# Think Twice **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 21, 2009, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-twice/493839 "2009-04-21T14:15:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-twice/493839/61 "2009-05-13T21:25:23Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > BABOON and GIBBON for the first two, TIGLON for the third? At least that’s what Jungle Larry of Cleveland TV and Cedar Point fame called his male tiger-female lion hybrids. A check of _Wikipedia_ gives TIGRON as a variant of TIGON. > [@Ximenean](#): > > PIGEON? But that is standard spelling. Maybe WIGEON? Wow. Sternvogel : Nope, It is a real animal. Ximenean : Is that how you spell Pigeon? I thought there was a D in it. To both: I am glad that you guys don’t know the variant spelling of the answer I had. Hint: I believe that this spelling is prevalent (more so, than not) in just the southeast. Give it away hint : Google my user name. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-twice/493839/62 "2009-05-13T21:50:44Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > Hint: I believe that this spelling is prevalent (more so, than not) in just the southeast. > > Give it away hint : Google my user name. Okay, I did. RACOON? If I’ve ever seen that, I just assumed it was an error, whether of typography or ignorance. Never knew it was an acceptable variant, but if I were editing copy and it came up, I’d still change the spelling unless it was a direct quote from written material. Even then, I’d be tempted to add a footnote or a _[sic]_ so that a reader didn’t think I’d let a mistake slip by. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-twice/493839/63 "2009-05-13T21:58:08Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Okay, I did. > > RACOON? If I’ve ever seen that, I just assumed it was an error, whether of typography or ignorance. Never knew it was an acceptable variant, but if I were editing copy and it came up, I’d still change the spelling unless it was a direct quote from written material. Even then, I’d be tempted to add a footnote or a _[sic]_ so that a reader didn’t think I’d let a mistake slip by. Yeah, 🙂 Again, I hate the “variant” spelling as well, but indeed, there it is. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-twice/493839/64 "2009-05-13T23:19:50Z")
There’s only a D in pigeon if you’re talking about Walter Pidgeon :). Wigeon (a type of duck) is usually spelled with a D, but if we allow that and racoon you have a five-fer, at least! ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2009, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-twice/493839/65 "2009-05-14T01:09:30Z")
There’s also a ‘d’ in “pidgin”, which might explain some of Meeko’s confusion as well. ---
**Author:** ![williamweigand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b3f665/32.png) [@williamweigand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/williamweigand)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2009, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-twice/493839/66 "2009-05-14T13:22:23Z")
Color in a rainbow (according to Roy G. Biv): \_ \_ \_ L \_ \_ or \_ \_ \_ _G_ I’ve thought of many more, but they’re mostly super-easy things like: Compass direction: \_O\_TH or \_ \_ST ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-twice/493839/67 "2009-05-17T17:20:43Z")
> [@williamweigand](#): > > Color in a rainbow (according to Roy G. Biv): > \_ \_ \_ L \_ \_ > or > > \_ \_ \_ _G_ > > I’ve thought of many more, but they’re mostly super-easy things like: > > Compass direction: > \_O\_TH > or > > \_ \_ST (1) Violet, yellow (2) indigo, orange (3) North, South, (4) East, West Yep it was easy How about Champion Golfers from the 1960’s \_ A \_ \_ E R Champion Golfers from the 1950’s \_ \_ \_ A \_ ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-twice/493839/68 "2009-05-18T15:56:15Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > How about > > Champion Golfers from the 1960’s > > \_ A \_ \_ E R > > Champion Golfers from the 1950’s > > \_ \_ \_ A \_ [Spoiler]Arnold PALMER, Miller BARBER Sam SNEAD, Ben HOGAN[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-twice/493839/69 "2009-05-18T16:09:52Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > [Spoiler]Arnold PALMER, Miller BARBER > > Sam SNEAD, Ben HOGAN[/spoiler] I guess the 60’s was three-fer cuz I was not thinking of Miller Barber. The guy I was thinking about had a much more impressive resume than Barber. FTR, i always enjoyed watching Barber play golf. his swing had more moves than ex-lax. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-twice/493839.md?page=3)