# Examples Of Singular Things Named \[Blank\] \[Conjunction\] \[Blank\] **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 6, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-singular-things-named-blank-conjunction-blank/779175 "2017-02-06T16:20:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-singular-things-named-blank-conjunction-blank/779175/1 "2017-02-06T16:20:16Z")
Sorry if the title isn’t clear. I’m looking for singular things (cities, animals, dishes, etc) that have a conjunction in the name. Some examples: **Trinidad AND Tobago** : Nation in the Caribbean Sea, consisting of two main islands and various and sundry other islands, cays, and such. **St. Kitts AND Nevis** : Nation in the Caribbean Sea, consisting of two main islands and various and sundry other islands, cays, and such. **Truth OR Consequences** : City in New Mexico, USA. **Rawhide AND Bloody Bones** : Mythical creature of Ozark Mountain lore. What are some others? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-singular-things-named-blank-conjunction-blank/779175/2 "2017-02-06T16:23:28Z")
I assume that settlements that are of the form “[City]-On-[Stream name]” don’t count, because there are dozens if not hundreds of them in England, and at least some in Germany as well. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-singular-things-named-blank-conjunction-blank/779175/3 "2017-02-06T16:26:57Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I assume that settlements that are of the form “[City]-On-[Stream name]” don’t count, because there are dozens if not hundreds of them in England, and at least some in Germany as well. No, because “on” and “upon” and such are prepositions, not conjunctions. But if you can dig up any examples of [City]-and-[Nearby Thing of Importance] it would count. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-singular-things-named-blank-conjunction-blank/779175/4 "2017-02-06T16:31:03Z")
Does **'n** count as a conjunction? If so, there’s the [Sit 'N Spin](http://www.feelingretro.com/toys/Misc-Toys/sit-n-spin.php) and the [Close 'N Play](http://www.feelingretro.com/toys/Misc-Toys/close-n-play-phonograph.php). ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-singular-things-named-blank-conjunction-blank/779175/5 "2017-02-06T16:33:43Z")
And “[Blank] [Conjunction] [Blank]” seems to be a pretty common pattern for naming [pubs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eagle_and_Child) and [restaurants](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steak_%27n_Shake) and such. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-singular-things-named-blank-conjunction-blank/779175/6 "2017-02-06T18:15:03Z")
Lots of bands. Flash and the Pan, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Dukes, Chad and Jeremy, Peter and Gordon, George Thorogood and the Destroyers, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, et al. English Foods: bangers and mash, bubble and squeak ---
**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 6, 2017, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-singular-things-named-blank-conjunction-blank/779175/7 "2017-02-06T18:18:25Z")
The Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-singular-things-named-blank-conjunction-blank/779175/8 "2017-02-06T18:19:35Z")
The Bonnie and Clyde gang. Or did they go by “the Barrow gang”? ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-singular-things-named-blank-conjunction-blank/779175/9 "2017-02-06T18:26:10Z")
Rub & Tug Breaking & Entering Sausage & Biscuit Smash & Grab Captain & Tennille ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-singular-things-named-blank-conjunction-blank/779175/10 "2017-02-06T18:34:18Z")
[Chang and Eng Bunker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang_and_Eng_Bunker). ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-singular-things-named-blank-conjunction-blank/779175/11 "2017-02-06T18:38:51Z")
Turks and Caicos. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-singular-things-named-blank-conjunction-blank/779175/12 "2017-02-06T18:41:56Z")
Father-and-son businesses of the general format “Wm. Smith and son(s)” Railroad names, e.g.: – [Baltimore and Ohio Railroad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_and_Ohio_Railroad) – [Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago,_Rock_Island_%26_Pacific_Railroad) (The “Rock Island Line”) – [Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atchison,_Topeka_and_Santa_Fe_Railway) Financial and Law firms, often named after multiple partners, e.g.: – [Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated](http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=2339223) – [Ziffren, Brittenham, Branca, Fischer, Gilbert-Lurie, Stiffelman, Cook, Johnson, Lande & Wolf](http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2007/01/03/the-longest-law-firm-name-ever-part-ii/) ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-singular-things-named-blank-conjunction-blank/779175/13 "2017-02-06T18:45:30Z")
