# 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:** 1512
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30224 "2014-10-12T18:10:16Z")
Fiction set in or mostly in a desert: 1. Season of the Sandstorms, by Mary Pope Osborne 2. Dune (and its sequels) by Frank Herbert 3. The Little Prince by Antoine de Ste.-Exupery 4. No Country for Old Men (and several other titles) by Cormac McCarthy ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30225 "2014-10-12T22:51:40Z")
Fiction set in or mostly in a desert: 1. Season of the Sandstorms, by Mary Pope Osborne 2. Dune (and its sequels) by Frank Herbert 3. The Little Prince by Antoine de Ste.-Exupery 4. No Country for Old Men (and several other titles) by Cormac McCarthy 5. Mating, by Norman Rush ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30226 "2014-10-12T23:11:22Z")
Fiction set in or mostly in a desert: 1. Season of the Sandstorms, by Mary Pope Osborne 2. Dune (and its sequels) by Frank Herbert 3. The Little Prince by Antoine de Ste.-Exupery 4. No Country for Old Men (and several other titles) by Cormac McCarthy 5. Mating, by Norman Rush 6. The Flight of the Phoenix, directed by Robert Aldrich ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30227 "2014-10-13T01:15:45Z")
Fiction set in or mostly in a desert: 1. Season of the Sandstorms, by Mary Pope Osborne 2. Dune (and its sequels) by Frank Herbert 3. The Little Prince by Antoine de Ste.-Exupery 4. No Country for Old Men (and several other titles) by Cormac McCarthy 5. Mating, by Norman Rush 6. The Flight of the Phoenix, directed by Robert Aldrich 7. Three Kings, the one with George Clooney as lead ---
**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:** [October 13, 2014, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30228 "2014-10-13T03:44:19Z")
Fiction set in or mostly in a desert: 1. Season of the Sandstorms, by Mary Pope Osborne 2. Dune (and its sequels) by Frank Herbert 3. The Little Prince by Antoine de Ste.-Exupery 4. No Country for Old Men (and several other titles) by Cormac McCarthy 5. Mating, by Norman Rush 6. The Flight of the Phoenix, directed by Robert Aldrich 7. Three Kings, the one with George Clooney as lead 8. Aladdin (the Disney film with Robin Williams) ---
**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:** [October 13, 2014, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30229 "2014-10-13T05:17:19Z")
Fiction set in or mostly in a desert: 1. Season of the Sandstorms, by Mary Pope Osborne 2. Dune (and its sequels) by Frank Herbert 3. The Little Prince by Antoine de Ste.-Exupery 4. No Country for Old Men (and several other titles) by Cormac McCarthy 5. Mating, by Norman Rush 6. The Flight of the Phoenix, directed by Robert Aldrich 7. Three Kings, the one with George Clooney as lead 8. Aladdin (the Disney film with Robin Williams) 9. Rango ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30230 "2014-10-13T06:12:12Z")
Fiction set in or mostly in a desert: 1. Season of the Sandstorms, by Mary Pope Osborne 2. Dune (and its sequels) by Frank Herbert 3. The Little Prince by Antoine de Ste.-Exupery 4. No Country for Old Men (and several other titles) by Cormac McCarthy 5. Mating, by Norman Rush 6. The Flight of the Phoenix, directed by Robert Aldrich 7. Three Kings, the one with George Clooney as lead 8. Aladdin (the Disney film with Robin Williams) 9. Rango 10. Hidalgo ---
**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:** [October 13, 2014, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30231 "2014-10-13T06:32:26Z")
Fiction set in or mostly in a desert: 1. Season of the Sandstorms, by Mary Pope Osborne 2. Dune (and its sequels) by Frank Herbert 3. The Little Prince by Antoine de Ste.-Exupery 4. No Country for Old Men (and several other titles) by Cormac McCarthy 5. Mating, by Norman Rush 6. The Flight of the Phoenix, directed by Robert Aldrich 7. Three Kings, the one with George Clooney as lead 8. Aladdin (the Disney film with Robin Williams) 9. Rango 10. Hidalgo 11. Lawrence of Arabia The Greatest Arabian Bromance of All Time! ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30232 "2014-10-13T06:44:03Z")
Fiction set in or mostly in a desert: 1. Season of the Sandstorms, by Mary Pope Osborne 2. Dune (and its sequels) by Frank Herbert 3. The Little Prince by Antoine de Ste.-Exupery 4. No Country for Old Men (and several other titles) by Cormac McCarthy 5. Mating, by Norman Rush 6. The Flight of the Phoenix, directed by Robert Aldrich 7. Three Kings, the one with George Clooney as lead 8. Aladdin (the Disney film with Robin Williams) 9. Rango 10. Hidalgo 11. Lawrence of Arabia 12. A Far Off Place ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30233 "2014-10-13T12:56:38Z")
