Bakers Dozen

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

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

[Elendil_s_Heir]

French words adopted (or stolen outright) into the English language.

1. rendezvous
2. caramel

[Intergalactic_Gladiator]

French words adopted (or stolen outright) into the English language.

1. rendezvous
2. caramel
3. Baguette

[Bullitt]

French words adopted (or stolen outright) into the English language.

1. rendezvous
2. caramel
3. Baguette
4. mé·nage à trois

[gkster]

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.

[Sparky812]

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”

[Little_Nemo]

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

[Infovore]

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

[Thin_Ice]

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

[Bullitt]

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

[Intergalactic_Gladiator]

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

[Ponch8]

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

[Bullitt]

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
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An actual job you held.

1. Paper boy, delivering America’s oldest newspaper, the Hartford Courant

[EscAlaMike]

An actual job you held.

1. Paper boy, delivering America’s oldest newspaper, the Hartford Courant
2. Grocery store cashier (Publix)

[NDP]

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)

[Ponch8]

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.

[Elendil_s_Heir]

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.

[Thin_Ice]

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

[EscAlaMike]

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

[Bullitt]

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