# Keep a Word, Delete a Word **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 1, 2015, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013 "2015-05-01T15:39:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1083
**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:** [February 15, 2019, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21647 "2019-02-15T14:39:11Z")
_Cannery Row_ > **[Cannery Row (novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannery_Row_(novel))** > > Cannery Row is a novel by American author John Steinbeck, published in 1945. It is set during the Great Depression in Monterey, California, on a street lined with sardine canneries that is known as Cannery Row. The story revolves around the people living there: Lee Chong, the local grocer; Doc, a marine biologist; and Mack, the leader of a group of derelict people. > The actual location Steinbeck was writing about, Ocean View Avenue in Monterey, was later renamed "Cannery Row" in honor of the book... ---
**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 15, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21648 "2019-02-15T15:26:15Z")
skid row ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21649 "2019-02-15T18:35:27Z")
skid marks ---
**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 15, 2019, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21650 "2019-02-15T21:25:49Z")
hash marks ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2019, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21651 "2019-02-16T04:43:17Z")
hash browns ---
**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:** [February 16, 2019, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21652 "2019-02-16T04:46:50Z")
hash mark ---
**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 16, 2019, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21653 "2019-02-16T13:33:12Z")
birth mark ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2019, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21654 "2019-02-16T14:16:05Z")
Mark Spitz ---
**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 16, 2019, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21655 "2019-02-16T17:01:12Z")
land mark ---
**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 16, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21656 "2019-02-16T17:41:04Z")
Land Ho! ---
**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 16, 2019, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21657 "2019-02-16T18:38:24Z")
Land Camera ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21658 "2019-02-16T21:08:01Z")
hidden camera ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2019, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21659 "2019-02-16T21:16:31Z")
camera shy ---
**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 16, 2019, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21660 "2019-02-16T22:20:27Z")
gun shy ---
**Author:** ![backsidejohnny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/backsidejohnny/32/280_2.png) [@backsidejohnny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/backsidejohnny)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2019, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21661 "2019-02-16T22:39:12Z")
shy away ---
**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:** [February 16, 2019, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21662 "2019-02-16T22:55:54Z")
_Cast Away_ ---
**Author:** ![backsidejohnny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/backsidejohnny/32/280_2.png) [@backsidejohnny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/backsidejohnny)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2019, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21663 "2019-02-16T22:59:04Z")
_Fly Away_ ---
**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, 2019, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21664 "2019-02-17T00:05:42Z")
fly high ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2019, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21665 "2019-02-17T01:22:30Z")
fly fishing ---
**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, 2019, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/21666 "2019-02-17T03:03:07Z")
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