# 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:** 37
**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:** [June 22, 2015, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/721 "2015-06-22T02:14:25Z")
yellow cake ---
**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:** [June 22, 2015, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/722 "2015-06-22T02:24:05Z")
yellow journalism ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/723 "2015-06-22T03:58:34Z")
Yellow cab ---
**Author:** ![Absene\_Myth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/absene_myth/32/7322_2.png) [@Absene\_Myth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absene_Myth)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/724 "2015-06-22T05:54:00Z")
Cab driver ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/725 "2015-06-22T07:22:48Z")
cab over ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/726 "2015-06-22T11:53:57Z")
do over ---
**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:** [June 22, 2015, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/727 "2015-06-22T12:38:45Z")
comb over ---
**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:** [June 22, 2015, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/728 "2015-06-22T13:57:59Z")
rooster comb ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/729 "2015-06-22T14:43:15Z")
Honey comb ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/730 "2015-06-22T15:07:42Z")
Honey Pie ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/731 "2015-06-22T15:25:02Z")
Pie Traynor ---
**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:** [June 22, 2015, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/732 "2015-06-22T16:05:02Z")
Moon Pie ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/733 "2015-06-22T16:24:32Z")
Harvest moon ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/734 "2015-06-22T16:55:24Z")
crescent moon ---
**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:** [June 22, 2015, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/735 "2015-06-22T17:17:29Z")
_Half Moon_ > **[Halve Maen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halve_Maen)** > > Halve Maen (Dutch pronunciation: \[ˈɦɑlvə maːn\]; English: Half Moon) was a Dutch East India Company vlieboot (similar to a carrack) that sailed into what is now New York Harbor in September 1609. She was commissioned by the VOC Chamber of Amsterdam in the Dutch Republic to covertly find a western passage to China. The ship was captained by Henry Hudson, an Englishman in the service of the Dutch Republic. > In 1909, the Kingdom of the Netherlands presented the United States with a replica of Halve... ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/736 "2015-06-22T17:27:57Z")
Moon River ---
**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:** [June 22, 2015, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/737 "2015-06-22T19:31:00Z")
Paper Moon ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/738 "2015-06-22T20:19:11Z")
construction paper ---
**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:** [June 22, 2015, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/739 "2015-06-22T20:49:33Z")
road construction ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/740 "2015-06-22T20:52:55Z")
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