Why is ETHANOLS valid? Simply because the dictionary lists ETHANOL as a noun and doesn't explicitly label it as a mass noun? That's weird.
When I went to school, ethanol was one specific chemical compound - there were never different varieties of it.
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- Wed Mar 13, 2024 12:21 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 6th March 2024 (Series 89, Heat 47)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1102
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 1:12 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co:Durham - 6th July 2024
- Replies: 7
- Views: 21754
Re: Co:Durham 2024
That puts me out of it.
Hopefully there'll be a next time....
Hopefully there'll be a next time....
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 1:02 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 2nd February 2024 (Series 89, Heat 24)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 378
Spoilers for Friday 2nd February 2024 (Series 89, Heat 24)
I'm pretty sure the true meaning of "Hobson's choice" is a "this or nothing" choice, rather than literally no choice at all. According to what I was taught, Mr Hobson himself is reputed to have said to his customers something like, "You're having the horse nearest the stable...
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 11:42 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 30th January 2024 (Series 89, Heat 21)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 631
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 30th January 2024 (Series 89, Heat 21)
I think the problem with the first numbers round was not so much too many even numbers as too many powers of 2, such that you couldn't divide them to get an odd number.
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 11:32 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: National COLIN Day
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2601
National COLIN Day
When Mr Murray told us on 29 Jan that it's National Colin Day, one of the first things I wondered is whether this has anything to do with the 'name days' celebrated in some religious traditions. Of course, the other thing I noticed quite quickly is that it's at the time of year that COLIN is held. I...
- Fri Jan 26, 2024 1:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 18th January 2024 (Series 89, Heat 13)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 931
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 18th January 2024 (Series 89, Heat 13)
A mule is the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse. A hinny is the offspring of a male horse and a female donkey.
Strangely, the Road Traffic Act considers a mule, but not a hinny, to be an animal.
Strangely, the Road Traffic Act considers a mule, but not a hinny, to be an animal.
- Wed Jan 10, 2024 12:51 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 4th January 2024 (Series 89, Heat 3)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 423
Spoilers for Thursday 4th January 2024 (Series 89, Heat 3)
My method for the last numbers game (seen only just within the time):
75 × 3 + 7 + 100 ÷ 50 − 25
Not sure whether Rachel was just showing off....
75 × 3 + 7 + 100 ÷ 50 − 25
Not sure whether Rachel was just showing off....
- Sat Dec 23, 2023 10:58 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-event lunch arrangements
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6154
Re: Co-event lunch arrangements
Affect, yes, but up? How?Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Fri Dec 22, 2023 5:51 pmIf lunch is provided then the cost of providing the lunch will affect any prize pot surelyStewart Gordon wrote: ↑Sat Dec 16, 2023 3:10 pmHuh? How do you mean it will up any prize fund?Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2023 9:24 pmIf lunch is provided the downside is the catering cost will up the entry fee or any prize fund
- Sat Dec 16, 2023 3:10 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-event lunch arrangements
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6154
Re: Co-event lunch arrangements
Huh? How do you mean it will up any prize fund?Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2023 9:24 pm If lunch is provided the downside is the catering cost will up the entry fee or any prize fund
- Sat Dec 16, 2023 3:01 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-Event Suggestion Box
- Replies: 181
- Views: 31503
Re: Co-Event Suggestion Box
As TCap says, get the players to look away if need be. Put the conundrum in the right orientation on the table and cover it with an object other than your hand. Something like a phone works well. Don't have the object physically touching the conundrum paper though. Place one edge of the phone in fr...
- Sat Dec 16, 2023 2:55 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-Event Suggestion Box
- Replies: 181
- Views: 31503
Re: Co-Event Suggestion Box
Does anybody have some low effort high impact suggestions for reducing the % of botched printed conundrum reveals? I had a botched conundrum given to me in at least 5/8 of the events I attended in 2023 which had paper conundrums. Reasons for botched conundrums reveals could be any of (but not limit...
- Wed Dec 06, 2023 1:35 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-event lunch arrangements
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6154
Re: Co-event lunch arrangements
We've had two events recently with lunches organised - Edinburgh where the bridge club had lovely sandwiches, soup and cakes, and Newcastle where there was a cafe where we pre-ordered. That's good to know - shame I didn't manage to make it to those two events. Both were great (for someone with no s...
