# 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:** 3291
**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:** [May 24, 2019, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65808 "2019-05-24T05:09:59Z")
13 great opening lines from novels 1. “Call me Ishmael.” Herman Melville, Moby-Dick 2. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities 3. “It was a bright day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” George Orwell, 1984 4. “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice 5. “There was once a boy named Milo who didn’t know what to do with himself-- not just sometimes, but always.” Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth 6. "Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.’ James Joyce, Ulysses 7. “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.” JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit 8. “A screaming comes across the sky.” Thomas Pynchon , Gravity’s Rainbow 9. “When I was nine years old I hid under a table and heard my sister kill a king.” Frances M Hendry, Quest for a Maid. 10. “Who Is John Galt?” Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged 11. “The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.” William Gibson, Neuromancer 12. “Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.” Daphne Du Maurier, Rebecca 13. “There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it.” C.S.Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Next Men’s names with 3 or more syllables, A-M 1. Augustus ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65809 "2019-05-24T05:31:45Z")
Men’s names with 3 or more syllables, A-M 1. Augustus 2. Bernardo ---
**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:** [May 24, 2019, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65810 "2019-05-24T07:05:28Z")
Men’s names with 3 or more syllables, A-M 1. Augustus 2. Bernardo 3. Christopher ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65811 "2019-05-24T07:53:00Z")
Men’s names with 3 or more syllables, A-M 1. Augustus 2. Bernardo 3. Christopher 4. Darius ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65812 "2019-05-24T07:56:03Z")
Men’s names with 3 or more syllables, A-M 1. Augustus 2. Bernardo 3. Christopher 4. Darius 5. Elijah ---
**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:** [May 24, 2019, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65813 "2019-05-24T12:01:21Z")
Men’s names with 3 or more syllables, A-M 1. Augustus 2. Bernardo 3. Christopher 4. Darius 5. Elijah 6. Frederick ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65814 "2019-05-24T12:23:47Z")
Men’s names with 3 or more syllables, A-M 1. Augustus 2. Bernardo 3. Christopher 4. Darius 5. Elijah 6. Frederick 7. Gregory ---
**Author:** ![kk\_fusion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kk_fusion/32/15276_2.png) [@kk\_fusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kk_fusion)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65815 "2019-05-24T12:27:17Z")
Men’s names with 3 or more syllables, A-M 1. Augustus 2. Bernardo 3. Christopher 4. Darius 5. Elijah 6. Frederick 7. Gregory 8. Horatio ---
**Author:** ![CaptainSnazzy7402](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captainsnazzy7402/32/57_2.png) [@CaptainSnazzy7402](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptainSnazzy7402)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65816 "2019-05-24T12:33:44Z")
Men’s names with 3 or more syllables, A-M 1. Augustus 2. Bernardo 3. Christopher 4. Darius 5. Elijah 6. Frederick 7. Gregory 8. Horatio 9. Anthony (btw I feel like we are naming a bunch of Romans.) ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65817 "2019-05-24T12:50:57Z")
We’re going alphabetically, **CS7402**. Men’s names with 3 or more syllables, A-M 1. Augustus 2. Bernardo 3. Christopher 4. Darius 5. Elijah 6. Frederick 7. Gregory 8. Horatio 9. Ignatius ---
**Author:** ![CaptainSnazzy7402](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captainsnazzy7402/32/57_2.png) [@CaptainSnazzy7402](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptainSnazzy7402)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65818 "2019-05-24T12:55:48Z")
> [@Covfefe](#): > > We’re going alphabetically, **CS7402**. Oops. My bad. Men’s Names With 3 or More Syllables, A-M 1. Anthony 2. Augustus 3. Bernardo 4. Christopher 5. Darius 6. Elijah 7. Frederick 8. Gregory 9. Horatio 10. Ignatius ---
**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:** [May 24, 2019, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65819 "2019-05-24T13:00:39Z")
No sweat, we’ve all done it repeatedly (at least I have) Men’s Names With 3 or More Syllables, A-M 1. Anthony 2. Augustus 3. Bernardo 4. Christopher 5. Darius 6. Elijah 7. Frederick 8. Gregory 9. Horatio 10. Ignatius 11. Jonathan Not a bad name, if I say so myself. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65820 "2019-05-24T13:16:31Z")
Men’s Names With 3 or More Syllables, A-M 1. Anthony 2. Augustus 3. Bernardo 4. Christopher 5. Darius 6. Elijah 7. Frederick 8. Gregory 9. Horatio 10. Ignatius 11. Jonathan 12. Keanu ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65821 "2019-05-24T13:23:04Z")
Men’s Names With 3 or More Syllables, A-M 1. Anthony 2. Bernardo 3. Christopher 4. Darius 5. Elijah 6. Frederick 7. Gregory 8. Horatio 9. Ignatius 10. Jonathan 11. Keanu 12. Leonardo ---
**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:** [May 24, 2019, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65822 "2019-05-24T13:34:36Z")
Men’s Names With 3 or More Syllables, A-M 1. Anthony 2. Bernardo 3. Christopher 4. Darius 5. Elijah 6. Frederick 7. Gregory 8. Horatio 9. Ignatius 10. Jonathan 11. Keanu 12. Leonardo 13. Mattheus Next category, oh, I don’t know, how about… Men’s Names With 3 or More Syllables, N-Z 1. Nathaniel ---
**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:** [May 24, 2019, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65823 "2019-05-24T13:35:17Z")
Men’s Names With 3 or More Syllables, N-Z 1. Nathaniel 2. Oliver ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65824 "2019-05-24T13:41:22Z")
Men’s Names With 3 or More Syllables, N-Z 1. Nathaniel 2. Oliver 3. Philemon ---
**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:** [May 24, 2019, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65825 "2019-05-24T13:45:49Z")
Men’s Names With 3 or More Syllables, N-Z 1. Nathaniel 2. Oliver 3. Philemon 4. Quirinius ---
**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:** [May 24, 2019, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65826 "2019-05-24T13:49:37Z")
Men’s Names With 3 or More Syllables, N-Z 1. Nathaniel 2. Oliver 3. Philemon 4. Quirinius 5. Roberto ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65827 "2019-05-24T13:52:34Z")
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