# 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:** 14
**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:** [May 18, 2015, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/261 "2015-05-18T01:17:40Z")
stormy kestrel ---
**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:** [May 18, 2015, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/262 "2015-05-18T11:54:34Z")
kestrel talons ---
**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:** [May 18, 2015, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/263 "2015-05-18T13:22:32Z")
Slicing Talons ---
**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:** [May 18, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/264 "2015-05-18T14:41:48Z")
Slicing tomatoes ---
**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:** [May 18, 2015, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/265 "2015-05-18T14:45:44Z")
rotten tomatoes ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/266 "2015-05-18T15:05:31Z")
Johnny Rotten ---
**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:** [May 18, 2015, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/267 "2015-05-18T15:22:38Z")
rotten luck ---
**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:** [May 18, 2015, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/268 "2015-05-18T15:32:57Z")
Lady Luck ---
**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:** [May 18, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/269 "2015-05-18T16:37:43Z")
Lady Diana ---
**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:** [May 18, 2015, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/270 "2015-05-18T16:50:25Z")
Diana Ross ---
**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:** [May 18, 2015, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/271 "2015-05-18T17:34:27Z")
Princess Diana ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/272 "2015-05-18T18:03:26Z")
princess cut ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/273 "2015-05-18T19:39:43Z")
Princess telephone ---
**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:** [May 18, 2015, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/274 "2015-05-18T20:01:14Z")
telephone jack ---
**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:** [May 18, 2015, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/275 "2015-05-18T20:06:41Z")
Telephone pole ---
**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:** [May 18, 2015, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/276 "2015-05-18T20:13:21Z")
Lady Pole > **[Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Strange_%26_Mr_Norrell)** > > Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell is the debut novel by British writer Susanna Clarke. Published in 2004, it is an alternative history set in 19th-century England around the time of the Napoleonic Wars. Its premise is that magic once existed in England and has returned with two men: Gilbert Norrell and Jonathan Strange. Centred on the relationship between these two men, the novel investigates the nature of "Englishness" and the boundaries between reason and unreason, Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Dane, an... ---
**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:** [May 18, 2015, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/277 "2015-05-18T20:41:08Z")
Lady Midnight ---
**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:** [May 18, 2015, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/278 "2015-05-18T22:18:34Z")
Midnight Express ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/279 "2015-05-19T03:23:06Z")
express lane ---
**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:** [May 19, 2015, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/280 "2015-05-19T03:30:26Z")
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