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by Mark Deeks
Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:39 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Words You Would Have Thought...
Replies: 479
Views: 170208

Re: Words You Would Have Thought...

I'm not saying that these should be in - they were rejected for reasons ranging to hyphens to capital letters to American spellings to just plain old not being words. But I am surprised that they weren't allowed. SURFERS MORESO COMBOVER UNDERWAY MEAGER ARBITORS TOODLES ROASTIES MOUSEMAT UNPOSTED DRU...
by Mark Deeks
Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:36 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1956
Views: 450425

Re: Feature requests

How about a no E's variant, which can help you to hone all those good Countdown words like APORIA and RATOON and AUDITOR and CAT and DOG and the like. Maybe just make it a practice option.
by Mark Deeks
Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:35 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Welcome! - Post here first
Replies: 1961
Views: 1062545

Re: Welcome! - Post here first

Hello. My name is Mark, and you may recognise me as the miserable one from Countdown. I am not miserable really, but this has become my Countdown legacy, and thus I might as well pander to it. I am 26 for at least a little bit longer yet, and I am the biggest basketball nerd in Britain. (I am also t...
by Mark Deeks
Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:31 pm
Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
Topic: Monday 18th July 2011 (Series 65, Prelim 31)
Replies: 7
Views: 2007

Re: Monday 18th July 2011 (Series 65, Prelim 31)

There's a third woman tomorrow, too.
by Mark Deeks
Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:30 pm
Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
Topic: Monday 18th July 2011 (Series 65, Prelim 31)
Replies: 7
Views: 2007

Re: Monday 18th July 2011 (Series 65, Prelim 31)

I had DURIANS and ROTARIES and just wussed out of saying them. Funny what the camera does to you. No idea what was going on in the SEDUCTED round. Part of me was saying "come on, it's an obvious word that people use all the time." The other part was saying "no it isn't. Don't be a twa...