- Wed Dec 06, 2023 12:29 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-event lunch arrangements
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6154
Co-event lunch arrangements
Over the years, these have varied from event to event. Different arrangements I can remember are: something served to us from an on-site kitchen (mainly at Ben's early events) an on-site buffet lunch making use of restaurant facilities at the venue going together somewhere down the road to get somet...
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 11:54 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-Event Suggestion Box
- Replies: 181
- Views: 31503
Re: Co-Event Suggestion Box
Should be noted that on number ordering, it's only since Rachel took over that the large numbers have always been on the left. Carol always did it in reverse order of how the contestant said it (which I personally prefer) so there are several examples of large numbers NOT being in the middle. Off t...
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 5:01 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-Event Suggestion Box
- Replies: 181
- Views: 31503
Re: Co-Event Suggestion Box
During the final, either display the scores or announce them after every round . There's really no excuse for not doing this. This brings me to my next point: Always have the letters and numbers in clear view, be it on a screen or on a board. It defeats the whole point of having a final if people c...
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 3:21 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co:Durham - 6th July 2024
- Replies: 7
- Views: 21754
Re: Co:Durham 2024
I'd love to come but am not sure at the moment – I have potentially a lot of travelling to do in July! Have you got enough of your fancy letters/numbers boards to go round?
- Tue Nov 07, 2023 9:33 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 25 October 2023 (Series 88, Heat 84)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1726
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 25 October 2023 (Series 88, Heat 84)
REMEDIALS in R12?
Re: Religion
Back in Methuselah's time, 100 was probably considered young. Didn't it turn out Methuselah's age was actually given in months? Hmm. It seems virtually all translations give it as 969 years. Looking at those on Bible Gateway , it seems the only exceptions are: * GNT states "years" for tim...
- Fri Oct 20, 2023 7:11 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 9th October 2023 (Series 88, Heat 72)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1308
Re: Spoilers for Monday 9th October 2023 (Series 88, Heat 72)
Could be that it’s considered a common expression Considered by whom? To me, it's neither common nor an expression. and it’s not a new word? So what? Newness and obscurity have little to do with each other. Way back in the Series 7 final, no definition of ATTABOY was given then either so not the fi...
- Thu Oct 19, 2023 10:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 9th October 2023 (Series 88, Heat 72)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1308
Re: Spoilers for Monday 9th October 2023 (Series 88, Heat 72)
Because normally when DC give a word people are likely to be unfamiliar with, they do give one, of course.Philip A wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2023 9:23 pmWhy is it bizarre?Stewart Gordon wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2023 9:11 pm No definition of ATTABOY was given. This is bizarre.
Re: Religion
Probably not, because the definition of "old age" will change to reflect the age people are generally living to.Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2023 2:25 amIm starting to wonder if this generation will be the last to reach old age
Back in Methuselah's time, 100 was probably considered young.
- Thu Oct 19, 2023 9:11 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 9th October 2023 (Series 88, Heat 72)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1308
Re: Spoilers for Monday 9th October 2023 (Series 88, Heat 72)
No definition of ATTABOY was given. This is bizarre.
- Tue Oct 17, 2023 12:38 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 3rd October 2023 (Series 88, Heat 68)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1214
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 3rd October 2023 (Series 88, Heat 68)
By "all" do you mean "all in the Countdown dictionary" or "all in the English language as a whole"?Sam Cappleman-Lynes wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 9:25 amHere are all the U-less Q words of 9 letters or more:
ACQHIRING
MGQASHIYO
MGQASHIYOS
MQHASHIYO
MQHASHIYOS
NASTALIQS
NOTARIQON
NOTARIQONS
- Tue Oct 17, 2023 8:20 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 3rd October 2023 (Series 88, Heat 68)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1214
Spoilers for Tuesday 3rd October 2023 (Series 88, Heat 68)
Not sure why this hadn't been started already.
"There will not be back-to-back nines from Flo-Glo, because we've got a Q, no U at all."
Has this actually been confirmed, that there are no 9-letter Q-without-U words in the dictionary?
"There will not be back-to-back nines from Flo-Glo, because we've got a Q, no U at all."
Has this actually been confirmed, that there are no 9-letter Q-without-U words in the dictionary?
- Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:00 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 2nd October 2023 (Series 88, Heat 67)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1164
Re: Spoilers for Monday 2nd October 2023 (Series 88, Heat 67)
I was hoping for OFRENDAS in R1.
- Mon Sep 04, 2023 12:23 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 15th August 2023 (Series 88, Heat 33)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 4036
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 15th August 2023 (Series 88, Heat 33)
I'm surprised nobody got 515 by what seems to me the most intuitive method. I saw it within the time.
((9 + 1) × (8 + 2) + 3) × 5
((9 + 1) × (8 + 2) + 3) × 5
- Sun Aug 20, 2023 12:43 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown ELO Ratings
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6063
Re: Countdown ELO Ratings
I've produced a list of ELO ratings for Countdown players based on real life games. This accounts for games from Television and games from Co-Events. I used all games that I could find. Top 25 Players v0.0.3 Where can the rest of us find out our ratings? FAQs What does this stand for?
- Tue Jun 27, 2023 2:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 7th April 2023 (Series 87, Heat 55
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1470
- Tue Jun 27, 2023 2:08 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 7th April 2023 (Series 87, Heat 55
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1470
Re: Spoilers for Friday 7th April 2023 (Series 87, Heat 55
(As an aside, I'm puzzled at why IC isn't valid. I get the impression that Roman numerals derive from a way of marking tally sticks, whereby 17 would be IIIIVIIIIXIIIIVII, shortened to XVII. Furthermore, apparently 'subtractive' notation is actually ordinal in origin (IX meaning "the I just be...
- Sun Jun 11, 2023 10:28 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 2nd June 2023 (Series 87, Heat 95)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 433
Re: Spoilers for Friday 2nd June 2023 (Series 87, Heat 95)
I know of UPDATION from my Indian colleagues. Essentially, the pattern of other verbs ending in -ATE has been applied, although the morpheme is actually DATE.
But ... "we would normally call it UPDATING, as a noun"? Really? My experience is that the noun is normally UPDATE.
But ... "we would normally call it UPDATING, as a noun"? Really? My experience is that the noun is normally UPDATE.
- Sat Apr 29, 2023 9:16 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 7th April 2023 (Series 87, Heat 55
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1470
Re: Spoilers for Friday 7th April 2023 (Series 87, Heat 55
Interesting story about the 99. I recall it being covered on Balderdash and Piffle (presented by Victoria Coren as she was known back then - now best known for doing Only Connect), if I remember correctly. One of the ideas mentioned on that programme is of "IC", for "ice cream", ...
- Sat Apr 29, 2023 8:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 7th April 2023 (Series 87, Heat 55
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1470
Re: Spoilers for Friday 7th April 2023 (Series 87, Heat 55
What Susie said about MATIES didn't make sense. "You can spell it EY, in the singular, MATEY, or [same] without the Y, and the regular plural for that is IES." MATEY can also be spelt MATE, for which the plural is IES? (The subtitles said "matie" but this didn't factor into what ...
- Sun Apr 09, 2023 1:58 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: spoilers Thursday 16th March
- Replies: 3
- Views: 734
Re: spoilers Thursday 16th March
Another interesting and enigmatic thing: the genus of the giant panda is Ailuropoda , literally meaning "cat foot". Ailurophobia is the fear of cats. However, Ailuridae isn't the cat family, but a family whose sole surviving species is the red panda! This makes me wonder what is the common...
- Sat Apr 08, 2023 6:21 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: spoilers Thursday 16th March
- Replies: 3
- Views: 734
Re: spoilers Thursday 16th March
An interesting talk from Susie about pandas, but I'm inclined to question its factual accuracy. For a while I've wondered which is the true panda. Susie implied that it's the giant panda. However, multiple sources give the impression that it's actually the red one. Indeed, "giant" implies ...
- Thu Apr 06, 2023 8:55 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 4th April 2023 (Series 87, Heat 52)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 699
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 4th April 2023 (Series 87, Heat 52)
Interestingly, you can slot an M in GERANIUM for GERMANIUM. Didn’t know that. Alex upped his numbers from last time. I was shocked that nobody in the studio spotted GERMANIUM, even more so given that the remaining M was directly below the A (IIRC) when GERANIUM was put up on the board. TBF, germani...
