# 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:** 404
**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 7, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8064 "2021-12-07T16:42:02Z")
**Weird language quirks** 1. WWW (9 syllables) is short for World Wide Web (3 syllables) 2. Rough, dough, through, cough, and bough - none of these rhyme 3. “Buckle” can mean either to collapse or hold something together 4. The little three letter word, “run” has at least 645 distinctly different meanings 5. Ghoti = fish? 6. **"I before E, except after C"**. Truthfully, there are something like 923 exceptions to this ‘rule’, and only 44 words that observe it. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 7, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8065 "2021-12-07T16:45:35Z")
**Weird language quirks** 1. WWW (9 syllables) is short for World Wide Web (3 syllables) 2. Rough, dough, through, cough, and bough - none of these rhyme 3. “Buckle” can mean either to collapse or hold something together 4. The little three letter word, “run” has at least 645 distinctly different meanings 5. Ghoti = fish? 6. **"I before E, except after C"**. Truthfully, there are something like 923 exceptions to this ‘rule’, and only 44 words that observe it. 7. Many, like me, believe that “unique” cannot be properly qualified - something is either unique, or it is not. Others disagree. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2021, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8066 "2021-12-08T07:56:29Z")
**Weird language quirks** 1. WWW (9 syllables) is short for World Wide Web (3 syllables) 2. Rough, dough, through, cough, and bough - none of these rhyme 3. “Buckle” can mean either to collapse or hold something together 4. The little three letter word, “run” has at least 645 distinctly different meanings 5. Ghoti = fish? 6. **"I before E, except after C"**. Truthfully, there are something like 923 exceptions to this ‘rule’, and only 44 words that observe it. 7. Many, like me, believe that “unique” cannot be properly qualified - something is either unique, or it is not. Others disagree. 8. “Hauling ass” and “dragging ass” have opposite meanings. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2021, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8067 "2021-12-08T12:32:27Z")
**Weird language quirks** 1. WWW (9 syllables) is short for World Wide Web (3 syllables) 2. Rough, dough, through, cough, and bough - none of these rhyme 3. “Buckle” can mean either to collapse or hold something together 4. The little three letter word, “run” has at least 645 distinctly different meanings 5. Ghoti = fish? 6. **"I before E, except after C"**. Truthfully, there are something like 923 exceptions to this ‘rule’, and only 44 words that observe it. 7. Many, like me, believe that “unique” cannot be properly qualified - something is either unique, or it is not. Others disagree. 8. “Hauling ass” and “dragging ass” have opposite meanings. 9. “Fight with” can mean either to fight on the same side as someone or to fight against someone. ---
**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 8, 2021, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8068 "2021-12-08T13:07:05Z")
**Weird language quirks** 1. WWW (9 syllables) is short for World Wide Web (3 syllables) 2. Rough, dough, through, cough, and bough - none of these rhyme 3. “Buckle” can mean either to collapse or hold something together 4. The little three letter word, “run” has at least 645 distinctly different meanings 5. Ghoti = fish? 6. **"I before E, except after C"**. Truthfully, there are something like 923 exceptions to this ‘rule’, and only 44 words that observe it. 7. Many, like me, believe that “unique” cannot be properly qualified - something is either unique, or it is not. Others disagree. 8. “Hauling ass” and “dragging ass” have opposite meanings. 9. “Fight with” can mean either to fight on the same side as someone or to fight against someone. 10. The words in the phrase “good food” don’t rhyme. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2021, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8069 "2021-12-08T15:01:16Z")
**Weird language quirks** 1. WWW (9 syllables) is short for World Wide Web (3 syllables) 2. Rough, dough, through, cough, and bough - none of these rhyme 3. “Buckle” can mean either to collapse or hold something together 4. The little three letter word, “run” has at least 645 distinctly different meanings 5. Ghoti = fish? 6. **"I before E, except after C"**. Truthfully, there are something like 923 exceptions to this ‘rule’, and only 44 words that observe it. 7. Many, like me, believe that “unique” cannot be properly qualified - something is either unique, or it is not. Others disagree. 8. “Hauling ass” and “dragging ass” have opposite meanings. 9. “Fight with” can mean either to fight on the same side as someone or to fight against someone. 10. The words in the phrase “good food” don’t rhyme. 11. Contronyms like dust, clip, overlook, sanction, and finished have conflicting meanings. ---
**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 8, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8070 "2021-12-08T17:11:10Z")
**Weird language quirks** 1. WWW (9 syllables) is short for World Wide Web (3 syllables) 2. Rough, dough, through, cough, and bough - none of these rhyme 3. “Buckle” can mean either to collapse or hold something together 4. The little three letter word, “run” has at least 645 distinctly different meanings 5. Ghoti = fish? 6. **"I before E, except after C"**. Truthfully, there are something like 923 exceptions to this ‘rule’, and only 44 words that observe it. 7. Many, like me, believe that “unique” cannot be properly qualified - something is either unique, or it is not. Others disagree. 