# 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:** 126
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2501 "2010-12-02T20:18:53Z")
Three letter words that are pronounced like a single letter. 1. Aye 2. Bee 3. Sea 4. Tea 5. Are 6. Jay 7. Eye 8. Cue 9. Gee 10. Ewe 11. Pee 12. Owe ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2502 "2010-12-02T20:23:21Z")
Three letter words that are pronounced like a single letter. 1. Aye 2. Bee 3. Sea 4. Tea 5. Are 6. Jay 7. Eye 8. Cue 9. Gee 10. Ewe 11. Pee 12. Owe 13. Ell Movies or TV shows that have cars with names: 1. The General Lee from The Dukes of Hazzard ---
**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:** [December 2, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2503 "2010-12-02T20:26:10Z")
Movies or TV shows that have cars with names: 1. The General Lee from The Dukes of Hazzard 2. KITT from Knight Rider ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2504 "2010-12-02T20:34:23Z")
Movies or TV shows that have cars with names: 1. The General Lee from The Dukes of Hazzard 2. KITT from Knight Rider 3. The Batmobile from Batman ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2505 "2010-12-02T20:45:24Z")
Movies or TV shows that have cars with names: 1. The General Lee from The Dukes of Hazzard 2. KITT from Knight Rider 3. The Batmobile from Batman 4. Herbie! The Love Bug. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2506 "2010-12-02T20:59:53Z")
Movies or TV shows that have cars with names: 1. The General Lee from The Dukes of Hazzard 2. KITT from Knight Rider 3. The Batmobile from Batman 4. Herbie! The Love Bug. 5. The Convert-a-Car (and many others) from _The Wacky Races_ ---
**Author:** ![EristicKallistic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/85e7bf/32.png) [@EristicKallistic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EristicKallistic)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2507 "2010-12-02T21:36:17Z")
Movies or TV shows that have cars with names: 1. The General Lee from The Dukes of Hazzard 2. KITT from Knight Rider 3. The Batmobile from Batman 4. Herbie! The Love Bug. 5. The Convert-a-Car (and many others) from The Wacky Races 6. The Mystery Machine ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2508 "2010-12-02T21:59:46Z")
Movies or TV shows that have cars with names: 1. The General Lee from The Dukes of Hazzard 2. KITT from Knight Rider 3. The Batmobile from Batman 4. Herbie! The Love Bug. 5. The Convert-a-Car (and many others) from The Wacky Races 6. The Mystery Machine 7. “Ecto-1” from Ghostbusters ---
**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:** [December 2, 2010, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2509 "2010-12-02T22:00:23Z")
Movies or TV shows that have cars with names: 1. The General Lee from The Dukes of Hazzard 2. KITT from Knight Rider 3. The Batmobile from Batman 4. Herbie! The Love Bug. 5. The Convert-a-Car (and many others) from The Wacky Races 6. The Mystery Machine 7. “Ecto-1” from Ghostbusters 8. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2510 "2010-12-02T22:02:26Z")
Movies or TV shows that have cars with names: 1. The General Lee from The Dukes of Hazzard 2. KITT from Knight Rider 3. The Batmobile from Batman 4. Herbie! The Love Bug. 5. The Convert-a-Car (and many others) from The Wacky Races 6. The Mystery Machine 7. “Ecto-1” from Ghostbusters 8. “Christine” from…uh…Christine ---
**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:** [December 2, 2010, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2511 "2010-12-02T22:07:21Z")
Movies or TV shows that have cars with names: 1. The General Lee from The Dukes of Hazzard 2. KITT from Knight Rider 3. The Batmobile from Batman 4. Herbie! The Love Bug. 5. The Convert-a-Car (and many others) from The Wacky Races 6. The Mystery Machine 7. “Ecto-1” from Ghostbusters 8. “Christine” from…uh…Christine 9. “Gladys” (or “Mother”) from My Mother, the Car ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2512 "2010-12-02T22:18:07Z")
Movies or TV shows that have cars with names: 1. The General Lee from The Dukes of Hazzard 2. KITT from Knight Rider 3. The Batmobile from Batman 4. Herbie! The Love Bug. 5. The Convert-a-Car (and many others) from The Wacky Races 6. The Mystery Machine 7. “Ecto-1” from Ghostbusters 8. “Christine” from…uh…Christine 9. “Gladys” (or “Mother”) from My Mother, the Car 10. Lightning McQueen, main car star from Pixar’s Cars ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2513 "2010-12-02T22:26:35Z")
Movies or TV shows that have cars with names: 1. The General Lee from The Dukes of Hazzard 2. KITT from Knight Rider 3. The Batmobile from Batman 4. Herbie! The Love Bug. 5. The Convert-a-Car (and many others) from The Wacky Races 6. The Mystery Machine 7. “Ecto-1” from Ghostbusters 8. “Christine” from…uh…Christine 9. “Gladys” (or “Mother”) from My Mother, the Car 10. Lightning McQueen, main car star from Pixar’s Cars 11. Adrienne, Brock Samson’s '69 Charger from The Venture Brothers ---
**Author:** ![goldmund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a4c791/32.png) [@goldmund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goldmund)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2514 "2010-12-02T22:38:09Z")
Movies or TV shows that have cars with names: 1. The General Lee from The Dukes of Hazzard 2. KITT from Knight Rider 3. The Batmobile from Batman 4. Herbie! The Love Bug. 5. The Convert-a-Car (and many others) from The Wacky Races 6. The Mystery Machine 7. “Ecto-1” from Ghostbusters 8. “Christine” from…uh…Christine 9. “Gladys” (or “Mother”) from My Mother, the Car 10. Lightning McQueen, main car star from Pixar’s Cars 11. Adrienne, Brock Samson’s '69 Charger from The Venture Brothers 12. The Gadgetmobile, Inspector Gadget. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2515 "2010-12-02T23:10:53Z")
Upon review, it looks like we have 13, as **Little Nemo** had responded with Chitty Chitty Bang Bang with #8, and it was overlooked. **teletype** , do you have a new category? ---
**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:** [December 3, 2010, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2516 "2010-12-03T05:43:10Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](#): > > Upon review, it looks like we have 13, as **Little Nemo** had responded with Chitty Chitty Bang Bang with #8, and it was overlooked. > **teletype** , do you have a new category? If teletype doesn’t come back to post a new category (he’s only posted four times in the thread) you might as well post a new category as the penultimate poster. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2517 "2010-12-03T06:25:55Z")
I’ll buy that, thanks **LN**. I was actually thinking of this earlier. While listening to the radio, I heard the word “invalid” used, and it got me wondering about different words that were spelled the same with different meanings, like that one; or the word for cv. New list: Homographs 1. Offense, a transgression, or in sports, scoring points. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2010, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2518 "2010-12-03T06:31:47Z")
I’ll buy that, thanks **LN**. I was actually thinking of this earlier. While listening to the radio, I heard the word “invalid” used, and it got me wondering about different words that were spelled the same with different meanings, like that one; or the word for cv. New list: Homographs 1. Offense, a transgression, or in sports, scoring points. 2. Polish, to rub something to a shine or to be related to Poland ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2519 "2010-12-03T06:31:50Z")
Homographs 1. Offense, a transgression, or in sports, scoring points. 2. Polish, to rub something to a shine or to be related to Poland 3. Entrance, a way in, or to beguile ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2520 "2010-12-03T13:30:43Z")
Homographs 1. Offense, a transgression, or in sports, scoring points. 2. Polish, to rub something to a shine or to be related to Poland 3. Entrance, a way in, or to beguile 4. Wind, something that blows, or something you do to a clock [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=125) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=127)