# 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:** 343
**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:** [July 17, 2021, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6844 "2021-07-17T05:40:55Z")
**[Orthographies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthography) of the world** _(with sample languages)_ 1. Cyrillic (Russian) 2. Alefbet (Hebrew) _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
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**[Orthographies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthography) of the world** _(with sample languages)_ 1. Cyrillic (Russian) - ру́сский алфави́т 2. Alefbet (Hebrew) - עִבְרִית 3. Burmese (Burmese) - မြန်မာအက္ခရာ ---
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**[Orthographies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthography) of the world** _(with sample languages)_ 1. Cyrillic (Russian) - ру́сский алфави́т 2. Alefbet (Hebrew) - עִבְרִית 3. Burmese (Burmese) - မြန်မာအက္ခရာ 4. Sanskrit (Southern Asia) - म्य् होवेर्cरफ़्ट् इस् फ़ुल्ल् ओफ़् ईल्स् ---
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**[Orthographies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthography)of the world** _(with sample languages)_ 1. Cyrillic (Russian) - ру́сский алфави́т 2. Alefbet (Hebrew) - עִבְרִית 3. Burmese (Burmese) - မြန်မာအက္ခရာ 4. Sanskrit (Southern Asia) - म्य् होवेर्cरफ़्ट् इस् फ़ुल्ल् ओफ़् ईल्स्ᜊ 5. Baybayin (ancient Tagalog) - ᜌ᜔ᜊᜌᜒᜈ᜔ ---
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**[Orthographies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthography)of the world** _(with sample languages)_ 1. Cyrillic (Russian) - ру́сский алфави́т 2. Alefbet (Hebrew) - עִבְרִית 3. Burmese (Burmese) - မြန်မာအက္ခရာ 4. Sanskrit (Southern Asia) - म्य् होवेर्cरफ़्ट् इस् फ़ुल्ल् ओफ़् ईल्स्ᜊ 5. Baybayin (ancient Tagalog) - ᜌ᜔ᜊᜌᜒᜈ᜔ 6. Abugida (Khmer) - អក្សរខ្មែរ ---
**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:** [July 19, 2021, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6849 "2021-07-19T14:58:22Z")
**[Orthographies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthography)of the world** _(with sample languages)_ 1. Cyrillic (Russian) - ру́сский алфави́т 2. Alefbet (Hebrew) - עִבְרִית 3. Burmese (Burmese) - မြန်မာအက္ခရာ 4. Sanskrit (Southern Asia) - म्य् होवेर्cरफ़्ट् इस् फ़ुल्ल् ओफ़् ईल्स्ᜊ 5. Baybayin (ancient Tagalog) - ᜌ᜔ᜊᜌᜒᜈ᜔ 6. Abugida (Khmer) - អក្សរខ្មែរ 7. Tamil (Sri Lanka) - புரியவில்லை ---
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**[Orthographies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthography)of the world** _(with sample languages)_ 1. Cyrillic (Russian) - ру́сский алфави́т 2. Alefbet (Hebrew) - עִבְרִית 3. Burmese (Burmese) - မြန်မာအက္ခရာ 4. Sanskrit (Southern Asia) - म्य् होवेर्cरफ़्ट् इस् फ़ुल्ल् ओफ़् ईल्स्ᜊ 5. Baybayin (ancient Tagalog) - ᜌ᜔ᜊᜌᜒᜈ᜔ 6. Abugida (Khmer) - អក្សរខ្មែរ 7. Tamil (Sri Lanka) - புரியவில்லை 8. Geʽez (Amharic) - ኢትዮጵያ አፍሪካ ውስጥ ናት ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6851 "2021-07-19T16:26:47Z")
**[Orthographies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthography)of the world** _(with sample languages)_ 1. Cyrillic (Russian) - ру́сский алфави́т 2. Alefbet (Hebrew) - עִבְרִית 3. Burmese (Burmese) - မြန်မာအက္ခရာ 4. Sanskrit (Southern Asia) - म्य् होवेर्cरफ़्ट् इस् फ़ुल्ल् ओफ़् ईल्स्ᜊ 5. Baybayin (ancient Tagalog) - ᜌ᜔ᜊᜌᜒᜈ᜔ 6. Abugida (Khmer) - អក្សរខ្មែរ 7. Tamil (Sri Lanka) - புரியவில்லை 8. Geʽez (Amharic) - ኢትዮጵያ አፍሪካ ውስጥ ናት 9. Arabic abjad (Arabic) - الْحُرُوف الْعَرَبِيَّة ---
**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:** [July 19, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6852 "2021-07-19T16:45:42Z")
**[Orthographies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthography)of the world** _(with sample languages)_ 1. Cyrillic (Russian) - ру́сский алфави́т 2. Alefbet (Hebrew) - עִבְרִית 3. Burmese (Burmese) - မြန်မာအက္ခရာ 4. Sanskrit (Southern Asia) - म्य् होवेर्cरफ़्ट् इस् फ़ुल्ल् ओफ़् ईल्स्ᜊ 5. Baybayin (ancient Tagalog) - ᜌ᜔ᜊᜌᜒᜈ᜔ 6. Abugida (Khmer) - អក្សរខ្មែរ 7. Tamil (Sri Lanka) - புரியவில்லை 