# 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:** 629
**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:** [December 28, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12564 "2016-12-28T17:20:17Z")
pan flute ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2016, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12565 "2016-12-28T17:34:53Z")
flute music ---
**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:** [December 28, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12566 "2016-12-28T18:03:40Z")
world music ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12567 "2016-12-28T19:02:35Z")
world war ---
**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:** [December 28, 2016, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12568 "2016-12-28T23:28:43Z")
civil war ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12569 "2016-12-29T00:39:29Z")
civil engineering ---
**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:** [December 29, 2016, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12570 "2016-12-29T02:22:02Z")
advanced engineering ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12571 "2016-12-29T02:45:00Z")
advanced cancer ---
**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:** [December 29, 2016, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12572 "2016-12-29T09:23:28Z")
advanced degree ---
**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:** [December 29, 2016, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12573 "2016-12-29T14:02:51Z")
latitude degree ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12574 "2016-12-29T14:34:09Z")
Wide latitude ---
**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:** [December 29, 2016, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12575 "2016-12-29T16:32:35Z")
wide kick ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12576 "2016-12-29T17:29:34Z")
wide turn ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12577 "2016-12-29T20:41:34Z")
fair turn ---
**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:** [December 29, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12578 "2016-12-29T20:52:28Z")
state fair ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12579 "2016-12-29T21:35:52Z")
Islamic State ---
**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:** [December 30, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12580 "2016-12-30T02:11:07Z")
Empire State ---
**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:** [December 30, 2016, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12581 "2016-12-30T11:04:42Z")
Empire Builder > **[Empire Builder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_Builder)** > > The Empire Builder is an Amtrak long-distance passenger train that operates daily between Chicago and either Seattle or Portland via two sections west of Spokane. Introduced in 1929, it was the flagship passenger train of the Great Northern Railway and was retained by Amtrak when it took over intercity rail service in 1971. > The end-to-end travel time of the route is 45–46 hours for an average speed of about 50 mph (80 km/h), though the train travels as fast as 79 mph (127 km/h) over the majority... ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12582 "2016-12-30T17:36:04Z")
Persian Empire ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12583 "2016-12-30T17:49:19Z")
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