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Me of course, hence "I'll"

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I'll be long gone before any 50th.

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Tracey Anne Mills wrote: ↑Mon Apr 03, 2023 7:40 pm Please keep these coming !

Got plenty more, but can't be arsed

Have some DVDs and VHS that need digitizing.......Jeff Stellings screen test, Noel Edmonds screen test, Alexander Armstrong.....it's all here.
I even found a reggae copy of the Countdown music played on steel drums.

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Yes it's Bertha Bourne.

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Series 2 in 1983......

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Allan Saldanha.

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Any clues on how to upload a photo?

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Found loads of old photos during a clear out today.
I'll upload some stuff over the coming days, the majority of which has never been seen before.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AstLBWl ... nnel4Sport

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I think the key thing is don't apply until you're ready.

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Some things to consider. Not every returnee has been honest when asked on the application form about 'previous TV appearances'. We have a changing research team who don't know the past contestants in the same way i do, so it's inevitable that some will slip through the net. We've even had people use...

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Tue Dec 06, 2022 2:13 pm WTF was Rufus Hound's poem supposed to be about? It was the most deranged thing I've ever heard.

Listen to it again. Anne Robinson.

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Peter Mabey wrote: ↑Sat Feb 25, 2023 4:03 pm All very well, but SMITHERS is only acceptable as a variant of 'smithereens'.

All very well then. The teaser was SHESTRIM SMITHERS
(MONTGOMERY’S ASSISTANT IS IN PIECES)

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Smithers is Montgomery Burns' "assistant". Suuuuure. Waylon Joseph Smithers, Jr. (better known as "Mr. Smithers", "Waylon Smithers" or simply "Smithers") (born December 25, 1954 in 1989; 1987 in 2022) is a recurring character on The Simpsons. He is also a min...

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@Dame Since Countdown did use to use Lexico which is now gone: the existence of the Google Dictionary supplied by Oxford Languages (found by Googling ‘dictionary’) makes me wonder whether this source is worth using to crossover if a word (especially an inflection) is not in Oxford Dictionaries Prem...

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I disagree. The point values have not become any less wrong. You have to fine-tune your strategy etc etc etc So you still think Alfred Butts would have given X an 8pt value had he seen the CSW word list today? It's playable with 42 vowel tiles as a 2-letter word, so it's never in a million years go...

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I think this is a poor take on Scrabble. I'm on about the game itself, not the dictionary. You say Scrabble has evolved, but then go on to talk about things that have nothing to do with Scrabble (the game), evolving. The point values for the X J Q Z are wrong. Alfred Butts created the game without ...

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Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 9:31 am Is there a genuine dislike of Scrabble on this community?

Not disliked by me. The game in itself is okay (although i wonder if having 9 of the vowel 'I' in the bag isn't a bit extreme), but the scoring is dated IMO.

Demote X J Z Q to 4pts each for a start.

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Wasn't the intention - was just intended to be a discussion, but great that you've humoured us by engaging! Yeah sure, i was being tongue-in-cheek, or whatever it's called. I still don't see how a definitive (albeit reviewed in a version controlled way from time to time) word list could be seen as ...

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While i'm here taking a kicking, let's talk about Scrabble. A game probably intended to kill those intermediate hours at Xmas between the main meal and evening piss-up. These days, they have a world championship, they take themselves seriously, but the larger world has thankfully seen through it. Ch...

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I think that’s a poor decision from OUP, though, even just from a historical standpoint. They should print a paper dictionary every 10-15 years or so for time capsule reasons, basically. People are crying out for eco-friendly this and that, no paper, less carbon emissions, there's the issue of tran...

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Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Feb 22, 2023 9:08 am Is it free advertising for OUP or do they pay for it in some way?

They don't pay.

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Feb 22, 2023 9:08 am Maybe if Collins or Chambers offered to pay for their dictionary to be used or plugged then we would see a new dictionary.

Not true.

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Well here's one When I went on the show, I declared OUTLAIN, which was valid on apterous at the time but got disallowed by Susie. Can't blame OUP for that. And from another CoC contestant elsewhere "Now that my TV appearances are done it's very nice not having to keep three separate lists - wo...

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My own gripe with Oxford is the number of non-common non-ODE3 words which a pleb like me could hardly be expected to know. The way I think of it is “if ODE4 were printed tomorrow, what would be in it - probably not [x]”. For all its flaws, a print dictionary is at least fixed and immovable until th...

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No longer would contestants have to wonder whether to risk ideatums or mileages not knowing whether Susie would allow it. I don't believe people are wondering though. Where are they? The second big pro is that it is easily available - right now there is no way for the casual punter or wannabe conte...

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I suggest that Countdown should get as many different print dictionaries as they can lay their hands on, and pick a different one at random for each show. This would make no difference whatever to 90% of contestants and 99% of viewers, but it would make the programme rather more fun to watch. 100% ...

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Ye currently use a version of Oxford for adjudication. The argument is that it is not fit for purpose. Based on what though? Where has this argument come from and what evidence is there? Fiona cited a previous thread where i mentioned a small bug in the programming had appeared. That doesn't render...

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If Lexico still existed I don't think there would be much of a problem tbh. Mostly I miss there being a free way to check whether or not I've just made up a word that dictionary corner missed Yeah, shame it's no longer free, but there's Lexplorer on Apterous which is pretty-much in synch with Count...

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Basically some believe this to be a bad thing, the current dictionary contains too many obscure words and is also not readily available to future contestants. They would like you to change over to CSW. Okay - so 'ready available' means free of charge i take it. No idea who's done the research on th...

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Maybe when Damian retires the new person will have the vision to make the change. Okay, let's play. What exactly am i supposed to be changing to and why? The dictionary isn't perfect, but are any of them? It's not long since we had the best C of C ever and two highest scores of 154 in pretty close ...

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Fiona T wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 1:28 am website is shite tho - how wedded are c4/countdown to OUP?

Not.

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Thanks for clarifying, the bug is interesting. Just for clarity, while they’re working on fixing it, should these hidden -IER/-IEST inflections of -y adjectives under any derivatives heading remain valid and on Apterous for now? Full list here https://www.apterous.org/ticket_view.php?ticket=6641 No...

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OUP have said these words and others haven't been 'removed' as such - there's a software bug that is preventing them from showing. They're still in the database and they're working on the technical side to fix things. We had to disallow PEATIEST recently and after raising a query, the glitch was dis...

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"I am however relieved that it does not seem to be a consequence of his outing and resultant discussion on here - something we should consider if anything like this turns up in the future." So what are we considering exactly, if it's not taboo to talk about it? Fiona was basically saying t...

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Horrible situation for those who knew him. I can get that completely. Guess it's part of life experience and growing older. You find out all sorts of stuff and have to deal with it. For me, i have no empathy whatsoever and If that seems harsh then so be it.

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Jesus, talk about pedantic. I give up.

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Rhys - remind where i generalised?

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I've read a lot about Jim B on here and i've seen comments that have somewhat revulsed me. I am however relieved that it does not seem to be a consequence of his outing and resultant discussion on here - something we should consider if anything like this turns up in the future. RIP Jim - hopefully p...

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