8. Geʽez (Amharic) - ኢትዮጵያ አፍሪካ ውስጥ ናት 9. Arabic abjad (Arabic) - الْحُرُوف الْعَرَبِيَّة 10. Greek (Greece) - το χόβερκραφτ μου είναι γεμάτο χέλια. ---
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**[Orthographies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthography)of the world** _(with sample languages)_ 1. Cyrillic (Russian) - ру́сский алфави́т 2. Alefbet (Hebrew) - עִבְרִית 3. Burmese (Burmese) - မြန်မာအက္ခရာ 4. Sanskrit (Southern Asia) - म्य् होवेर्cरफ़्ट् इस् फ़ुल्ल् ओफ़् ईल्स्ᜊ 5. Baybayin (ancient Tagalog) - ᜌ᜔ᜊᜌᜒᜈ᜔ 6. Abugida (Khmer) - អក្សរខ្មែរ 7. Tamil (Sri Lanka) - புரியவில்லை 8. Geʽez (Amharic) - ኢትዮጵያ አፍሪካ ውስጥ ናት 9. Arabic abjad (Arabic) - الْحُرُوف الْعَرَبِيَّة 10. Greek (Greece) - το χόβερκραφτ μου είναι γεμάτο χέλια. 11. English (UK, US, Canada, elsewhere) - English ---
**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:** [July 20, 2021, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6854 "2021-07-20T03:00:30Z")
**[Orthographies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthography)of the world** _(with sample languages)_ 1. Cyrillic (Russian) - ру́сский алфави́т 2. Alefbet (Hebrew) - עִבְרִית 3. Burmese (Burmese) - မြန်မာအက္ခရာ 4. Sanskrit (Southern Asia) - म्य् होवेर्cरफ़्ट् इस् फ़ुल्ल् ओफ़् ईल्स्ᜊ 5. Baybayin (ancient Tagalog) - ᜌ᜔ᜊᜌᜒᜈ᜔ 6. Abugida (Khmer) - អក្សរខ្មែរ 7. Tamil (Sri Lanka) - புரியவில்லை 8. Geʽez (Amharic) - ኢትዮጵያ አፍሪካ ውስጥ ናት 9. Arabic abjad (Arabic) - الْحُرُوف الْعَرَبِيَّة 10. Greek (Greece) - το χόβερκραφτ μου είναι γεμάτο χέλια. 11. English (UK, US, Canada, elsewhere) - English 12. Mkhedruli (Georgia) - მხედრული ---
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**[Orthographies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthography)of the world** _(with sample languages)_ 1. Cyrillic (Russian) - ру́сский алфави́т 2. Alefbet (Hebrew) - עִבְרִית 3. Burmese (Burmese) - မြန်မာအက္ခရာ 4. Sanskrit (Southern Asia) - म्य् होवेर्cरफ़्ट् इस् फ़ुल्ल् ओफ़् ईल्स्ᜊ 5. Baybayin (ancient Tagalog) - ᜌ᜔ᜊᜌᜒᜈ᜔ 6. Abugida (Khmer) - អក្សរខ្មែរ 7. Tamil (Sri Lanka) - புரியவில்லை 8. Geʽez (Amharic) - ኢትዮጵያ አፍሪካ ውስጥ ናት 9. Arabic abjad (Arabic) - الْحُرُوف الْعَرَبِيَّة 10. Greek (Greece) - το χόβερκραφτ μου είναι γεμάτο χέλια. 11. English (UK, US, Canada, elsewhere) - English 12. Mkhedruli (Georgia) - მხედრული 13. Quenya - (Middle Earth) (don’t know how to copy text) **Shakespearian insults** 1. “Away you three-inch man” (Taming of the Shrew) ---
**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:** [July 20, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6856 "2021-07-20T19:10:07Z")
**Shakespearian insults** 1. “Away, you three-inch fool” (Taming of the Shrew) 2. “A most notable coward, an infinite and endless liar, an hourly promise breaker, the owner of no one good quality” (All’s Well That Ends Well) First one corrected. ---
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**Shakespearian insults** 1. “Away, you three-inch fool” (_Taming of the Shrew_) 2. “A most notable coward, an infinite and endless liar, an hourly promise breaker, the owner of no one good quality” (_All’s Well That Ends Well_) 3. “You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things!" (_Julius Caesar_) ---
**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:** [July 20, 2021, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6858 "2021-07-20T20:31:15Z")
**Shakespearian insults** 1. “Away, you three-inch fool” ( _Taming of the Shrew_ ) 2. “A most notable coward, an infinite and endless liar, an hourly promise breaker, the owner of no one good quality” ( _All’s Well That Ends Well_ ) 3. “You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things!" ( _Julius Caesar_ ) 4. “He has not so much brain as ear-wax.” (Troilus & Cressida) ---
**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:** [July 20, 2021, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6859 "2021-07-20T21:22:52Z")
**Shakespearian insults** 1. “Away, you three-inch fool” ( _Taming of the Shrew_ ) 2. “A most notable coward, an infinite and endless liar, an hourly promise breaker, the owner of no one good