# Celebrities/VIPs/Luminaries whose names phonetically join in the middle **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 16, 2018, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-vips-luminaries-whose-names-phonetically-join-in-the-middle/808912 "2018-02-16T03:47:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-vips-luminaries-whose-names-phonetically-join-in-the-middle/808912/1 "2018-02-16T03:47:20Z")
eg - Don Knotts Jonas Salk All the power to you if you can come up with a vowel or ‘y’ connection. Easy-E 😛 ---
**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:** [February 16, 2018, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-vips-luminaries-whose-names-phonetically-join-in-the-middle/808912/2 "2018-02-16T18:26:55Z")
Jack Cassidy ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-vips-luminaries-whose-names-phonetically-join-in-the-middle/808912/3 "2018-02-16T19:03:40Z")
Carol Lynley was originally Carolyn Lee. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-vips-luminaries-whose-names-phonetically-join-in-the-middle/808912/4 "2018-02-16T19:55:45Z")
George Jones David Duke Sam McDowell (baseball pitcher and inspiration for _Cheers_ character Sam Malone, who also fits) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-vips-luminaries-whose-names-phonetically-join-in-the-middle/808912/5 "2018-02-16T19:56:37Z")
Yoko Ono ---
**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:** [February 16, 2018, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-vips-luminaries-whose-names-phonetically-join-in-the-middle/808912/6 "2018-02-16T21:07:16Z")
Barbara Acklin ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-vips-luminaries-whose-names-phonetically-join-in-the-middle/808912/7 "2018-02-16T22:20:21Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Carol Lynley was originally Carolyn Lee. Does that count? ::consults “Celebrities/VIPs/Luminaries whose names phonetically join in the middle” Rulebook:::o Sure, yeah, all good. Carlos Salinas (Mexican prez '88 - '94) ---
**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:** [February 16, 2018, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-vips-luminaries-whose-names-phonetically-join-in-the-middle/808912/8 "2018-02-16T22:57:41Z")
Carlos Santana William Morris ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2018, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-vips-luminaries-whose-names-phonetically-join-in-the-middle/808912/9 "2018-02-17T00:38:41Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > All the power to you if you can come up with a vowel or ‘y’ connection. Paula Abdul! What do I win!?! ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2018, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-vips-luminaries-whose-names-phonetically-join-in-the-middle/808912/10 "2018-02-17T01:43:35Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Paula Abdul! > > What do I win!?! Huh! Kudos! Oh you win big, alright. You’ll have to double-work for it, though: [skittles - Google Search](https://www.google.ca/search?q=skittles&client=firefox-b&dcr=0&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjjosXE5avZAhUB5mMKHdZDBeMQ_AUICigB&biw=1029&bih=802) Sure, I could be a total nurl and contend that technically there’s an “uh” sound at the end of Paula, which doesn’t quite match up with the short vowel “a” sound beginning Abdul, however, in my venerable, fusty senescence I’ve come to roll with those punches with a veritable Red Buttons-like homespun charisma. And warmth. Leslie Easterbrook (actor) 😉 ---
**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:** [February 17, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-vips-luminaries-whose-names-phonetically-join-in-the-middle/808912/11 "2018-02-17T15:22:00Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > All the power to you if you can come up with a vowel or ‘y’ connection. [Maury Yeston](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maury_Yeston) ---
**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:** [February 17, 2018, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-vips-luminaries-whose-names-phonetically-join-in-the-middle/808912/12 "2018-02-17T15:53:07Z")
Bob Barker Richard Dawson ---
**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:** [February 17, 2018, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-vips-luminaries-whose-names-phonetically-join-in-the-middle/808912/13 "2018-02-17T16:13:56Z")
Hal Linden Carole Lombard ---
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> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > [Maury Yeston](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maury_Yeston) Excellent “y” connection! (as I’m now realising that a ‘y’ connection will be a near-impossible phonetic one, given that the long ‘e’ vowel ending of Maury doesn’t meld with the consonontal ‘y’ beginning of Yeston.) Also I’d consider the name Maury Yeston obscure enough (along with **Prof. Pep** ’s Barbara Acklin) to warrant an accompanying livlihood descriptor. thanks! Oh I’ll really enjoy this one… Felix Silla (yup, you guessed it - Cousin It from “Addams Family”.:)) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2018, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-vips-luminaries-whose-names-phonetically-join-in-the-middle/808912/15 "2018-02-18T01:09:22Z")
Bob Balaban - actor, filmmaker, total cool guy. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2018, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-vips-luminaries-whose-names-phonetically-join-in-the-middle/808912/16 "2018-02-18T01:34:03Z")
Carole Lombard ---
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Roald Dahl ---
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Beeb Birtles, co-founder of the Little River Band ---
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Ralph Fiennes Joseph Fiennes Ranulph Fiennes ---
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Fritz Zwicky, Swiss astronomer [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-vips-luminaries-whose-names-phonetically-join-in-the-middle/808912.md?page=2)