# 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:** 641
**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:** [January 9, 2017, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12804 "2017-01-09T03:24:18Z")
Bunker Hill ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12805 "2017-01-09T04:44:36Z")
Edith Bunker ---
**Author:** ![CatandMouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@CatandMouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatandMouse)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12806 "2017-01-09T04:57:37Z")
Edith Roosevelt ---
**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:** [January 9, 2017, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12807 "2017-01-09T05:13:02Z")
Edith Massey ---
**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:** [January 9, 2017, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12808 "2017-01-09T06:45:10Z")
Massey Ferguson (tractors) ---
**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:** [January 9, 2017, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12809 "2017-01-09T08:06:26Z")
Raymond Massey ---
**Author:** ![Jane\_Smythe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f04885/32.png) [@Jane\_Smythe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jane_Smythe)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12810 "2017-01-09T08:50:37Z")
Raymond Carver > **[Raymond Carver](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Carver)** > > Raymond Clevie Carver Jr. (May 25, 1938 – August 2, 1988) was an American short story writer and poet. He contributed to the revitalization of the American short story during the 1980s. > Carver was born in Clatskanie, Oregon, a mill town on the Columbia River, and grew up in Yakima, Washington, the son of Ella Beatrice Carter (née Casey) and Clevie Raymond Carver. His father, a sawmill worker from Arkansas, was a fisherman and a heavy drinker. Carver's mother worked on and off as a waitress and a... ---
**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:** [January 9, 2017, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12811 "2017-01-09T09:05:00Z")
meat carver ---
**Author:** ![Jane\_Smythe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f04885/32.png) [@Jane\_Smythe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jane_Smythe)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12812 "2017-01-09T09:09:37Z")
goat meat ---
**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:** [January 9, 2017, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12813 "2017-01-09T10:30:20Z")
red meat ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12814 "2017-01-09T12:46:59Z")
Red Buttons ---
**Author:** ![Brooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Brooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brooky)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12815 "2017-01-09T14:14:47Z")
cloth buttons ---
**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:** [January 9, 2017, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12816 "2017-01-09T14:18:38Z")
cloth diapers ---
**Author:** ![Brooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Brooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brooky)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12817 "2017-01-09T16:14:35Z")
adult diapers ---
**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:** [January 9, 2017, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12818 "2017-01-09T17:27:28Z")
adult themes ---
**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:** [January 9, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12819 "2017-01-09T17:36:36Z")
adult bookstore ---
**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:** [January 9, 2017, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12820 "2017-01-09T18:03:58Z")
adult movie ---
**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:** [January 9, 2017, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12821 "2017-01-09T18:48:03Z")
movie logic ---
**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:** [January 9, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12822 "2017-01-09T18:58:45Z")
mathematical logic ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/12823 "2017-01-09T20:18:31Z")
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