# 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:** 3101
**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 18, 2018, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62007 "2018-10-18T18:05:17Z")
19th Century armed conflicts 1. The American Civil War 2. War of 1812 3. War of the Oranges (1801) 4. 1804, Battle of Sitka (near Juneau) 5. Crimean War 6. The Franco-Prussian War 7. The Opium Wars 8. Napoleonic Wars 9. First Italian War of Independence (1848-1849) 10. War of the Triple Alliance (1864-1870) 11. The Mexican-American War ==\> (added by Bullitt: “From the Halls of Montezuma…”) 12. Battle of Derna (1805) ==\> “… to the shores of Tripoli” 13. The Battle of Zodanga (post-Civil War), in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ _A Princess of Mars_ New! French words adopted (or stolen outright) into the English language. 1. rendezvous ---
**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:** [October 18, 2018, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62008 "2018-10-18T18:08:56Z")
French words adopted (or stolen outright) into the English language. 1. rendezvous 2. caramel ---
**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:** [October 18, 2018, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62009 "2018-10-18T18:17:47Z")
French words adopted (or stolen outright) into the English language. 1. rendezvous 2. caramel 3. Baguette ---
**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 18, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62010 "2018-10-18T18:35:24Z")
French words adopted (or stolen outright) into the English language. 1. rendezvous 2. caramel 3. Baguette 4. mé·nage à trois ---
**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:** [October 18, 2018, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62011 "2018-10-18T18:41:47Z")
French words adopted (or stolen outright) into the English language. 1. rendezvous 2. caramel 3. Baguette 4. mé·nage à trois 5. lingerie And in French it’s **NOT** pronounced “lingeray”, a pet peeve of mine. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2018, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62012 "2018-10-18T19:36:17Z")
French words adopted (or stolen outright) into the English language. 1. rendezvous 2. caramel 3. Baguette 4. mé·nage à trois 5. lingerie 6. foyer Also in french it’s not pronounced “foi-ər” ---
**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 18, 2018, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62013 "2018-10-18T19:45:15Z")
French words adopted (or stolen outright) into the English language. 1. rendezvous 2. caramel 3. Baguette 4. mé·nage à trois 5. lingerie 6. foyer 7. restaurant ---
**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 18, 2018, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62014 "2018-10-18T19:52:10Z")
French words adopted (or stolen outright) into the English language. 1. rendezvous 2. caramel 3. Baguette 4. ménage à trois 5. lingerie 6. foyer 7. restaurant 8. meringue ---
**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 18, 2018, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62015 "2018-10-18T19:56:12Z")
French words adopted (or stolen outright) into the English language. 1. rendezvous 2. caramel 3. Baguette 4. ménage à trois 5. lingerie 6. foyer 7. restaurant 8. meringue 9. beignet ---
**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 18, 2018, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62016 "2018-10-18T20:02:14Z")
French words adopted (or stolen outright) into the English language. 1. rendezvous 2. caramel 3. Baguette 4. ménage à trois 5. lingerie 6. foyer 7. restaurant 8. meringue 9. beignet 10. resumé ---
**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:** [October 18, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62017 "2018-10-18T20:36:33Z")
French words adopted (or stolen outright) into the English language. 1. rendezvous 2. caramel 3. Baguette 4. ménage à trois 5. lingerie 6. foyer 7. restaurant 8. meringue 9. beignet 10. resumé 11. Façade ---
**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:** [October 18, 2018, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62018 "2018-10-18T20:37:40Z")
French words adopted (or stolen outright) into the English language. 1. rendezvous 2. caramel 3. Baguette 4. ménage à trois 5. lingerie 6. foyer 7. restaurant 8. meringue 9. beignet 10. resumé 11. Façade 12. cuisine ---
**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 18, 2018, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62019 "2018-10-18T21:02:50Z")
French words adopted (or stolen outright) into the English language. 1. rendezvous 2. caramel 3. Baguette 4. ménage à trois 5. lingerie 6. foyer 7. restaurant 8. meringue 9. beignet 10. resumé 11. Façade 12. cuisine 13. rotisserie Next: An actual job you held. 1. Paper boy, delivering America’s oldest newspaper, the Hartford Courant ---
**Author:** ![EscAlaMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/escalamike/32/4177_2.png) [@EscAlaMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EscAlaMike)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62020 "2018-10-18T21:12:57Z")
An actual job you held. 1. Paper boy, delivering America’s oldest newspaper, the Hartford Courant 2. Grocery store cashier (Publix) ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2018, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62021 "2018-10-18T21:27:51Z")
An actual job you held. 1. Paper boy, delivering America’s oldest newspaper, the Hartford Courant 2. Grocery store cashier (Publix) 3. Concessionaire at a minor league baseball stadium (Spokane Indians) ---
**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:** [October 18, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62022 "2018-10-18T21:29:25Z")
An actual job you held. 1. Paper boy, delivering America’s oldest newspaper, the Hartford Courant 2. Grocery store cashier (Publix) 3. In high school, I was doing work for an injury lawyer. My job was to photocopy ads from 30- to 40-year-old trade journals that illustrated the standard design of the unsafe product in question. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2018, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62023 "2018-10-18T21:32:05Z")
Please make sure you aren’t missing any simulposts. An actual job you held. 1. Paper boy, delivering America’s oldest newspaper, the Hartford Courant 2. Grocery store cashier (Publix) 3. Concessionaire at a minor league baseball stadium (Spokane Indians) 4. In high school, I was doing work for an injury lawyer. My job was to photocopy ads from 30- to 40-year-old trade journals that illustrated the standard design of the unsafe product in question. 5. Farm crew - digging holes, clearing trails, picking up trash, mowing, painting, etc. ---
**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 18, 2018, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62024 "2018-10-18T21:37:04Z")
An actual job you held. 1. Paper boy, delivering America’s oldest newspaper, the Hartford Courant 2. Grocery store cashier (Publix) 3. Concessionaire at a minor league baseball stadium (Spokane Indians) 4)In high school, I was doing work for an injury lawyer. My job was to photocopy ads from 30- to 40-year-old trade journals that illustrated the standard design of the product in question. 4. Farm crew - digging holes, clearing trails, picking up trash, mowing, painting, etc. 5. Instrument man on land survey crew ---
**Author:** ![EscAlaMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/escalamike/32/4177_2.png) [@EscAlaMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EscAlaMike)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62025 "2018-10-18T21:38:44Z")
An actual job you held. 1. Paper boy, delivering America’s oldest newspaper, the Hartford Courant 2. Grocery store cashier (Publix) 3. Concessionaire at a minor league baseball stadium (Spokane Indians) 4)In high school, I was doing work for an injury lawyer. My job was to photocopy ads from 30- to 40-year-old trade journals that illustrated the standard design of the product in question. 4. Farm crew - digging holes, clearing trails, picking up trash, mowing, painting, etc. 5. Instrument man on land survey crew 6. Supervisor of Operations for landscaping company ---
**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 18, 2018, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62026 "2018-10-18T21:47:35Z")
An actual job you held. 1. Paper boy, delivering America’s oldest newspaper, the Hartford Courant 2. Grocery store cashier (Publix) 3. Concessionaire at a minor league baseball stadium (Spokane Indians) 4)In high school, I was doing work for an injury lawyer. My job was to photocopy ads from 30- to 40-year-old trade journals that illustrated the standard design of the product in question. 4. Farm crew - digging holes, clearing trails, picking up trash, mowing, painting, etc. 5. Instrument man on land survey crew 6. Supervisor of Operations for landscaping company 7. forklift driver [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3100) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3102)