8. “Hauling ass” and “dragging ass” have opposite meanings. 9. “Fight with” can mean either to fight on the same side as someone or to fight against someone. 10. The words in the phrase “good food” don’t rhyme. 11. Contronyms like dust, clip, overlook, sanction, and finished have conflicting meanings. 12. Irregular verbs: sing sang sung but not bring brang brung ---
**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 8, 2021, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8071 "2021-12-08T17:22:31Z")
**Weird language quirks** 1. WWW (9 syllables) is short for World Wide Web (3 syllables) 2. Rough, dough, through, cough, and bough - none of these rhyme 3. “Buckle” can mean either to collapse or hold something together 4. The little three letter word, “run” has at least 645 distinctly different meanings 5. Ghoti = fish? 6. **"I before E, except after C"**. Truthfully, there are something like 923 exceptions to this ‘rule’, and only 44 words that observe it. 7. Many, like me, believe that “unique” cannot be properly qualified - something is either unique, or it is not. Others disagree. 8. “Hauling ass” and “dragging ass” have opposite meanings. 9. “Fight with” can mean either to fight on the same side as someone or to fight against someone. 10. The words in the phrase “good food” don’t rhyme. 11. Contronyms like dust, clip, overlook, sanction, and finished have conflicting meanings. 12. Irregular verbs: sing sang sung but not bring brang brung 13. Irregular plurals: can’t just add an ‘S’ as in cup/cups or fork/forks; there are countless exceptions such as goose/geese; mouse/mice; knife/knives; puppy/puppies, and moose/moose **"Triple Crown" Winners** 1. Seattle Slew _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8072 "2021-12-08T18:07:49Z")
**"Triple Crown" Winners** 1. Seattle Slew 2. Affirmed ---
**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 8, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8073 "2021-12-08T18:21:03Z")
**Triple Crown Winners** 1. Seattle Slew 2. Affirmed 3. War Admiral ---
**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 8, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8074 "2021-12-08T18:39:40Z")
**Triple Crown Winners** 1. Seattle Slew 2. Affirmed 3. War Admiral 4. Secretariat ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2021, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8075 "2021-12-08T23:23:12Z")
**Triple Crown Winners** 1. Seattle Slew 2. Affirmed 3. War Admiral 4. Secretariat 5. American Pharoah ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8076 "2021-12-09T00:41:42Z")
**Triple Crown Winners** 1. Seattle Slew 2. Affirmed 3. War Admiral 4. Secretariat 5. American Pharoah 6. Justify ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8077 "2021-12-09T01:42:00Z")
**Triple Crown Winners** 1. Seattle Slew 2. Affirmed 3. War Admiral 4. Secretariat 5. American Pharoah 6. Justify 7. Omaha ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8078 "2021-12-09T14:57:47Z")
**Triple Crown Winners** 1. Seattle Slew 2. Affirmed 3. War Admiral 4. Secretariat 5. American Pharoah 6. Justify 7. Omaha 8. Sir Barton ---
**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:** [December 9, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8079 "2021-12-09T15:55:13Z")
**Triple Crown Winners** 1. Seattle Slew 2. Affirmed 3. War Admiral 4. Secretariat 5. American Pharoah 6. Justify 7. Omaha 8. Sir Barton 9. Whirlaway ---
**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 9, 2021, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8080 "2021-12-09T17:16:29Z")
**Triple Crown Winners** 1. Seattle Slew 2. Affirmed 3. War Admiral 4. Secretariat 5. American Pharoah 6. Justify 7. Omaha 8. Sir Barton 9. Whirlaway 10. Gallant Fox I see that there are exactly 13 correct answers to this category - well chosen, **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 9, 2021, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8081 "2021-12-09T18:27:26Z")
**Triple Crown Winners** 1. Seattle Slew 2. Affirmed 3. War Admiral 4. Secretariat 5. American Pharoah 6. Justify 7. Omaha 8. Sir Barton 9. Whirlaway 10. Gallant Fox 11. Nijinsky English Triple Crown winner ---
**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 9, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8082 "2021-12-09T21:34:21Z")
**Triple Crown Winners** 1. Seattle Slew 2. Affirmed 3. War Admiral 4. Secretariat 5. American Pharoah 6. Justify 7. Omaha 8. Sir Barton 9. Whirlaway 10. Gallant Fox 11. Nijinsky 12. Count Fleet An ancestor of American Pharoah, and ranked as one of the greatest American racehorses of the twentieth century, fifth on the [Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood-Horse_magazine_List_of_the_Top_100_U.S._Racehorses_of_the_20th_Century) And true, the original category didn’t say US Triple Crown. Trust Prof. P to “throw a spanner in the works” as they say in England. ---
**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 9, 2021, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8083 "2021-12-09T23:10:29Z")
> gkster wrote: > And true, the original category didn’t say US Triple Crown. Trust Prof. P to “throw a spanner in the works” as they say in England. I didn’t specify US Triple Crown, because I didn’t know there was such a thing as an English Triple Crown until Prof. P. posted – so, he actually edumacated me, whether he intended to do so or not. Well done, sir! You may now resume the game. _ **-“BB”-** _ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=403) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=405)