# 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:** 44
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/861 "2010-09-14T03:03:58Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Next: Words people almost always misspell (properly spelled): > > 1. Sacrilege > 2. independent How in the world do you misspell “independent”? ---
**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:** [September 14, 2010, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/862 "2010-09-14T03:27:42Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > > > Next: Words people almost always misspell (properly spelled): > > > > 1. Sacrilege > > 2. independent > > How in the world do you misspell “independent”? Independant. I’ve seen it many times. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2010, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/863 "2010-09-14T03:28:43Z")
Words people almost always misspell (properly spelled): 1. Sacrilege 2. independent 3. misspell 4. definitely 5. minuscule ---
**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:** [September 14, 2010, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/864 "2010-09-14T03:30:30Z")
> [@winterhawk11](#): > > > [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > > > How in the world do you misspell “independent”? > > Independant. I’ve seen it many times. What he said. Lots of words that end with -ant or -ent get misspelled. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2010, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/865 "2010-09-14T03:32:36Z")
Words people almost always misspell (properly spelled): 1. Sacrilege 2. independent 3. misspell 4. definitely 5. minuscule 6. license ---
**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:** [September 14, 2010, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/866 "2010-09-14T03:48:30Z")
Words people almost always misspell (properly spelled): 1. Sacrilege 2. independent 3. misspell 4. definitely 5. minuscule 6. license 7. amateur ---
**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:** [September 14, 2010, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/867 "2010-09-14T04:18:52Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Did anyone else noticed that it took over 4 days to come up with 13 pretty good politicians? I refused to play because I thought it was an oxymoron. Too subjective a category, and “pretty good” is just a tad vague. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2010, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/868 "2010-09-14T11:31:00Z")
Words people almost always misspell (properly spelled): 1. Sacrilege 2. independent 3. misspell 4. definitely 5. minuscule 6. license 7. amateur 8. separate ---
**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:** [September 14, 2010, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/869 "2010-09-14T11:58:14Z")
1. Sacrilege 2. independent 3. misspell 4. definitely 5. minuscule 6. license 7. amateur 8. separate 9. believe ---
**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:** [September 14, 2010, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/870 "2010-09-14T13:33:29Z")
Words people almost always misspell (properly spelled): 1. Sacrilege 2. independent 3. misspell 4. definitely 5. minuscule 6. license 7. amateur 8. separate 9. believe 10. phenomenal ---
**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:** [September 14, 2010, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/871 "2010-09-14T13:59:58Z")
Words people almost always misspell (properly spelled): 1. Sacrilege 2. independent 3. misspell 4. definitely 5. minuscule 6. license 7. amateur 8. separate 9. believe 10. phenomenal 11. conscientious ---
**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:** [September 14, 2010, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/872 "2010-09-14T15:07:15Z")
Words people almost always misspell (properly spelled): 1. Sacrilege 2. independent 3. misspell 4. definitely 5. minuscule 6. license 7. amateur 8. separate 9. believe 10. phenomenal 11. conscientious 12. liaison ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/873 "2010-09-14T15:12:00Z")
Words people almost always misspell (properly spelled): 1. Sacrilege 2. independent 3. misspell 4. definitely 5. minuscule 6. license 7. amateur 8. separate 9. believe 10. phenomenal 11. conscientious 12. liaison 13. restaurant Epistolary Novels: 1 - Freedom and Necessity - Emma Bull & Steven Brust ---
**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:** [September 14, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/874 "2010-09-14T15:19:02Z")
Epistolary Novels 1. “Freedom and Necessity” - Emma Bull & Steven Brust 2. “Worlds” by Joe Haldeman ---
**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:** [September 14, 2010, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/875 "2010-09-14T15:36:59Z")
Epistolary Novels 1. “Freedom and Necessity” - Emma Bull & Steven Brust 2. “Worlds” by Joe Haldeman 3. “Flowers for Algernon,” Daniel Keyes ---
**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:** [September 14, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/876 "2010-09-14T16:12:31Z")
Epistolary Novels 1. “Freedom and Necessity” - Emma Bull & Steven Brust 2. “Worlds” by Joe Haldeman 3. “Flowers for Algernon,” Daniel Keyes 4. “Dracula” by Bram Stoker ---
**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:** [September 14, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/877 "2010-09-14T16:45:22Z")
Epistolary Novels 1. “Freedom and Necessity” - Emma Bull & Steven Brust 2. “Worlds” by Joe Haldeman 3. “Flowers for Algernon,” Daniel Keyes 4. “Dracula” by Bram Stoker 5. “The Diary of Anne Frank” ---
**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:** [September 14, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/878 "2010-09-14T16:57:33Z")
Epistolary Novels 1. “Freedom and Necessity” - Emma Bull & Steven Brust 2. “Worlds” by Joe Haldeman 3. “Flowers for Algernon,” Daniel Keyes 4. “Dracula” by Bram Stoker 5. “The Diary of Anne Frank” 6. “The Fan” by Bob Randall ---
**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:** [September 14, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/879 "2010-09-14T17:47:12Z")
Epistolary Novels 1. “Freedom and Necessity” - Emma Bull & Steven Brust 2. “Worlds” by Joe Haldeman 3. “Flowers for Algernon,” Daniel Keyes 4. “Dracula” by Bram Stoker 5. “The Diary of Anne Frank” 6. “The Fan” by Bob Randall 7. “Aztec” by Gary Jennings ---
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