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if we're going to pink nits on this, Pinkerton is usually capitalized, after Allan Pinkerton (died 1884 American detective: private detective). AND proper noun, a noun that designates a particular being or thing, does not take a limiting modifier, and is usually capitalized in English.
I don't think you can call Pinkerton common. even derivatives such as Pinkertonian and Pinkertonism are capitalized.
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OTOH, a quick perusal of the previous five(5!) pages of this thread reveals the following (I'm sure I missed some):
Shanana Santana 'A A Milne'! Houston Tasmanian Stalinism Interpol Tangiers
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I'm sure I miss them all.
two,times'up. drop C EREPTION
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EREPTION ?? (too lazy to look it up) Oh well. add an S and INTERPOSEaddendum: I looked it up and now have it on good authority that it really is a word.
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PINKERTON
M for K:
PROMINENT
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PROMINENT
change N to U
IMPORTUNE
(Sorry, you asked for it!)
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If we were indeed playing Scrabble (r) we wouldn't be allowed to use proper nouns.
IMPORTUNE
drop M for ERUPTION
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ERUPTION
Change U to S
PROTEINS
(I would have preferred to add a C and make it into CUPERTINO, home of that upstart computer company, but okay, I'll go along with you anti-capitalists)
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