Fiction set in or mostly in a desert: 1. Season of the Sandstorms, by Mary Pope Osborne 2. Dune (and its sequels) by Frank Herbert 3. The Little Prince by Antoine de Ste.-Exupery 4. No Country for Old Men (and several other titles) by Cormac McCarthy 5. Mating, by Norman Rush 6. The Flight of the Phoenix, directed by Robert Aldrich 7. Three Kings, the one with George Clooney as lead 8. Aladdin (the Disney film with Robin Williams) 9. Rango 10. Hidalgo 11. Lawrence of Arabia 12. A Far Off Place 13. The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje (Lawrence of Arabia was not fiction) Next: Famous people who spelled their name in an unorthodox way. 1. Meredith Willson ---
**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:** [October 13, 2014, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30234 "2014-10-13T13:24:50Z")
Next: Famous people who spelled their name in an unorthodox way. 1. Meredith Willson 2. Melvil Dewey Librarian, cataloguer and champion of spelling reform ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30235 "2014-10-13T13:46:41Z")
Famous people who spelled their name in an unorthodox way. 1. Meredith Willson 2. Melvil Dewey - Librarian, cataloguer and champion of spelling reform 3. Mykelti (Michael T.) Williamson ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30236 "2014-10-13T13:51:36Z")
Famous people who spelled their name in an unorthodox way. 1. Meredith Willson 2. Melvil Dewey - Librarian, cataloguer and champion of spelling reform 3. Mykelti (Michael T.) Williamson 4. Anfernee (Penny) Hardaway, basketball star ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30237 "2014-10-13T13:56:33Z")
NOTE: I was thinking of common surnames, like WILLSON with two Ls.) ---
**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:** [October 13, 2014, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30238 "2014-10-13T14:44:26Z")
Famous people who spelled their name in an unorthodox way. 1. Meredith Willson 2. Melvil Dewey - Librarian, cataloguer and champion of spelling reform 3. Mykelti (Michael T.) Williamson 4. Anfernee (Penny) Hardaway, basketball star 5. Willem Dafoe ---
**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:** [October 13, 2014, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30239 "2014-10-13T14:56:58Z")
Famous people who spelled their name in an unorthodox way. 1. Meredith Willson 2. Melvil Dewey - Librarian, cataloguer and champion of spelling reform 3. Mykelti (Michael T.) Williamson 4. Anfernee (Penny) Hardaway, basketball star 5. Willem Dafoe 6. Bette Davis ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30240 "2014-10-13T15:40:56Z")
Famous people who spelled their name in an unorthodox way. 1. Meredith Willson 2. Melvil Dewey - Librarian, cataloguer and champion of spelling reform 3. Mykelti (Michael T.) Williamson 4. Anfernee (Penny) Hardaway, basketball star 5. Willem Dafoe 6. Bette Davis 7. Katharine Hepburn It’s usually spelled -_ **e** _rine. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2014, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30241 "2014-10-13T16:03:40Z")
Famous people who spelled their name in an unorthodox way. 1. Meredith Willson 2. Melvil Dewey - Librarian, cataloguer and champion of spelling reform 3. Mykelti (Michael T.) Williamson 4. Anfernee (Penny) Hardaway, basketball star 5. Willem Dafoe 6. Bette Davis 7. Katharine Hepburn 8. Barbra Streisand ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30242 "2014-10-13T16:29:01Z")
Famous people who spelled their name in an unorthodox way. 1. Meredith Willson 2. Melvil Dewey - Librarian, cataloguer and champion of spelling reform 3. Mykelti (Michael T.) Williamson 4. Anfernee (Penny) Hardaway, basketball star 5. Willem Dafoe 6. Bette Davis 7. Katharine Hepburn 8. Barbra Streisand 9. Busy Philipps ---
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Famous people who spelled their name in an unorthodox way. 1. Meredith Willson 2. Melvil Dewey - Librarian, cataloguer and champion of spelling reform 3. Mykelti (Michael T.) Williamson 4. Anfernee (Penny) Hardaway, basketball star 5. Willem Dafoe 6. Bette Davis 7. Katharine Hepburn 8. Barbra Streisand 9. Busy Philipps 10. Bette Midler [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1511) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1513)