# 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:** 1058
**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 27, 2013, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21144 "2013-11-27T21:19:57Z")
New category: Name/nickname pairs that start with different letters 1. Robert/Bob 2. Margaret/Peggy ---
**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 27, 2013, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21145 "2013-11-27T21:31:26Z")
Name/nickname pairs that start with different letters 1. Robert/Bob 2. Margaret/Peggy 3. Richard/Dick ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21146 "2013-11-27T21:35:53Z")
Name/nickname pairs that start with different letters 1. Robert/Bob 2. Margaret/Peggy 3. Richard/Dick 4. Elizabeth/Betty ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21147 "2013-11-27T21:58:02Z")
Name/nickname pairs that start with different letters 1. Robert/Bob 2. Margaret/Peggy 3. Richard/Dick 4. Elizabeth/Betty 5. Elizabeth/Liz ---
**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 27, 2013, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21148 "2013-11-27T22:06:05Z")
Name/nickname pairs that start with different letters 1. Robert/Bob 2. Margaret/Peggy 3. Richard/Dick 4. Elizabeth/Betty 5. Elizabeth/Liz 6. Anthony/Tony ---
**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 27, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21149 "2013-11-27T22:27:18Z")
Name/nickname pairs that start with different letters 1. Robert/Bob 2. Margaret/Peggy 3. Richard/Dick 4. Elizabeth/Betty 5. Elizabeth/Liz 6. Anthony/Tony 7. Edward/Ted ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21150 "2013-11-27T22:30:13Z")
Name/nickname pairs that start with different letters 1. Robert/Bob 2. Margaret/Peggy 3. Richard/Dick 4. Elizabeth/Betty 5. Elizabeth/Liz 6. Anthony/Tony 7. Edward/Ted 8. William/Bill ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21151 "2013-11-27T22:49:04Z")
Name/nickname pairs that start with different letters 1. Robert/Bob 2. Margaret/Peggy 3. Richard/Dick 4. Elizabeth/Betty 5. Elizabeth/Liz 6. Anthony/Tony 7. Edward/Ted 8. William/Bill 9. Michelle/Shelly ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21152 "2013-11-27T23:54:45Z")
Name/nickname pairs that start with different letters 1. Robert/Bob 2. Margaret/Peggy 3. Richard/Dick 4. Elizabeth/Betty 5. Elizabeth/Liz 6. Anthony/Tony 7. Edward/Ted 8. William/Bill 9. Michelle/Shelly 10. Helen/Nellie ---
**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 28, 2013, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21153 "2013-11-28T00:10:27Z")
Name/nickname pairs that start with different letters 1. Robert/Bob 2. Margaret/Peggy 3. Richard/Dick 4. Elizabeth/Betty 5. Elizabeth/Liz 6. Anthony/Tony 7. Edward/Ted 8. William/Bill 9. Michelle/Shelly 10. Helen/Nellie 11. Edmund/Ned ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21154 "2013-11-28T00:26:36Z")
Name/nickname pairs that start with different letters 1. Robert/Bob 2. Margaret/Peggy 3. Richard/Dick 4. Elizabeth/Betty 5. Elizabeth/Liz 6. Anthony/Tony 7. Edward/Ted 8. William/Bill 9. Michelle/Shelly 10. Helen/Nellie 11. Edmund/Ned 12. Olivia/Liv ---
**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 28, 2013, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21155 "2013-11-28T00:30:13Z")
Name/nickname pairs that start with different letters 1. Robert/Bob 2. Margaret/Peggy 3. Richard/Dick 4. Elizabeth/Betty 5. Elizabeth/Liz 6. Anthony/Tony 7. Edward/Ted 8. William/Bill 9. Michelle/Shelly 10. Helen/Nellie 11. Edmund/Ned 12. Olivia/Liv 13. Alexander/Xander New! 13 Reasons To Be Thankful astorian Is Here 14. He makes Texas look good. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21156 "2013-11-28T00:50:26Z")
13 Reasons To Be Thankful astorian Is Here 1. He makes Texas look good. 2. He’s just super dreamy! **sigh** ---
**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 28, 2013, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21157 "2013-11-28T00:53:37Z")
13 Reasons To Be Thankful astorian Is Here 1. He makes Texas look good. 2. He’s just super dreamy! _sigh_ 3. Delightful Tolkienesque username ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21158 "2013-11-28T05:27:14Z")
13 Reasons To Be Thankful astorian Is Here 1. He makes Texas look good. 2. He’s just super dreamy! _sigh_ 3. Delightful Tolkienesque username 4. He provides yin to Der Trihs’ yang ---
**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 28, 2013, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21159 "2013-11-28T06:12:25Z")
13 Reasons To Be Thankful astorian Is Here 1. He makes Texas look good. 2. He’s just super dreamy! _sigh_ 3. Delightful Tolkienesque username 4. He provides yin to Der Trihs’ yang 5. He never takes the last donut. ---
**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 28, 2013, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21160 "2013-11-28T08:27:37Z")
13 Reasons To Be Thankful astorian Is Here 1. He makes Texas look good. 2. He’s just super dreamy! _sigh_ 3. Delightful Tolkienesque username 4. He provides yin to Der Trihs’ yang 5. He never takes the last donut 6. He knows where Wimberley is ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21161 "2013-11-28T11:26:35Z")
13 Reasons To Be Thankful astorian Is Here 1. He makes Texas look good. 2. He’s just super dreamy! _sigh_ 3. Delightful Tolkienesque username 4. He provides yin to Der Trihs’ yang 5. He never takes the last donut 6. He knows where Wimberley is 7. His username reminds me of the great “battle of the bitches” that led to the building of the Waldorf-Astoria. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21162 "2013-11-28T12:29:16Z")
13 Reasons To Be Thankful astorian Is Here 1. He makes Texas look good. 2. He’s just super dreamy! _sigh_ 3. Delightful Tolkienesque username 4. He provides yin to Der Trihs’ yang 5. He never takes the last donut 6. He knows where Wimberley is 7. His username reminds me of the great “battle of the bitches” that led to the building of the Waldorf-Astoria. 8. In Canadian his name means “(fucking)“A” story, eh?” ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21163 "2013-11-28T12:34:24Z")
1. He makes Texas look good. 2. He’s just super dreamy! _sigh_ 3. Delightful Tolkienesque username 4. He provides yin to Der Trihs’ yang 5. He never takes the last donut 6. He knows where Wimberley is 7. His username reminds me of the great “battle of the bitches” that led to the building of the Waldorf-Astoria. 8. In Canadian his name means “(fucking)“A” story, eh?” 9. His presence turns any party from “so-so” to “A+” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1057) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1059)