# Baker's Dozen II (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 25, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938 "2020-01-25T03:38:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 108
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2141 "2020-05-13T03:33:19Z")
Since it’s May, words, names, places with the word “may” somewhere in them 1. Chimayo, New Mexico 2. Cape May, New Jersey 3. Mayberry, North Carolina 4. Mother, may I? 5. Mayonnaise ---
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Since it’s May, words, names, places with the word “may” somewhere in them 1. Chimayo, New Mexico 2. Cape May, New Jersey 3. Mayberry, North Carolina 4. Mother, may I? 5. Mayonnaise 6. “All the way Mae” Mordabito A homonym ---
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Since it’s May, words, names, places with the word “may” somewhere in them 1. Chimayo, New Mexico 2. Cape May, New Jersey 3. Mayberry, North Carolina 4. Mother, may I? 5. Mayonnaise 6. “All the way Mae” Mordabito 7. “The Lusty Month of May” ---
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Since it’s May, words, names, places with the word “may” somewhere in them 1. Chimayo, New Mexico 2. Cape May, New Jersey 3. Mayberry, North Carolina 4. Mother, may I? 5. Mayonnaise 6. “All the way Mae” Mordabito 7. “The Lusty Month of May” 8. Bruce Ismay, Chairman, White Star Line ---
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Since it’s May, words, names, places with the word “may” somewhere in them 1. Chimayo, New Mexico 2. Cape May, New Jersey 3. Mayberry, North Carolina 4. Mother, may I? 5. Mayonnaise 6. “All the way Mae” Mordabito 7. “The Lusty Month of May” 8. Bruce Ismay, Chairman, White Star Line 9. “As Mayor of the Munchkin City” ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2146 "2020-05-13T09:38:08Z")
Since it’s May, words, names, places with the word “may” somewhere in them 1. Chimayo, New Mexico 2. Cape May, New Jersey 3. Mayberry, North Carolina 4. Mother, may I? 5. Mayonnaise 6. “All the way Mae” Mordabito 7. “The Lusty Month of May” 8. Bruce Ismay, Chairman, White Star Line 9. “As Mayor of the Munchkin City” 10. Willie Mays ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2147 "2020-05-13T12:00:35Z")
Since it’s May, words, names, places with the word “may” somewhere in them 1. Chimayo, New Mexico 2. Cape May, New Jersey 3. Mayberry, North Carolina 4. Mother, may I? 5. Mayonnaise 6. “All the way Mae” Mordabito 7. “The Lusty Month of May” 8. Bruce Ismay, Chairman, White Star Line 9. “As Mayor of the Munchkin City” 10. Willie Mays 11. Maypearl, TX Named for the daughters of two railroad officials. ---
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Since it’s May, words, names, places with the word “may” somewhere in them 1. Chimayo, New Mexico 2. Cape May, New Jersey 3. Mayberry, North Carolina 4. Mother, may I? 5. Mayonnaise 6. “All the way Mae” Mordabito 7. “The Lusty Month of May” 8. Bruce Ismay, Chairman, White Star Line 9. “As Mayor of the Munchkin City” 10. Willie Mays 11. Maypearl, TX 12. Maypole ---
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Since it’s May, words, names, places with the word “may” somewhere in them 1. Chimayo, New Mexico 2. Cape May, New Jersey 3. Mayberry, North Carolina 4. Mother, may I? 5. Mayonnaise 6. “All the way Mae” Mordabito 7. “The Lusty Month of May” 8. Bruce Ismay, Chairman, White Star Line 9. “As Mayor of the Munchkin City” 10. Willie Mays 11. Maypearl, TX 12. Maypole 13. May King Van Rensselaer Next: Heroic animals in fiction 1. Bigwig/Thlayli, Watership Down ---
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Next: Heroic animals in fiction 1. Bigwig/Thlayli, Watership Down 2. Reepicheep, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader ---
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Next: Heroic animals in fiction 1. Bigwig/Thlayli, Watership Down 2. Reepicheep, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 3. Rocket Raccoon, Guardians of the Galaxy ---
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Heroic animals in fiction 1. Bigwig/Thlayli, Watership Down 2. Reepicheep, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 3. Rocket Raccoon, Guardians of the Galaxy 4. Huan, The Silmarillion > **[Huan](https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Huan)** > > "But Huan the hound was true of heart." ― Quenta Silmarillion, "Of Beren and Lúthien" Huan, the Hound of Valinor, was a great wolfhound, one of the hunting dogs... ---
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Heroic animals in fiction 1. Bigwig/Thlayli, Watership Down 2. Reepicheep, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 3. Rocket Raccoon, Guardians of the Galaxy 4. Huan, The Silmarillion 5. Mighty Joe Young ---
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Heroic animals in fiction 1. Bigwig/Thlayli, Watership Down 2. Reepicheep, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 3. Rocket Raccoon, Guardians of the Galaxy 4. Huan, The Silmarillion 5. Mighty Joe Young 6. Lassie ---
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Heroic animals in fiction 1. Bigwig/Thlayli, Watership Down 2. Reepicheep, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 3. Rocket Raccoon, Guardians of the Galaxy 4. Huan, The Silmarillion 5. Mighty Joe Young 6. Lassie 7. Aslan, _Chronicles of Narnia_ ---
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Heroic animals in fiction 1. Bigwig/Thlayli, Watership Down 2. Reepicheep, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 3. Rocket Raccoon, Guardians of the Galaxy 4. Huan, The Silmarillion 5. Mighty Joe Young 6. Lassie 7. Aslan, Chronicles of Narnia 8. Puss in Boots ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2157 "2020-05-13T16:39:55Z")
Heroic animals in fiction 1. Bigwig/Thlayli, Watership Down 2. Reepicheep, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 3. Rocket Raccoon, Guardians of the Galaxy 4. Huan, The Silmarillion 5. Mighty Joe Young 6. Lassie 7. Aslan, Chronicles of Narnia 8. Puss in Boots 9. Rin Tin Tin ---
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Heroic animals in fiction 1. Bigwig/Thlayli, Watership Down 2. Reepicheep, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 3. Rocket Raccoon, Guardians of the Galaxy 4. Huan, The Silmarillion 5. Mighty Joe Young 6. Lassie 7. Aslan, Chronicles of Narnia 8. Puss in Boots 9. Rin Tin Tin 10. Charlotte, Charlotte’s Web ---
**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:** [May 13, 2020, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2159 "2020-05-13T21:43:39Z")
Heroic animals in fiction 1. Bigwig/Thlayli, Watership Down 2. Reepicheep, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 3. Rocket Raccoon, Guardians of the Galaxy 4. Huan, The Silmarillion 5. Mighty Joe Young 6. Lassie 7. Aslan, Chronicles of Narnia 8. Puss in Boots 9. Rin Tin Tin 10. Charlotte, Charlotte’s Web 11. Gelert > **[Gelert](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelert)** > > Gelert (Welsh pronunciation: \[ˈɡɛlɛrt\]) is a legendary wolfhound associated with the village of Beddgelert (whose name means "Gelert's Grave") in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. In the legend, Llywelyn the Great returns from hunting to find his baby missing, the cradle overturned, and Gelert with a blood-smeared mouth. Believing the dog had savaged the child, Llywelyn draws his sword and kills Gelert. After the dog's dying yelp, Llywelyn hears the cries of the baby, unharmed under the cradle, along Th... ---
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