# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**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:** 335

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6682 "2011-07-24T03:56:58Z")

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Thomas Pynchon characters

1. Tyrone Slothrop
2. Charles Mason
3. Rev. Wicks Cherrycoke
4. Benny Profane
5. Lew Basnight

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6683 "2011-07-24T06:49:53Z")

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Thomas Pynchon characters

1. Tyrone Slothrop
2. Charles Mason
3. Rev. Wicks Cherrycoke
4. Benny Profane
5. Lew Basnight
6. Oedipa Maas

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**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6684 "2011-07-24T13:06:32Z")

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Thomas Pynchon characters

1. Tyrone Slothrop
2. Charles Mason
3. Rev. Wicks Cherrycoke
4. Benny Profane
5. Lew Basnight
6. Oedipa Maas
7. Pirate Prentice

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6685 "2011-07-24T13:32:07Z")

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Thomas Pynchon characters

1. Tyrone Slothrop
2. Charles Mason
3. Rev. Wicks Cherrycoke
4. Benny Profane
5. Lew Basnight
6. Oedipa Maas
7. Pirate Prentice
8. Jeremiah Dixon

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**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:** [July 24, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6686 "2011-07-24T14:54:25Z")

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Thomas Pynchon characters

1. Tyrone Slothrop
2. Charles Mason
3. Rev. Wicks Cherrycoke
4. Benny Profane
5. Lew Basnight
6. Oedipa Maas
7. Pirate Prentice
8. Jeremiah Dixon
9. Herbert Stencil

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**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6687 "2011-07-26T01:47:52Z")

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Thomas Pynchon characters

1. Tyrone Slothrop
2. Charles Mason
3. Rev. Wicks Cherrycoke
4. Benny Profane
5. Lew Basnight
6. Oedipa Maas
7. Pirate Prentice
8. Jeremiah Dixon
9. Herbert Stencil
10. Zoyd Wheeler

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**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:** [July 26, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6688 "2011-07-26T02:15:17Z")

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Thomas Pynchon characters

1. Tyrone Slothrop
2. Charles Mason
3. Rev. Wicks Cherrycoke
4. Benny Profane
5. Lew Basnight
6. Oedipa Maas
7. Pirate Prentice
8. Jeremiah Dixon
9. Herbert Stencil
10. Zoyd Wheeler
11. Scarsdale Vibe

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6689 "2011-07-26T02:30:25Z")

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Thomas Pynchon characters

1. Tyrone Slothrop
2. Charles Mason
3. Rev. Wicks Cherrycoke
4. Benny Profane
5. Lew Basnight
6. Oedipa Maas
7. Pirate Prentice
8. Jeremiah Dixon
9. Herbert Stencil
10. Zoyd Wheeler
11. Scarsdale Vibe
12. Thomas Gwenhidwy

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**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6690 "2011-07-26T02:39:09Z")

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Thomas Pynchon characters

1. Tyrone Slothrop

2. Charles Mason

3. Rev. Wicks Cherrycoke

4. Benny Profane

5. Lew Basnight

6. Oedipa Maas

7. Pirate Prentice

8. Jeremiah Dixon

9. Herbert Stencil

10. Zoyd Wheeler

11. Scarsdale Vibe

12. Thomas Gwenhidwy

13. Nathan ‘Lardass’ Levine  
New category - Native Languages of North America

14. Inuktitut

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6691 "2011-07-26T02:41:41Z")

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New category - Native Languages of North America

1. Inuktitut
2. Cree

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**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:** [July 26, 2011, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6692 "2011-07-26T03:13:14Z")

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New category - Native Languages of North America

1. Inuktitut
2. Cree
3. Nahuatl

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**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6693 "2011-07-26T12:32:12Z")

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New category - Native Languages of North America

1. Inuktitut
2. Cree
3. Nahuatl
4. Navaho

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**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:** [July 26, 2011, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6694 "2011-07-26T13:12:27Z")

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New category - Native Languages of North America

1. Inuktitut
2. Cree
3. Nahuatl
4. Navaho
5. Caddoan

The name “Texas” comes from a Caddoan Indian word. It is a Spanish corruption of the Caddo word Taysha, which means “friend.”

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**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:** [July 26, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6695 "2011-07-26T14:41:16Z")

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New category - Native Languages of North America

1. Inuktitut
2. Cree
3. Nahuatl
4. Navaho
5. Caddoan
6. Anishinaabemowin

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**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:** [July 26, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6696 "2011-07-26T17:10:54Z")

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Native Languages of North America

1. Inuktitut
2. Cree
3. Nahuatl
4. Navaho
5. Caddoan
6. Anishinaabemowin
7. Onödowága

Spoken by the Seneca.

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**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:** [July 26, 2011, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6697 "2011-07-26T17:18:17Z")

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Native Languages of North America

1. Inuktitut
2. Cree
3. Nahuatl
4. Navaho
5. Caddoan
6. Anishinaabemowin
7. Onödowága
8. Haida

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6698 "2011-07-26T20:46:47Z")

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Native Languages of North America

1. Inuktitut
2. Cree
3. Nahuatl
4. Navaho
5. Caddoan
6. Anishinaabemowin
7. Onödowága
8. Haida
9. Tlingit

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6699 "2011-07-26T23:51:01Z")

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Native Languages of North America

1. Inuktitut
2. Cree
3. Nahuatl
4. Navaho
5. Caddoan
6. Anishinaabemowin
7. Onödowága
8. Haida
9. Tlingit
10. Muskogee

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**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:** [July 27, 2011, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6700 "2011-07-27T00:16:23Z")

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Native Languages of North America

1. Inuktitut
2. Cree
3. Nahuatl
4. Navaho
5. Caddoan
6. Anishinaabemowin
7. Onödowága
8. Haida
9. Tlingit
10. Muskogee
11. Winnebago (aka Ho-Chunk)

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6701 "2011-07-27T05:44:17Z")

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Native Languages of North America

1. Inuktitut
2. Cree
3. Nahuatl
4. Navaho
5. Caddoan
6. Anishinaabemowin
7. Onödowága
8. Haida
9. Tlingit
10. Muskogee
11. Winnebago (aka Ho-Chunk)
12. Siouan

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