# 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:** 121
**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 14, 2017, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2401 "2017-03-14T18:31:06Z")
NX = Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos the last of the Greek ecclesiastical historians, flourished around 1320. ---
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NY = Neil Young ---
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NZ = Nick Zano American actor, _Melrose Place, Cougar Town, 90210_ ---
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OA - Opelika, Alabama ---
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OB = Orson Bean ---
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OC- Orson (Scott) Card ---
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OD = Oscar de la Hoya ---
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OE = Oxford, England ---
**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 15, 2017, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2409 "2017-03-15T03:44:24Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > OB = Orson Bean Huzzah! In play: OF - Orlando, Fla. ---
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OG - Orlando Gibbons ---
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OH - Oahu, Hawaii ---
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OI = Orestes, Indiana ---
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OJ- Oran Jones, soul singer ---
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OK = Otto Klemperer, orchestra conductor ---
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OL = Oscar Levant ---
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OM - Oscar Mayer ---
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ON = Oliver North ---
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OO = Ottawa, Ontario ---
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OP = Otto Preminger ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2420 "2017-03-15T22:25:54Z")
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