# 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:** 125
**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 19, 2017, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2481 "2017-03-19T11:08:01Z")
QX = Quanell X leader of the New Black Panther Party in Houston, TX ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2017, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2482 "2017-03-19T13:06:15Z")
QY- Qing Yin, Chinese opera composer (yes, OBVIOUSLY I had to look that up!!!) ---
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QZ = Queen Zhou the Elder ---
**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 19, 2017, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2484 "2017-03-19T14:36:26Z")
RA = Rowan Atkinson or Richard Attenborough or Ryan Adams ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2017, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2485 "2017-03-19T16:13:49Z")
RB = Ray Bradbury ---
**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 19, 2017, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2486 "2017-03-19T16:37:26Z")
RC = Ray Charles or Rachel Carson or Robert Culp ---
**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 19, 2017, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2487 "2017-03-19T18:48:05Z")
RD - Roger Daltrey ---
**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 19, 2017, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2488 "2017-03-19T20:17:47Z")
RE - Roger Ebert ---
**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 19, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2489 "2017-03-19T21:27:55Z")
RF = Roberta Flack or Red Foley or Robert Frost ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2490 "2017-03-19T22:10:08Z")
RG- Rory Gallagher ---
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RH = Robert Heinlein or Richard Hatch or Richie Havens ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2492 "2017-03-20T03:55:48Z")
RI = Rome, Italy ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2493 "2017-03-20T05:03:53Z")
RJ - Robert Johnson, legendary blues musician ---
**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 20, 2017, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2494 "2017-03-20T06:05:19Z")
RK - Robert Kennedy ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2495 "2017-03-20T08:34:30Z")
RL- Rich Little ---
**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 20, 2017, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2496 "2017-03-20T08:53:39Z")
RM - Robert Mitchum ---
**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 20, 2017, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2497 "2017-03-20T09:15:37Z")
RN - Richard Nixon ---
**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 20, 2017, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2498 "2017-03-20T09:40:58Z")
RO - Robert Osborne ---
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RP - Robert Peel (after whom English police are called “bobbies”) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2500 "2017-03-20T12:41:59Z")
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