# Aphabetic letter pairs in words

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271>\
**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\
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**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 23, 2017, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2541 "2017-03-23T02:44:45Z")

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TF = Tina Fey or Tennessee Ernie Ford or Tom Felton

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2017, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2542 "2017-03-23T02:56:26Z")

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TG- Ted Geisel (better known as Doctor Seuss)

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**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 23, 2017, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2543 "2017-03-23T03:39:49Z")

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TH - Tom Hanks

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**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 23, 2017, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2544 "2017-03-23T03:45:46Z")

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TI - [T.I.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.I.)

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2017, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2545 "2017-03-23T05:16:49Z")

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TI = Travis Ishikawa, (World Series hero)

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**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 23, 2017, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2546 "2017-03-23T08:05:51Z")

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TJ - Thomas Jefferson

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**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 23, 2017, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2547 "2017-03-23T10:34:33Z")

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TK - Tony Kushner

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2017, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2548 "2017-03-23T11:22:57Z")

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TL- Timothy Leary

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**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 23, 2017, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2549 "2017-03-23T12:20:37Z")

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TM - Sir Thomas More

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2017, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2550 "2017-03-23T12:26:32Z")

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TN- Thomas Nast, political cartoonist

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**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 23, 2017, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2551 "2017-03-23T12:37:27Z")

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TO = Tip O’Neill or Tatum O’Neal or Tony Orlando

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**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 23, 2017, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2552 "2017-03-23T13:21:30Z")

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TP - Tom Petty

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2017, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2553 "2017-03-23T13:28:08Z")

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TQ = Townsville, Queensland

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**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 23, 2017, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2554 "2017-03-23T13:39:01Z")

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TR = Theodore Roosevelt or Tim Rice or Tanya Roberts

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**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 23, 2017, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2555 "2017-03-23T16:33:31Z")

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TS - Tom Stoppard

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**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 23, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2556 "2017-03-23T19:13:08Z")

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TT = Tom Terrific or Terry-Thomas or Toni Tenille

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2017, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2557 "2017-03-23T19:18:17Z")

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TU = Tracey Ullman

Sadly missed. Where is she now?

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**Post date:** [March 23, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2558 "2017-03-23T20:59:50Z")

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> [@jtur88](#):
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> TU = Tracey Ullman
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> Sadly missed. Where is she now?

Last year she had a series on HBO (Tracy Ullman’s Show), which has been renewed for a second season to appear later this year. It consisted, as you would expect, of hilarious sketches and characters – most notably her Dame Judi Dench performing a number of petty crimes and getting away with them because, after all, she’s a National Treasure, and Maggie Smith self-recording a number of audition pieces for movie roles (superhero movie roles and action-adventure roles), as well as Chancellor Merkel grousing to her aide that all the other foreign leaders keep coming on to her because she is zo zexy.

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**Post date:** [March 23, 2017, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2559 "2017-03-23T21:00:52Z")

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TV = Thorstein Veblen

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2017, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2560 "2017-03-23T21:53:53Z")

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TW - Ted Williams

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