A list of words that are made when you take a two word phrase and remove all the letters they have in common

Thorpe, Susan

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REMOVING COMMON LETTERS FROM 2-WORD PHRASES    SUSAN THORPE Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England    thorpeds@hotmail.com    The word which occurs most often as the result of removing the common letters in a 2-word phrase is IO, one of the moons of Jupiter:   CLIP CLOP,    CRISS CROSS,    DING DONG,    FLIP FLOP,    HIP HOP,     PING PONG, SHIRE HORSE,    SING SONG,    TICK TOCK,    TIP TOP,    TWIN TOWN,    WIND DOWN   The results, in  A - Z order, of removing common letters in other 2-word phrases are: fn = first name    sn = surname    LAND LINE - ADIE (sn),     TEA TIME - AIM,    APPLE PIE -ALI,      DEAD END - AN,        TALE TELLER - AR (a place),     TEA SET - AS  BREAK RANKS - BENS,     BOW WINDOW - BIND  CANNON BONE - CABE (Scot. sn),   CRAMP RING - CAMPING,    CLOSE SEASON - CLAN,   COAT TAILS - COILS,   CON MAN - COMA  INDIAN INK - DAK (a place),      DALAI  LAMA - DIM,      GOOD GOING - DIN,      DIET SHEET - DISH,     DOG LEG - DOLE,       RED ROSE - DOS,     PIED PIPER - DR  SIDE DISH - EH,    SEA SAND - END,   PETIT POINT - EON,  OPEN PRISON - ERIS (a Greek god)  FREE RANGE - FANG,        FIRE EATER - FIAT,        FINE GAEL - FINGAL  GOLDEN OLDIE - GNI (sn)            HAIR DRIERS - HADES,       THE EAST - HAS,       HEMP PALM - HEAL,  HELLO DOLLY - HEDY(fn),          HAS IDEAS - HIDE,       HOME MADE - HOAD (sn),      HOUSE RULES - HORL (sn),        HORSE SENSE - HORN   BIG BANG - IAN,      MAIDEN NAME - ID,      FAIL SAFE - ILSE (fn),       AIR ARM - I’M,                            RACING CAR - ING (dial. ‘meadow’),       DEMI MONDE - ION,    BIBLE BELT - IT  JED’S ODES - JO                                                                            ASK SEAN - KEN           LAST THING - LASHING,     LEAGUE GAME - LUM (a chimney)  MAIN LINE - MALE,   MOVING OVER - MINGER,   MEAT EATER - MR,   MINUS SIGN - MUG  NEAR BEER - NAB,      NAIL FILE - NAFE (sn),     GREEN GRAPE - NAP,    LINO TILE - NOTE,          COAL CELLAR - OER,      TOILET SET - OILS,       POT PLANT - OLAN (a curry), LONG LEG - ONE,        DOE EYED - OY  POTATO ROT - PAR,        PEAR TREE - PAT,      PIED NOIR - PEDNOR (a place),         CAPE CART - PERT,          GRAPE SUGAR - PESU (sn),           POKER WORK - PEW,       PITH HAT - PIA (fn),        PUT OUT - PO,        PLAY ALONG - PYONG (fn)                                                                                                                     QUIET TED - QUID  ROLL ALONG - RANG,    TORE INTO - REIN,     BROAD BASED - ROSE,    CAR COAT - ROT        SEA EEL - SAL,    STEP PARENT - SARN (a place),   SEA CAT - SECT,    SPARE PART - SET,    SIDE WIND - SEWN,           WASH AWAY - SHY,         SINK UNIT - SKUT (sn),      SNAIL LIKE - SNAKE      RUSH HOUR - SO,     SHELL HOLE - SO,      STEEL PLATE - SPA,        FIRST FRUIT - SU (a place),     TEST TUBE - SUB  PUT UPON - TON,            TOE PIECE - TOPIC,        AGENT ORANGE - TOR,      TOWN END - TOWED,    CITRIC ACID - TRAD        GUN DOG - UNDO  ABOVE BOARD - VERD,      LEAVE ALONE - VON  LOW LOADER - WADER,       WEAK KNEED - WAND,       WELL HOLE - WHO, WELL LINED - WIND  VI’S VIXENS - XEN (fn)  FLY FLAP - YAP  AMAZED MA - ZED  Rarely, the 3 words together make a phrase, as in BOOT BOY - TY  and    BIRD BRAIN - DAN !      

Removing Common Letters From 2-Word Phrases

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Removing Common Letters From 2-Word Phrases

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