# Baker’s Dozen III **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 22, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093 "2022-08-22T15:39:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 427
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8521 "2025-09-05T00:55:17Z")
**Means of communication** 1. Texting 2. Morse Code 3. Telephone 4. Opening your mouth, and having words come out 5. An internet message board 6. Smoke signals 7. Dirty looks 8. Discord 9. Air Mail 10. Sign language 11. Semaphore 12. Braille ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8522 "2025-09-05T05:29:40Z")
**Means of communication** 1. Texting 2. Morse Code 3. Telephone 4. Opening your mouth, and having words come out 5. An internet message board 6. Smoke signals 7. Dirty looks 8. Discord 9. Air Mail 10. Sign language 11. Semaphore 12. Braille 13. Hieroglyphs Next **Writing systems** 1. Cuneiform ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8523 "2025-09-05T06:12:44Z")
**Writing systems** 1. Cuneiform 2. Hiragana ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8524 "2025-09-05T11:03:47Z")
**Writing systems** 1. Cuneiform 2. Hiragana 3. Cherokee ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8525 "2025-09-05T16:00:31Z")
**Writing systems** 1. Cuneiform 2. Hiragana 3. Cherokee 4. Devanagari Used to write Hindi and some other languages of India. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2025, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8526 "2025-09-05T16:21:31Z")
**Writing systems** 1. Cuneiform 2. Hiragana 3. Cherokee 4. Devanagari 5. Ogham ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8527 "2025-09-05T17:27:18Z")
**Writing systems** 1. Cuneiform 2. Hiragana 3. Cherokee 4. Devanagari 5. Ogham 6. Cyrillic alphabet ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8528 "2025-09-05T18:01:04Z")
**Writing systems** 1. Cuneiform 2. Hiragana 3. Cherokee 4. Devanagari 5. Ogham 6. Cyrillic alphabet 7. Kanji ---
**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:** [September 5, 2025, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8529 "2025-09-05T18:17:41Z")
**Writing systems** 1. Cuneiform 2. Hiragana 3. Cherokee 4. Devanagari 5. Ogham 6. Cyrillic alphabet 7. Kanji 8. Pitman shorthand ---
**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:** [September 5, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8530 "2025-09-05T19:08:40Z")
**Writing systems** 1. Cuneiform 2. Hiragana 3. Cherokee 4. Devanagari 5. Ogham 6. Cyrillic alphabet 7. Kanji 8. Pitman shorthand 9. [Tengwar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengwar) ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8531 "2025-09-05T19:29:34Z")
**Writing systems** 1. Cuneiform 2. Hiragana 3. Cherokee 4. Devanagari 5. Ogham 6. Cyrillic alphabet 7. Kanji 8. Pitman shorthand 9. [Tengwar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengwar) 10. [Baybayin](https://share.google/3rAI7XU0YmrlBtV9g) ---
**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:** [September 5, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8532 "2025-09-05T19:46:06Z")
**Writing systems** 1. Cuneiform 2. Hiragana 3. Cherokee 4. Devanagari 5. Ogham 6. Cyrillic alphabet 7. Kanji 8. Pitman shorthand 9. [Tengwar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengwar) 10. [Baybayin](https://share.google/3rAI7XU0YmrlBtV9g) 11. [Thai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_script) One of the cooler-looking letter systems, I think. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2025, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8533 "2025-09-05T20:56:02Z")
**Writing systems** 1. Cuneiform 2. Hiragana 3. Cherokee 4. Devanagari 5. Ogham 6. Cyrillic alphabet 7. Kanji 8. Pitman shorthand 9. [Tengwar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengwar) 10. [Baybayin](https://share.google/3rAI7XU0YmrlBtV9g) 11. [Thai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_script) 12. The simple head code from the Firesign Theatre. M becomes B, N becomes D, and so on… ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8534 "2025-09-06T02:44:26Z")
**Writing systems** 1. Cuneiform 2. Hiragana 3. Cherokee 4. Devanagari 5. Ogham 6. Cyrillic alphabet 7. Kanji 8. Pitman shorthand 9. [Tengwar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengwar) 10. [Baybayin](https://share.google/3rAI7XU0YmrlBtV9g) 11. [Thai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_script) 12. The simple head code 13. Katakana pass ---
**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:** [September 6, 2025, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8535 "2025-09-06T02:51:03Z")
**J.S. Bach’s lesser-known children** 1. Hubert ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8536 "2025-09-06T03:22:25Z")
**J.S. Bach’s lesser-known children** 1. Hubert 2. Mickey ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8537 "2025-09-06T04:04:08Z")
**J.S. Bach’s lesser-known children** 1. Hubert 2. Mickey 3. Regina ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8538 "2025-09-06T05:08:16Z")
**J.S. Bach’s lesser-known children** 1. Hubert 2. Mickey 3. Regina 4. [P. D. Q.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._D._Q._Bach) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8539 "2025-09-06T15:03:06Z")
**J.S. Bach’s lesser-known children** 1. Hubert 2. Mickey 3. Regina 4. [P. D. Q.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._D._Q._Bach) 5. Albee What? You’ve never heard of Albee Bach? 😆 ---
**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:** [September 6, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8540 "2025-09-06T15:05:34Z")
**J.S. Bach’s lesser-known children** 1. Hubert 2. Mickey 3. Regina 4. [P. D. Q.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._D._Q._Bach) 5. Albee 6. Gottfried Heinrich [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=426) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=428)