- Thu Apr 06, 2023 6:13 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 4th April 2023 (Series 87, Heat 52)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 699
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 4th April 2023 (Series 87, Heat 52)
I was shocked that nobody in the studio spotted GERMANIUM, even more so given that the remaining M was directly below the A (IIRC) when GERANIUM was put up on the board.
- Tue Feb 28, 2023 11:42 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 10th February 2023 (Series 87, Heat 15)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1353
Re: Spoilers for Friday 10th February 2023 (Series 87, Heat 15)
"You have to be a donator, not a donater."
I always thought the word was DONOR.
I always thought the word was DONOR.
- Wed Jan 18, 2023 12:08 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: FOCAL website down
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1774
FOCAL website down
The last few times I've tried to access the FOCAL website, it's been down. Hmm. We’re having trouble finding that site. We can’t connect to the server at focalcountdown.co.uk. If you entered the right address, you can: Try again later Check your network connection Check that Firefox has permission t...
Re: Religion
That's the way I interpreted it. But what's the Bible reference? And what translation are you using? This is one of the starkest examples. You can choose whichever translation you like on that website. But in order to interpret "as he lieth with a woman", you need a pre-established norm. ...
- Thu Dec 15, 2022 11:01 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 28 November 2022 (Series 86, Heat 116)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3118
Re: Spoilers for Monday 28 November 2022 (Series 86, Heat 116)
When I went to school, the term referred to the absence of any forces acting on an object, thereby causing an absence of change in the object's velocity.
Re: Religion
E.g. "the bible says it is wrong for two men to have sexual relations together" is an 'is' statement that is scientifically true. No it's not. I'm pretty sure that Callum means that it is (scientifically) true that the bible says it! That's the way I interpreted it. But what's the Bible r...
- Sat Dec 10, 2022 10:15 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 28 November 2022 (Series 86, Heat 116)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3118
Re: Spoilers for Monday 28 November 2022 (Series 86, Heat 116)
The definition Susie gave for INERTIAL is puzzling. How can a force be at rest?
- Thu Oct 13, 2022 11:19 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 21 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 67)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 513
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 21 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 67)
Susie got her French in a bit of a muddle. "L'oeuf" means "the egg" not "an egg".
- Tue Oct 04, 2022 8:51 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 7 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 58)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1019
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 7 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 58)
This is weird: I got the second TTT from the clue, but not in the intended way. Rather, it led me to "liar", and then when I looked at the remaining letters the solution fell into place.
- Sat Oct 01, 2022 4:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 5 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 56)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 908
Re: Spoilers for Monday 5 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 56)
Am I the first to notice that Colin got Freddie Mercury's YOB 40 years out?
- Wed Aug 10, 2022 6:39 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 14 July 2022 - Colin Murray returns
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1624
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 14 July 2022 - Colin Murray returns
I'm surprised DC's round 5 offering was said/displayed without any censorship.
Susie says it's not an insult to anybody. But you could argue that it is an insult to those who actually do wet the bed after ingesting dandelion juice.
Susie says it's not an insult to anybody. But you could argue that it is an insult to those who actually do wet the bed after ingesting dandelion juice.
- Wed Aug 10, 2022 6:32 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: How do I know if my word is valid?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 68976
Re: How do I know if my word is valid?
Rule of thumb here is if a cheese is named after a place, it would be capitalised; names of places are proper nouns after all. Whereas, if a noun describing a type of cheese is derived from another word, it would be lower-case; feta is from the Greek word ‘pheta’; crowdie or crowdy is derived from ...
- Thu Jul 28, 2022 1:48 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 11 July 2022 (Series 86, Heat 16)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 543
Re: Spoilers for Monday 11 July 2022 (Series 86, Heat 16)
Susie explains "midwife" as "a woman who was with the mother as she was giving birth". I would have expected better from Susie. Because it means "with woman", a man doing the same job would still be a midwife. I've seen this explicitly pointed out in a few places. Indee...
- Thu Jul 28, 2022 1:44 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: How do I know if my word is valid?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 68976
Re: How do I know if my word is valid?
Recently I was looking to see what cheeses are capitalised. Brie, Caerphilly, Camembert, Cheddar, Double Gloucester, Edam, Emmental, Gruyère, Jarlsberg, Parmesan, Red Leicester, Roquefort and Stilton are all capitalised according to Lexico. The only ones I've found that aren't are feta and pecorino....
