:55Z")
IL - Ivan Lendl Given that he didn’t even get that first name until the third movie, and even there no one actually calls him Henry, I would argue that character is better categorized as Indiana Jones. Hell, it’s in the names of two of the films. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271.md?page=112) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271.md?page=114)