# Aphabetic Pairs -- interesting facts **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 6, 2017, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877 "2017-04-06T12:40:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**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:** [May 25, 2017, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/301 "2017-05-25T11:35:22Z")
LE = Little Eva, babysitter for Gerry Goffin & Carole King, who had her demo a song they had written for Dee Dee Sharp, which was a hit: _The Loco-Motion_. Her musical career was not particularly successful afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/302 "2017-05-25T16:09:34Z")
LF- Young Louis Feinberg, an aspiring classical violinist, gave up classical music to pursue comedy. He changed his name to “Larry Fine” and teamed up with brothers Moshe (Moe) and Shmuel (Shemp) Horwitz to form a comedy troupe known as the Three Stooges. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2017, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/303 "2017-05-28T18:45:07Z")
LG - Lady Godiva was a real person, who live in Coventry about 1,000 years ago, but she probably did not ride naked through the streets of the town. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2017, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/304 "2017-05-28T18:56:50Z")
LH- Actress Linda Hunt, currently the star of “NCIS: LA,” won an Oscar for play an Asian male photographer in “The Year of Living Dangerously.” ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/305 "2017-05-31T20:04:25Z")
LI - Lee Iacocca was the CEO of the Chrysler Corporation from 1979 - 1992. Before that, he was the President of the Ford Motor Company from 1970 - 1978. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/306 "2017-06-01T00:48:25Z")
LJ- Leon Jaworski replaced Archibald Cox as Special Prosecutor in the Watergate scandal, following the “Saturday Night Massacre” in which Cox was fired by Solicitor General Robert Bork. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2017, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/307 "2017-06-01T11:32:48Z")
LK = Li’l Kim, rapper. In 2010, she launched her signature milkshake, titled “Queen Bee”, at Millions of Milkshakes in West Hollywood, with proceeds going towards Wyclef Jean’s Yéle Haiti foundation. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2017, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/308 "2017-06-01T15:59:00Z")
LL - Important initials in the Superman comics, i.e. Lex Luthor, Lana Lang, Lois Lane and a whole bunch of others; in real life Superman actor George Reeves fiancée was Leonore Lemmon ---
**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:** [June 1, 2017, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/309 "2017-06-01T22:13:09Z")
LM = Lansing, Michigan, state capital. The Capital City African American Cultural Association hosts an African American Parade and Heritage Festival every year for over a decade. For those of you keeping track, that’s the CCAACA’s AAPHF. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/310 "2017-06-03T00:55:58Z")
LN = Louisville & Nashville Railroad Started in 1850, it remained a major carrier for 132 years, through the Civil War and the Great Depression. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/311 "2017-06-03T13:43:16Z")
LO- Larry O’Brien, Democratic Party bigwig and future NBA commissioner, was the target of the a watergate burglary ---
**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:** [June 3, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/312 "2017-06-03T18:50:15Z")
LP - Luke Perry. In 2008 Luke Perry played the unsub (unknown subject a/k/a the bad guy or a/k/a whodunit) Noah Sibert on a episode of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and Benjamin Cyrus on “Criminal Minds.” ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/313 "2017-06-03T22:16:07Z")
LQ = Last Quarter The last quarter is the lunar phase that occurs between the full moon and the new moon. It is the instant when the Moon’s apparent geocentric celestial longitude minus the Sun’s apparent geocentric celestial longitude is 270°, or there is a right angle formed by the lines of sight from earth to the moon and the sun. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2017, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/314 "2017-06-08T06:54:54Z")
LR - La Rambla, is a street in central Barcelona very popular with tourists. Because of that popularity, you need to careful to avoid scams and pick pockets there. (But my wife and I stayed there quite safely when we were in Barcelona). ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/315 "2017-06-09T23:14:26Z")
LS- Lenny Small, a huge man with the mind of a child, was shot to death by his friend George in John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Man.” ---
**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:** [June 10, 2017, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/316 "2017-06-10T22:45:53Z")
LT = Looney Tunes, a brand of cartoons that appeared in theaters from the 1930’s through the 1960’s. They introduced most of the famous Warner Brother characters, such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Pepe le Pew. A sister series, _Merry Melodies_, also featured these characters, but the stories tended to be themed around a particular song. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/317 "2017-06-11T03:51:37Z")
LU = Lehi, Utah Hometown of actor Wilford Brimley ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2017, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/318 "2017-06-12T04:00:57Z")
LV - Lord Voldemort The main opponent of Harry Potter. Wikipedia says that Philip Nel, a “literary analyst”, says that the name is rooted in the French for “flight of death”. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2017, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/319 "2017-06-12T12:32:48Z")
LW = Lake Wobegon The fictional Minnesota town that was forgotten because it was on a fold on the map, and got worn away. ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877/320 "2017-06-13T21:20:03Z")
LX = Latent Xenophobia Fear of strangers that doesn’t show up until you meet someone _really_ strange. (Like a xylophone player, maybe? :dubious:) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877.md?page=17)