# 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:** 136
**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:** [September 4, 2015, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/2704 "2015-09-04T12:36:16Z")
Buster Keaton ---
**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:** [September 4, 2015, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/2705 "2015-09-04T13:40:40Z")
Buster Brown ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/2706 "2015-09-04T13:49:18Z")
brown cow ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/2707 "2015-09-04T13:52:12Z")
cow lick ---
**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:** [September 4, 2015, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/2708 "2015-09-04T14:03:43Z")
Lick Observatory ---
**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 4, 2015, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/2709 "2015-09-04T14:22:08Z")
French Lick > **[French Lick, Indiana](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Lick,_Indiana)** > > French Lick is a town in French Lick Township, Orange County, Indiana. The population was 1,807 at the time of the 2010 census. > French Lick was originally a French trading post built near a spring and salt lick. A fortified ranger post was established near the springs in 1811. On Johnson's 1837 map of Indiana, the community was known as Salt Spring. The town was founded in 1857. French Lick's post office has been in operation since 1847. > The sulfur springs were commercially exploited for medica... ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/2710 "2015-09-04T14:40:57Z")
French kiss ---
**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:** [September 4, 2015, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/2711 "2015-09-04T16:43:43Z")
french fries ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/2712 "2015-09-04T17:11:04Z")
fish fries ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/2713 "2015-09-04T17:15:20Z")
freedom fries ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/2714 "2015-09-04T17:17:23Z")
calf fries ---
**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:** [September 4, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/2715 "2015-09-04T17:21:56Z")
calf muscle ---
**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:** [September 4, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/2716 "2015-09-04T18:00:43Z")
Muscle Shoals ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/2717 "2015-09-04T18:47:57Z")
muscle tone ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/2718 "2015-09-04T18:48:35Z")
tone deaf ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/2719 "2015-09-04T18:52:14Z")
Deaf Smith (important enough a figure in Texas history to have a county named after him) ---
**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:** [September 4, 2015, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/2720 "2015-09-04T19:33:21Z")
Adam Smith ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/2721 "2015-09-04T19:39:11Z")
Adam Ant ---
**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:** [September 4, 2015, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/2722 "2015-09-04T20:45:52Z")
fire ant ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/2723 "2015-09-04T20:57:07Z")
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