hot and sour soup sweet and sour pork nut’s and honey cereal kibbles and bits Truth or dare Sonny and Cher Donnie and Marie Kith and kin Huey Lewis and the news ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-singular-things-named-blank-conjunction-blank/779175/14 "2017-02-06T18:47:12Z")
State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-singular-things-named-blank-conjunction-blank/779175/15 "2017-02-06T18:53:15Z")
Also, [Spanish-style surnames with “y”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_naming_customs#The_particle_.22y.22_.28and.29), e.g., > [@](#): > > . . . the Andalusian Baroque writer Luis de Góngora y Argote (1561–1627), the Aragonese painter Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746–1828), the Andalusian artist Pablo Diego Ruiz y Picasso (1881–1973), and the Madrilenian liberal philosopher José Ortega y Gasset (1883–1955). ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-singular-things-named-blank-conjunction-blank/779175/16 "2017-02-06T19:16:01Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > Sorry if the title isn’t clear. I’m looking for singular things (cities, animals, dishes, etc) that have a conjunction in the name. Is macaroni and cheese (or spaghetti and meatballs) a singular thing? It’s certainly a dish, but macaroni is a thing by itself as is cheese. Similarly in your example, Trinidad and Tobago are each an island which have been merged into one country. Does every married (or perhaps not) couple I know count. Barack and Michelle; one thing? If so how about, Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice; does that count extra? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-singular-things-named-blank-conjunction-blank/779175/17 "2017-02-06T19:17:44Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > **Truth OR Consequences** : City in New Mexico, USA. > > What are some others? If you don’t know, Truth or Cionsequences used to be called **Hot Springs** , but changed its name in 1950 to that of a popular radio show in response to a dare/offer: > [@](#): > > Originally named Hot Springs, the city changed its name to “Truth or Consequences”, the title of a popular NBC Radio program. In March 1950, Ralph Edwards, the host of the radio quiz show Truth or Consequences, announced that he would air the program on its 10th anniversary from the first town that renamed itself after the show; Hot Springs won the honor, officially changing its name on March 31, 1950 (the program broadcast from there the following evening, April 1st). Edwards visited the town during the first weekend of May for the next 50 years. This event was called “Fiesta” and included a beauty contest, a parade, and a stage show. The city still celebrates Fiesta each year during the first weekend of May. > **[Truth or Consequences, New Mexico](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_or_Consequences,_New_Mexico)** > > Truth or Consequences (often abbreviated as T or C /ˌtiːɔːrˈsiː/ ⓘ) is a city in the U.S. state of New Mexico, and the county seat of Sierra County. In 2020, the population was 6,052. It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names for having chosen to rename itself in March 1950 after the Truth or Consequences radio show. The name is often hyphenated (Truth-or-Consequences, T-or-C) for clarity, though the formal name contains no punctuation. > The area is noted for its hot springs,... > **[Truth or Consequences](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_or_Consequences)** > > Truth or Consequences is an American game show originally hosted on NBC radio by Ralph Edwards (1940–57) and later on television by Edwards (1950–54), Jack Bailey (1954–56), Bob Barker (1956–75), Steve Dunne (1957–58), Bob Hilton (1977–78) and Larry Anderson (1987–88). The television show ran on CBS, NBC and also in syndication. The premise of the show was to mix the original quiz element of game shows with wacky stunts. > The daily syndicated show was produced by Ralph Edwards Productions (later ... When I was a kid, _Truth or Consequences_ was still on, having graduated to television. I thought the name of the town was strange and unconnected, until I read about it. ---
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You can eat just one M&M. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-singular-things-named-blank-conjunction-blank/779175/19 "2017-02-06T19:23:50Z")
Cut and Shoot, TX ---
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