# 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:** 119
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2361 "2017-03-12T20:49:38Z")
MK = Martin Luther King, Jr and Sr. ---
**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 12, 2017, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2362 "2017-03-12T21:03:05Z")
ML - Martin Landau ---
**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 12, 2017, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2363 "2017-03-12T21:07:09Z")
MM = Marilyn Monroe ---
**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 12, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2364 "2017-03-12T22:10:49Z")
MN - Mike Nichols ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2365 "2017-03-12T22:47:59Z")
MO = Marie Osmond ---
**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 12, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2366 "2017-03-12T22:54:39Z")
MP - Mount Pleasant (several places in Australia, Canada, the UK and the US) ---
**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 12, 2017, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2367 "2017-03-12T23:00:38Z")
MP = Michael Palin from Monty Python ---
**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 13, 2017, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2368 "2017-03-13T00:08:25Z")
MQ - Marilyn Quayle ---
**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 13, 2017, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2369 "2017-03-13T00:22:07Z")
MR = Margot Robbie or Mickey Rooney or Meg Ryan ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2370 "2017-03-13T02:42:58Z")
MS- Martha Stewart ---
**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 13, 2017, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2371 "2017-03-13T04:01:48Z")
MT - Mary Travers or Mike Tyson ---
**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 13, 2017, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2372 "2017-03-13T04:28:57Z")
MU - Montevideo, Uruguay ---
**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 13, 2017, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2373 "2017-03-13T04:43:24Z")
MV - Martin Van Buren ---
**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 13, 2017, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2374 "2017-03-13T05:04:58Z")
MW - Martha Washington ---
**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 13, 2017, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2375 "2017-03-13T05:08:46Z")
MX - Malcolm X ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2376 "2017-03-13T05:32:17Z")
MY = Michael York ---
**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 13, 2017, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2377 "2017-03-13T09:21:45Z")
MZ - Mark Zuckerberg ---
**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 13, 2017, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2378 "2017-03-13T10:50:41Z")
NA - New Amsterdam (i.e., New York City) ---
**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 13, 2017, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2379 "2017-03-13T11:53:21Z")
NB = Ned Beatty ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2380 "2017-03-13T12:50:16Z")
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