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How do you read "c4countdown"?

Channel 4 Countdown
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49%
C for Countdown
18
51%
 
Total votes: 35

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Matt Morrison
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Post by Matt Morrison »

Just wondered. I know it says "Channel 4" in the header, but yeah, just wondering.
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Flawed poll. The phonetics for 'c for countdown' and 'c fore countdown' are profoundly different. If 'C fore Countdown' isnt added to the poll I'll never forgive you Morrison.
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Always assumed it was Channel 4 Countdown.
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I say c-four countdown because that is what it says.
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I always assumed it was called that because it was on C4, but then it was also kind of a weak pun and sounded quite snappy. If it was on BBC1 I don't think the forum would be called BBC1Countdown.
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*Awaits 'explosive' pun*
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Matthew Green wrote:Flawed poll. The phonetics for 'c for countdown' and 'c fore countdown' are profoundly different. If 'C fore Countdown' isnt added to the poll I'll never forgive you Morrison.
And any subtitler who can't tell the difference should be sacked.
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Charlie Reams wrote:
Matthew Green wrote:Flawed poll. The phonetics for 'c for countdown' and 'c fore countdown' are profoundly different. If 'C fore Countdown' isnt added to the poll I'll never forgive you Morrison.
And any subtitler who can't tell the difference should be sacked.
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I'm pretty sure it's meant to be a weak punny combination of both, at least that's what I recall original namer Stewart Holden telling me in 2004. I voted for 'c for countdown' because that's how I always say it, and will look funny at someone calling it 'channel 4 countdown' aloud.
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c 4 countdown.

Which isn't the same, although it sounds the same, as c for countdown.
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Ben Wilson wrote:I'm pretty sure it's meant to be a weak punny combination of both, at least that's what I recall original namer Stewart Holden telling me in 2004.

I can believe it. Stewart is stilly fondly remembered for his sizzling sense of humour.
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Ryan Taylor wrote:I say c-four countdown because that is what it says.
This.
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I say "C four countdown," because that's what Damian Eadie says and when he told me about this site in the countdown green room, he was speaking out loud and not writing it down. I have called it "C four countdown" ever since. True story, that.
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