quality” ( _All’s Well That Ends Well_ ) 3. “You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things!" ( _Julius Caesar_ ) 4. “He has not so much brain as ear-wax.” (_Troilus and Cressida_) 5. “Away, you starvelling, you elf-skin, you dried neat’s-tongue, bull’s-pizzle, you stock-fish!” (_Henry IV, Part 1_) ---
**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:** [July 21, 2021, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6860 "2021-07-21T05:06:44Z")
**Shakespearian insults** 1. “Away, you three-inch fool” ( _Taming of the Shrew_ ) 2. “A most notable coward, an infinite and endless liar, an hourly promise breaker, the owner of no one good quality” ( _All’s Well That Ends Well_ ) 3. “You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things!" ( _Julius Caesar_ ) 4. “He has not so much brain as ear-wax.” ( _Troilus and Cressida_ ) 5. “Away, you starvelling, you elf-skin, you dried neat’s-tongue, bull’s-pizzle, you stock-fish!” ( _Henry IV, Part 1_ ) 6. “Thou whoreson zed! thou unnecessary letter! . . . I will tread this unbolted villain into mortar and daub the walls of a jakes with him.” (_King Lear_) ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6861 "2021-07-21T13:21:24Z")
**Shakespearian insults** 1. “Away, you three-inch fool” ( _Taming of the Shrew_ ) 2. “A most notable coward, an infinite and endless liar, an hourly promise breaker, the owner of no one good quality” ( _All’s Well That Ends Well_ ) 3. “You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things!" ( _Julius Caesar_ ) 4. “He has not so much brain as ear-wax.” ( _Troilus and Cressida_ ) 5. “Away, you starvelling, you elf-skin, you dried neat’s-tongue, bull’s-pizzle, you stock-fish!” ( _Henry IV, Part 1_ ) 6. “Thou whoreson zed! thou unnecessary letter! . . . I will tread this unbolted villain into mortar and daub the walls of a jakes with him.” ( _King Lear_ ) 7. “Why, thou clay brained guts, thou knotty pated fool, thou whoreson obscene greasy tallow catch!” (_Henry IV, Part 1_) ---
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**Shakespearean insults** 1. “Away, you three-inch fool” ( _Taming of the Shrew_ ) 2. “A most notable coward, an infinite and endless liar, an hourly promise breaker, the owner of no one good quality” ( _All’s Well That Ends Well_ ) 3. “You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things!" ( _Julius Caesar_ ) 4. “He has not so much brain as ear-wax.” ( _Troilus and Cressida_ ) 5. “Away, you starvelling, you elf-skin, you dried neat’s-tongue, bull’s-pizzle, you stock-fish!” ( _Henry IV, Part 1_ ) 6. “Thou whoreson zed! thou unnecessary letter! . . . I will tread this unbolted villain into mortar and daub the walls of a jakes with him.” ( _King Lear_ ) 7. “Why, thou clay brained guts, thou knotty pated fool, thou whoreson obscene greasy tallow catch!” ( _Henry IV, Part 1_ ) 8. “Would thou wert clean enough to spit upon.” (_Timon of Athens_) ---
**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:** [July 21, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6863 "2021-07-21T14:49:07Z")
**Shakespearean insults** 1. “Away, you three-inch fool” ( _Taming of the Shrew_ ) 2. “A most notable coward, an infinite and endless liar, an hourly promise breaker, the owner of no one good quality” ( _All’s Well That Ends Well_ ) 3. “You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things!" ( _Julius Caesar_ ) 4. “He has not so much brain as ear-wax.” ( _Troilus and Cressida_ ) 5. “Away, you starvelling, you elf-skin, you dried neat’s-tongue, bull’s-pizzle, you stock-fish!” ( _Henry IV, Part 1_ ) 6. “Thou whoreson zed! thou unnecessary letter! . . . I will tread this unbolted villain into mortar and daub the walls of a jakes with him.” ( _King Lear_ ) 7. “Why, thou clay brained guts, thou knotty pated fool, thou whoreson obscene greasy tallow catch!” ( _Henry IV, Part 1_ ) 8. “Would thou wert clean enough to spit upon.” (_Timon of Athens_) 9. “His wit’s as thick as a Tewkesbury mustard.” (_Henry IV, Part 2_) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=342) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=344)