- Mon May 23, 2022 9:37 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 16th May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 96)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1493
Re: Spoilers for Monday 16 May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 96)
"I'm going to start with the carat as in 13-carat gold. Um, it's a unit of weight that is used to measure gold, and also gemstones, such as the diamond." No, Susie, the carat used with gold is a unit of purity. OTOH, the carat used with gemstones is a unit of weight (or more precisely, mas...
- Sun May 22, 2022 7:59 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Celebrity Countdown - Tuesday 19th November 2019
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6270
Re: Spoilers for Celebrity Countdown - Tuesday 19th November 2019
It may be your (and my) opinion that you can't pluralise an exclamation, but the point at issue is where this is laid down. It doesn't need to be. There would need to be a rule somewhere to say that you can pluralise exclamations. Why would all the (part of speech, inflection) combinations that are...
- Sat Apr 30, 2022 9:44 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 27th April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 83)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 567
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 27 April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 83)
"What we're doing, when we write a sentence, is again, summarising our opinion."
So if the content between a capital letter and a fullstop is a statement of fact, it isn't a sentence?
So if the content between a capital letter and a fullstop is a statement of fact, it isn't a sentence?
- Wed Apr 20, 2022 10:09 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 21st May 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 100)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1487
Re: Spoilers for Friday 21st May 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 100)
I wa surprised to discover that UNSLEPT ( r 12) doesn't appear in Lexico. I would have thought that a bed could be unslept in. It's more (un) slept-in than unslept in. Because you don't unsleep. You also don't unwrite or unread. But something can be unwritten or unreadable. But I would guess the is...
- Sat Feb 12, 2022 1:19 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 11th February (Series 85, Prelim 30)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1153
Re: Spoilers for Friday 11 February (Series 85, Prelim 30)
One TRIANGLED is one.
Two TRIANGLED is three.
Three TRIANGLED is six.
Four TRIANGLED is ten.
...
Apparently not according to Lexico.
Two TRIANGLED is three.
Three TRIANGLED is six.
Four TRIANGLED is ten.
...
Apparently not according to Lexico.
- Fri Feb 04, 2022 12:09 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 27th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 19)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2232
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 27 January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 19)
Has Countdown been going on that long now?Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Jan 29, 2022 7:23 amBack then, that's when Countdown was on, so I doubt it.Howie Myers wrote: ↑Sat Jan 29, 2022 6:52 amApparently he only got home from school around 4, so it must have been around 4:30....Stewart Gordon wrote: ↑Thu Jan 27, 2022 11:39 pm I'd heard before that Mozart started composing at 4.
- Fri Feb 04, 2022 12:08 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 3rd February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 24)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 768
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 3 February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 24)
When I went to school, the whole point of the abdominal thrust was to be a last-resort action when backslaps fail to work.
- Thu Jan 27, 2022 11:39 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 27th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 19)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2232
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 27 January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 19)
I'd heard before that Mozart started composing at 4.
- Tue Jan 18, 2022 9:02 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 17th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 11)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1086
Re: Spoilers for Monday 17 January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 11)
https://www.lexico.com/definition/mileage She actually said that she was looking to see if the dictionary gave any examples of MILEAGES. Maybe she should have had a look at this, which has the plural in each of the first ten More Example Sentences. The definition is puzzling. "A number of mile...
- Tue Jan 18, 2022 12:10 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 17th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 11)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1086
Re: Spoilers for Monday 17 January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 11)
Dan gave /kəmpˈɒzɪt/. OTOH, COMPOSITE is /ˈkɒmpəzɪt/. So it would appear that Dan was not misspelling COMPOSITE, but trying COMPOSIT as a distinct word. I saw it and thought along the same lines. The PNG spec uses COMPOSITED, and it seemed to me it probably came from a verb COMPOSIT, related to DEPO...
- Thu Jan 13, 2022 12:13 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 12th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 8)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 700
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 12 January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 8)
Susie commented to the effect that LICENSE is an acceptable variant spelling of LICENCE.
It seems she was confused. LICENCE is the noun and LICENSE is the verb.
Though I've since discovered that Lexico also gives LICENCE as an acceptable variant spelling of the verb. Weird.
It seems she was confused. LICENCE is the noun and LICENSE is the verb.
Though I've since discovered that Lexico also gives LICENCE as an acceptable variant spelling of the verb. Weird.