# 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:** 225
**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:** [December 23, 2020, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4482 "2020-12-23T20:34:56Z")
Words that are near-cognates in nearly all languages, with notable exceptions 1. television – German, _fernsehen_ 2. coffee – Javanese, _warung_ 3. soccer/football - Italian, _calcio_ 4. salt - Welsh, _halen_ 5. taxi(cab) - Norwegian, _drosje_ 6. laser - Hawaiian, _kukuna_; Maori, _taiaho_ ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4483 "2020-12-24T01:43:14Z")
Words that are near-cognates in nearly all languages, with notable exceptions 1. television – German, _fernsehen_ 2. coffee – Javanese, _warung_ 3. soccer/football - Italian, _calcio_ 4. salt - Welsh, _halen_ 5. taxi(cab) - Norwegian, _drosje_ 6. laser - Hawaiian, _kukuna_; Maori, _taiaho_ 7. police – Irish, garda ---
**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:** [December 24, 2020, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4484 "2020-12-24T03:05:50Z")
Words that are near-cognates in nearly all languages, with notable exceptions 1. television – German, _fernsehen_ 2. coffee – Javanese, _warung_ 3. soccer/football - Italian, _calcio_ 4. salt - Welsh, _halen_ 5. taxi(cab) - Norwegian, _drosje_ 6. laser - Hawaiian, _kukuna_; Maori, _taiaho_ 7. police – Irish, garda 8. electron – Icelandic _rafeind_ ---
**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:** [December 27, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4485 "2020-12-27T01:37:16Z")
Words that are near-cognates in nearly all languages, with notable exceptions 1. television – German, _fernsehen_ 2. coffee – Javanese, _warung_ 3. soccer/football - Italian, _calcio_ 4. salt - Welsh, _halen_ 5. taxi(cab) - Norwegian, _drosje_ 6. laser - Hawaiian, _kukuna_ ; Maori, _taiaho_ 7. police – Irish, garda 8. electron – Icelandic _rafeind_ 9. cat - Hawaiian _anu_ ---
**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:** [December 27, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4486 "2020-12-27T02:10:12Z")
Words that are near-cognates in nearly all languages, with notable exceptions 1. television – German, _fernsehen_ 2. coffee – Javanese, _warung_ 3. soccer/football - Italian, _calcio_ 4. salt - Welsh, _halen_ 5. taxi(cab) - Norwegian, _drosje_ 6. laser - Hawaiian, _kukuna_ ; Maori, _taiaho_ 7. police – Irish, garda 8. electron – Icelandic _rafeind_ 9. cat – Hawaiian _anu_ 10. whiskey – Kazakh _saqal_ ---
**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:** [December 27, 2020, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4487 "2020-12-27T04:35:35Z")
Words that are near-cognates in nearly all languages, with notable exceptions 1. television – German, _fernsehen_ 2. coffee – Javanese, _warung_ 3. soccer/football - Italian, _calcio_ 4. salt - Welsh, _halen_ 5. taxi(cab) - Norwegian, _drosje_ 6. laser - Hawaiian, _kukuna_ ; Maori, _taiaho_ 7. police – Irish, garda 8. electron – Icelandic _rafeind_ 9. cat – Hawaiian _anu_ 10. whiskey – Kazakh _saqal_ 11. chocolate - Ojibwe _miskwaaboo_ ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4488 "2020-12-27T10:23:25Z")
Words that are near-cognates in nearly all languages, with notable exceptions 1. television – German, _fernsehen_ 2. coffee – Javanese, _warung_ 3. soccer/football - Italian, _calcio_ 4. salt - Welsh, _halen_ 5. taxi(cab) - Norwegian, _drosje_ 6. laser - Hawaiian, _kukuna_ ; Maori, _taiaho_ 7. police – Irish, garda 8. electron – Icelandic _rafeind_ 9. cat – Hawaiian _anu_ 10. whiskey – Kazakh _saqal_ 11. chocolate - Ojibwe _miskwaaboo_ 12. republic – Turkish, Jumhurieti ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4489 "2020-12-27T19:08:49Z")
Words that are near-cognates in nearly all languages, with notable exceptions 1. television – German, _fernsehen_ 2. coffee – Javanese, _warung_ 3. soccer/football - Italian, _calcio_ 4. salt - Welsh, _halen_ 5. taxi(cab) - Norwegian, _drosje_ 6. laser - Hawaiian, _kukuna_ ; Maori, _taiaho_ 7. police – Irish, garda 8. electron – Icelandic _rafeind_ 9. cat – Hawaiian _anu_ 10. whiskey – Kazakh _saqal_ 11. chocolate - Ojibwe _miskwaaboo_ 12. republic – Turkish, Jumhurieti 13. huh? – same form and meaning in every language spoken today, no exceptions **Former British Colonies, now Independent Nations** 1. Jamestown colony, now the United States of America _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [December 27, 2020, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4490 "2020-12-27T19:56:04Z")
**Former British Colonies, now Independent Nations** 1. Jamestown colony, now the United States of America 2. Kenya colony, now Kenya ---
**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:** [December 27, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4491 "2020-12-27T20:01:28Z")
**Former British Colonies, now Independent Nations** 1. Jamestown colony, now the United States of America 2. Kenya colony, now Kenya 3. Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe ---
**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:** [December 27, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4492 "2020-12-27T20:10:59Z")
**Former British Colonies, now Independent Nations** 1. Jamestown colony, now the United States of America 2. Kenya colony, now Kenya 3. Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe 4. Crown Colony of Singapore, now Republic of Singapore ---
**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:** [December 27, 2020, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4493 "2020-12-27T20:35:52Z")
**Former British Colonies, now Independent Nations** 1. Jamestown colony, now the United States of America 2. Kenya colony, now Kenya 3. Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe 4. Crown Colony of Singapore, now Republic of Singapore 5. British Honduras, now Belize ---
**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:** [December 27, 2020, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4494 "2020-12-27T20:55:28Z")
**Former British Colonies, now Independent Nations** 1. Jamestown colony, now the United States of America 2. Kenya colony, now Kenya 3. Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe 4. Crown Colony of Singapore, now Republic of Singapore 5. British Honduras, now Belize 6. Aden Protectorate, now part of Yemen ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4495 "2020-12-28T03:28:05Z")
**Former British Colonies, now Independent Nations** 1. Jamestown colony, now the United States of America 2. Kenya colony, now Kenya 3. Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe 4. Crown Colony of Singapore, now Republic of Singapore 5. British Honduras, now Belize 6. Aden Protectorate, now part of Yemen 7. Swazilang Protectorate, now Eswatini ---
**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:** [December 28, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4496 "2020-12-28T16:12:06Z")
**Former British Colonies, now Independent Nations** 1. Jamestown colony, now the United States of America 2. Kenya colony, now Kenya 3. Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe 4. Crown Colony of Singapore, now Republic of Singapore 5. British Honduras, now Belize 6. Aden Protectorate, now part of Yemen 7. Swaziland Protectorate, now Eswatini 8. British Guiana, now Guyana Nitpick: The British colony named _Southern_ Rhodesia became the Republic of Rhodesia which changed its name to Zimbabwe with majority rule. Northern Rhodesia became Zambia. ---
**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:** [December 28, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4497 "2020-12-28T22:49:52Z")
**Former British Colonies, now Independent Nations** 1. Jamestown colony, now the United States of America 2. Kenya colony, now Kenya 3. Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe 4. Crown Colony of Singapore, now Republic of Singapore 5. British Honduras, now Belize 6. Aden Protectorate, now part of Yemen 7. Swaziland Protectorate, now Eswatini 8. British Guiana, now Guyana 9. Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia. Thank you @Bayaker! ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4498 "2020-12-29T00:19:42Z")
**Former British Colonies, now Independent Nations** 1. Jamestown colony, now the United States of America 2. Kenya colony, now Kenya 3. Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe 4. Crown Colony of Singapore, now Republic of Singapore 5. British Honduras, now Belize 6. Aden Protectorate, now part of Yemen 7. Swaziland Protectorate, now Eswatini 8. British Guiana, now Guyana 9. Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia. 10. Protectorate of Sharjah became part of United Arab Emirates ---
**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:** [December 29, 2020, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4499 "2020-12-29T00:23:05Z")
**Former British Colonies, now Independent Nations** 1. Jamestown colony, now the United States of America 2. Kenya colony, now Kenya 3. Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe 4. Crown Colony of Singapore, now Republic of Singapore 5. British Honduras, now Belize 6. Aden Protectorate, now part of Yemen 7. Swaziland Protectorate, now Eswatini 8. British Guiana, now Guyana 9. Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia. 10. Protectorate of Sharjah became part of United Arab Emirates 11. Gilbert and Ellice Islands, now Kiribati ---
**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:** [December 29, 2020, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4500 "2020-12-29T05:49:43Z")
**Former British Colonies, now Independent Nations** 1. Jamestown colony, now the United States of America 2. Kenya colony, now Kenya 3. Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe 4. Crown Colony of Singapore, now Republic of Singapore 5. British Honduras, now Belize 6. Aden Protectorate, now part of Yemen 7. Swaziland Protectorate, now Eswatini 8. British Guiana, now Guyana 9. Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia. 10. Protectorate of Sharjah became part of United Arab Emirates 11. Gilbert and Ellice Islands, now Kiribati 12. Basutoland, now Lesotho ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2020, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4501 "2020-12-29T08:42:31Z")
**Former British Colonies, now Independent Nations** 1. Jamestown colony, now the United States of America 2. Kenya colony, now Kenya 3. Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe 4. Crown Colony of Singapore, now Republic of Singapore 5. British Honduras, now Belize 6. Aden Protectorate, now part of Yemen 7. Swaziland Protectorate, now Eswatini 8. British Guiana, now Guyana 9. Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia. 10. Protectorate of Sharjah became part of United Arab Emirates 11. Gilbert and Ellice Islands, now Kiribati 12. Basutoland, now Lesotho 13. Cyprus, now Cyprus, with a breakaway section claiming Turkish associatio, and a few large swaths that remainn under British military control known as Akrotiri/ Pass [/quote] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=224) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=226)