Spoilers For Thursday June 9th 2011
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Spoilers For Thursday June 9th 2011
Onwards we go into the depths of Series 65, and with Graeme Cole as our leader, he should hopefully navigate through the mighty seas with the greatest of ease.
Well 2 centuries to the good so far, are there going to be many more in this series for Graeme or anyone else for that matter
Join me, Cap'n Robinson, for the Robinson later.
Well 2 centuries to the good so far, are there going to be many more in this series for Graeme or anyone else for that matter
Join me, Cap'n Robinson, for the Robinson later.
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Re: Spoilers For Thursday June 9th 2011
You could surely say 'The two project's outsets were very different' or something?
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Re: Spoilers For Thursday June 9th 2011
Aye and it's valid for Apterous, wouldn't be surprised to see them give Graeme those extra seven points back at some point.
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Re: Spoilers For Thursday June 9th 2011
So the new competitor gets airtime to witter about going to Lourdes (and I thought he meant to watch the cricket!) and Dev's wife does some palm reading. We will be having payers in Countdown next.
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Re: Spoilers For Thursday June 9th 2011
Well played again Graeme, unlucky with not getting a third ton, but I'm sure you don't mind about that.
Edit: Unless you do get the 7 points for OUTSETS, in which case you would have 3 centuries.
Edit: Unless you do get the 7 points for OUTSETS, in which case you would have 3 centuries.
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Re: Spoilers For Thursday June 9th 2011
'Outset' mean 'beginning', but you only use the former in 'at the outset' and, if there were more than one project you would say 'at the outset of both/all projects'.Joseph Krol wrote:You could surely say 'The two project's outsets were very different' or something?
And, since when has apterous been the definitive arbiter of eligibility?
Tricky language English!
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Re: Spoilers For Thursday June 9th 2011
The decision to disallow OUTSETS wasn't made on a whim. Susie and Damian discussed it during the cut before the last numbers round, and again just before the next game.
Basically, OUTSET is listed in the dictionary as a noun "in singular". At the front of the dictionary it says this means "a noun which is used as a count noun but is never or rarely found in the plural". So the question was whether OUTSETS was a "never" or "rarely" case. Susie felt that there wasn't any case where you'd pluralise it. Even if you had two projects that were complete failures from the start (perhaps you're watching The Apprentice?) you'd say "the projects were both failures from the outset" rather than "both failures from their outsets". Joseph's example is an alternative case I didn't think of though.
As for it costing me a third century, that was entirely my doing for not thinking to put the ER on the end of RAFT.
Basically, OUTSET is listed in the dictionary as a noun "in singular". At the front of the dictionary it says this means "a noun which is used as a count noun but is never or rarely found in the plural". So the question was whether OUTSETS was a "never" or "rarely" case. Susie felt that there wasn't any case where you'd pluralise it. Even if you had two projects that were complete failures from the start (perhaps you're watching The Apprentice?) you'd say "the projects were both failures from the outset" rather than "both failures from their outsets". Joseph's example is an alternative case I didn't think of though.
As for it costing me a third century, that was entirely my doing for not thinking to put the ER on the end of RAFT.
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Re: Spoilers For Thursday June 9th 2011
Good explanation Graeme - I was confused as Joseph's example seem to make sense.
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Re: Spoilers For Thursday June 9th 2011
Graeme Cole used it on the telly once; surely that gives it enough credence to be allowed under the "rarely" category.Graeme Cole wrote:The decision to disallow OUTSETS wasn't made on a whim. Susie and Damian discussed it during the cut before the last numbers round, and again just before the next game.
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the question was whether OUTSETS was a "never" or "rarely" case. Susie felt that there wasn't any case where you'd pluralise it.
Mike Brown: "Round 12: T N R S A E I G U
C1: SIGNATURE (18) ["9; not written down"]
C2: SEATING (7)
Score: 108–16 (max 113)
Another niner for Adam and yet another century. Well done, that man."
C1: SIGNATURE (18) ["9; not written down"]
C2: SEATING (7)
Score: 108–16 (max 113)
Another niner for Adam and yet another century. Well done, that man."
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Re: Spoilers For Thursday June 9th 2011
Payers? Are you suggesting Damian will soon be accepting bribes for a place on the show?John Bosley wrote:So the new competitor gets airtime to witter about going to Lourdes (and I thought he meant to watch the cricket!) and Dev's wife does some palm reading. We will be having payers in Countdown next.
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Re: Spoilers For Thursday June 9th 2011
left the r out of prayers - serves me right for being such a pompous atheistic git -
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Re: Spoilers For Thursday June 9th 2011
When Susie was asked what she thought about palm reading at the end of the show, it was funny because it seemed as though she was desperately trying to be polite despite thinking 'this is a load of crap'.John Bosley wrote:So the new competitor gets airtime to witter about going to Lourdes (and I thought he meant to watch the cricket!) and Dev's wife does some palm reading. We will be having payers in Countdown next.