# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1043
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20844 "2013-11-14T21:12:10Z")
Names Used to Describe Shades of Black or Near-Black 1. Charcoal 2. Jet 3. Ebony 4. Onyx ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20845 "2013-11-14T21:13:30Z")
Names Used to Describe Shades of Black or Near-Black 1. Charcoal 2. Jet 3. Ebony 4. Onyx 5. Fuligin ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20846 "2013-11-14T21:23:36Z")
Names Used to Describe Shades of Black or Near-Black 1. Charcoal 2. Jet 3. Ebony 4. Onyx 5. Fuligin 6. Basic ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20847 "2013-11-14T21:54:38Z")
Names Used to Describe Shades of Black or Near-Black 1. Charcoal 2. Jet 3. Ebony 4. Onyx 5. Fuligin 6. Basic 7. Midnight ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20848 "2013-11-14T21:58:25Z")
Names Used to Describe Shades of Black or Near-Black 1. Charcoal 2. Jet 3. Ebony 4. Onyx 5. Fuligin 6. Basic 7. Midnight 8. Bible ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20849 "2013-11-14T22:51:33Z")
Names Used to Describe Shades of Black or Near-Black 1. Charcoal 2. Jet 3. Ebony 4. Onyx 5. Fuligin 6. Basic 7. Midnight 8. Bible 9. Inky ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20850 "2013-11-14T22:56:28Z")
Names Used to Describe Shades of Black or Near-Black 1. Charcoal 2. Jet 3. Ebony 4. Onyx 5. Fuligin 6. Basic 7. Midnight 8. Bible 9. Inky 10. Lamp ---
**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:** [November 14, 2013, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20851 "2013-11-14T23:32:08Z")
Names Used to Describe Shades of Black or Near-Black 1. Charcoal 2. Jet 3. Ebony 4. Onyx 5. Fuligin 6. Basic 7. Midnight 8. Bible 9. Inky 10. Lamp 11. Obsidian ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20852 "2013-11-14T23:40:36Z")
Names Used to Describe Shades of Black or Near-Black 1. Charcoal 2. Jet 3. Ebony 4. Onyx 5. Fuligin 6. Basic 7. Midnight 8. Bible 9. Inky 10. Lamp 11. Obsidian 12. Blue (as in blue-black) ---
**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:** [November 15, 2013, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20853 "2013-11-15T01:59:59Z")
Names Used to Describe Shades of Black or Near-Black 1. Charcoal 2. Jet 3. Ebony 4. Onyx 5. Fuligin 6. Basic 7. Midnight 8. Bible 9. Inky 10. Lamp 11. Obsidian 12. Blue (as in blue-black) 13. Pitch New category: Words spelled differently in British and American English 1. Neighbour/Neighbor ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20854 "2013-11-15T02:04:12Z")
New category: Words spelled differently in British and American English 1. Neighbour/Neighbor 2. Tyre/Tire ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20855 "2013-11-15T02:26:03Z")
Words spelled differently in British and American English 1. Neighbour/Neighbor 2. Tyre/Tire 3. Colour/Color ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20856 "2013-11-15T02:31:17Z")
Words spelled differently in British and American English 1. Neighbour/Neighbor 2. Tyre/Tire 3. Colour/Color 4. Traveller/Traveler ---
**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:** [November 15, 2013, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20857 "2013-11-15T02:59:35Z")
Words spelled differently in British and American English 1. Neighbour/Neighbor 2. Tyre/Tire 3. Colour/Color 4. Traveller/Traveler 5. Theatre/Theater ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20858 "2013-11-15T03:04:30Z")
[quote=“Little\_Nemo, post:20857, topic:549173”] Words spelled differently in British and American English 1. Neighbour/Neighbor 2. Tyre/Tire 3. Colour/Color 4. Traveller/Traveler 5. Theatre/Theater 6. Learnt/Learned ---
**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:** [November 15, 2013, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20859 "2013-11-15T03:22:01Z")
Words spelled differently in British and American English 1. Neighbour/Neighbor 2. Tyre/Tire 3. Colour/Color 4. Traveller/Traveler 5. Theatre/Theater 6. Learnt/Learned 7. Honour/Honor ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20860 "2013-11-15T03:50:44Z")
Words spelled differently in British and American English 1. Neighbour/Neighbor 2. Tyre/Tire 3. Colour/Color 4. Traveller/Traveler 5. Theatre/Theater 6. Learnt/Learned 7. Honour/Honor 8. [del]Haggis/Vomit[/del] Labour/Labor ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20861 "2013-11-15T06:41:58Z")
Brilliantly played. Are you sure you’re **notfrommensa**? Words spelled differently in British and American English 1. Neighbour/Neighbor 2. Tyre/Tire 3. Colour/Color 4. Traveller/Traveler 5. Theatre/Theater 6. Learnt/Learned 7. Honour/Honor 8. [del]Haggis/Vomit[/del] Labour/Labor 9. Dreamt/Dreamed ---
**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:** [November 15, 2013, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20862 "2013-11-15T08:26:05Z")
Words spelled differently in British and American English 1. Neighbour/Neighbor 2. Tyre/Tire 3. Colour/Color 4. Traveller/Traveler 5. Theatre/Theater 6. Learnt/Learned 7. Honour/Honor 8. [del]Haggis/Vomit[/del] Labour/Labor 9. Dreamt/Dreamed 10. Recognise/Recognize ---
**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:** [November 15, 2013, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20863 "2013-11-15T11:12:22Z")
Words spelled differently in British and American English 1. Neighbour/Neighbor 2. Tyre/Tire 3. Colour/Color 4. Traveller/Traveler 5. Theatre/Theater 6. Learnt/Learned 7. Honour/Honor 8. Haggis/Vomit Labour/Labor 9. Dreamt/Dreamed 10. Recognise/Recognize 11. Valour/Valor [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1042) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1044)