# Aphabetic letter pairs in words

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**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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**Post date:** [March 26, 2017, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2601 "2017-03-26T13:00:28Z")

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VK = Val Kilmer

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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 26, 2017, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2602 "2017-03-26T13:05:42Z")

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VL- Vladimir Ilyich (Ulyanov) Lenin

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**Post date:** [March 26, 2017, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2603 "2017-03-26T13:39:27Z")

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VM = Virginia Mayo or Victor Mature or Viggo Mortensen

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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 26, 2017, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2604 "2017-03-26T15:42:47Z")

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VN = Vladimir Nabokov or V. S. Naipaul

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**Post date:** [March 26, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2605 "2017-03-26T20:41:21Z")

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VO - Victor Ortiz

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**Post date:** [March 26, 2017, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2606 "2017-03-26T21:53:53Z")

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VP = Viktor Petrenko or Vincent Price or Valerie Perrine

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**Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2607 "2017-03-27T00:21:13Z")

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VQ = Volney “Skeet” Quinlan, 1950s running back, LA Rams. Or Verdun, Quebec.

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**Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2608 "2017-03-27T06:11:58Z")

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VR - Vince Russo

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**Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2609 "2017-03-27T07:09:55Z")

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VS - Victor Silvester

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**Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2610 "2017-03-27T12:29:29Z")

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VT- Vic Tayback, tough guy character actor

Or Vern “Mini Me” Troyer

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**Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2611 "2017-03-27T13:46:02Z")

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VU = Vikas Uppal

Tallest man in India during his lifetime (8’ 3")

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**Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2612 "2017-03-27T15:11:00Z")

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VV = Vivian Vance

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**Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2613 "2017-03-27T15:32:29Z")

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VW = Vanna White or Venus Williams or Virginia Woolf

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**Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2614 "2017-03-27T18:31:12Z")

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VX- Vicente Ximenes, Texas-born crusader for Hispanic civil rights

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**Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2615 "2017-03-27T18:42:08Z")

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VY = Victor Young

American composer and arranger

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**Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2616 "2017-03-27T19:21:29Z")

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VZ- Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Russian nationalist politician

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**Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2617 "2017-03-27T19:51:33Z")

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WA = Woody Allen

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**Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2618 "2017-03-27T19:52:51Z")

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WB = Warren Beatty or William Blake or Wallace Beery

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**Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2619 "2017-03-27T20:46:56Z")

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WC - Wilt Chamberlain

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**Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/2620 "2017-03-27T20:55:54Z")

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WD = Walt Disney or Warwick Davis or Wendy Darling

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