Spoilers For Monday November 18th 2013
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Spoilers For Monday November 18th 2013
So, it's the 18th of the month, and appropriately there are just 18 preliminaries left in this series.
Our current champion, Simon Whiteley, knows that becoming an octochamp will certainly guarantee him his place in the finals (as will 7 wins, more or less). Will it be a wonderful week for Whiteley, I wonder
Sir Ranulph Fiennes will be in DC today and tomorrow, before newbie Selina Scott takes over on Wednesday.
Graeme will be recapping later on.
Our current champion, Simon Whiteley, knows that becoming an octochamp will certainly guarantee him his place in the finals (as will 7 wins, more or less). Will it be a wonderful week for Whiteley, I wonder
Sir Ranulph Fiennes will be in DC today and tomorrow, before newbie Selina Scott takes over on Wednesday.
Graeme will be recapping later on.
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Various alts for the 2nd numbers and alt 3rd numbers 3x3x50+100-2
CO-MSO every August
CO:Rea 20th April 2024
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Can't see any word beaters only alts such as POTAGER in the TAPROOM/MOORAGE round and DOUTED in the next.
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Really not happy with the conundrum. FAITHLESS=SLATEFISH too.
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My apologies, SLATEFISH isnt valid.
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Yeah, I did the vaguely similar ((50 + 25) x (3 + 3)) + 100 - 2 for that one.Tony Atkins wrote:Alt 3rd numbers 3x3x50+100-2
HEROICS in round 1, BETAINES in round 2, OCULIST in round 4, LAGOONS in round 8 and PROMOTE in round 12. (All equallers.)
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Betaine is a mass noun. Can it be pluralised?James Robinson wrote:Yeah, I did the vaguely similar ((50 + 25) x (3 + 3)) + 100 - 2 for that one.Tony Atkins wrote:Alt 3rd numbers 3x3x50+100-2
HEROICS in round 1, BETAINES in round 2, OCULIST in round 4, LAGOONS in round 8 and PROMOTE in round 12. (All equallers.)
BEAMIEST is another 8 alternative in round 2.
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Susie said "Dreamt is one of the only past tenses to take a T". A curious way of phrasing it. I wonder where she learnt that.
STOICAL in the LOCUST round as a DC-equaller, I think. Though Susie said "there's just one seven", so I've probably screwed up.
STOICAL in the LOCUST round as a DC-equaller, I think. Though Susie said "there's just one seven", so I've probably screwed up.
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No, you're right, STOICAL is fine. Just because Susie says there's only one 7, doesn't mean there's only one 7.Brian Moore wrote:STOICAL in the LOCUST round as a DC-equaller, I think. Though Susie said "there's just one seven", so I've probably screwed up.
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Susie not 100% correct? This would never have happened when Carol was there. I think someone should tell the Daily Mail.James Robinson wrote:No, you're right, STOICAL is fine. Just because Susie says there's only one 7, doesn't mean there's only one 7.
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Really not happy with the conundrum. FAITHLESS=FISHSLATE too.
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My apologies, FISHSLATE isn't valid.
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You mean she should have said something like "one of the few"? That's probably what she MEANT. I think there's quite a few that take a T anyway (like LEARNT which you've just used), although a lot of them don't simply take the T without any modification - SPELT loses an L for example. It seems though that these days people don't tend to use the T past tense that much, even though words like LEARNED and SPELLED sound really annoying to me.Brian Moore wrote:Susie said "Dreamt is one of the only past tenses to take a T". A curious way of phrasing it. I wonder where she learnt that.
I got that too but didn't notice what Susie said. I think she does that sort of thing from time to time.STOICAL in the LOCUST round as a DC-equaller, I think. Though Susie said "there's just one seven", so I've probably screwed up.
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Yeah, sorry, just a little humour at Susie's expense. Cheap. I get my phrases mangled on stage sometimes, but I don't get on national TV and c4c smart-arses picking me up for minor slips.Gavin Chipper wrote:You mean she should have said something like "one of the few"? That's probably what she MEANT. I think there's quite a few that take a T anyway (like LEARNT which you've just used), although a lot of them don't simply take the T without any modification - SPELT loses an L for example. It seems though that these days people don't tend to use the T past tense that much, even though words like LEARNED and SPELLED sound really annoying to me.Brian Moore wrote:Susie said "Dreamt is one of the only past tenses to take a T". A curious way of phrasing it. I wonder where she learnt that.
Incidentally, I enjoyed reading Steven Pinker's 'Words and Rules', the book being entirely devoted to irregular v. regular verbs and plurals, and how that relates to how our brains deal with language. The general trend is for irregulars (e.g learnt, leant, meant, dreamt, spelt) to die out in favour of regulars. Interesting theories.
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Didn't Gevin just mistakenly assume that your using LEARNT was just coincidence rather than realising it was your actual joke? Or have I misunderstood this whole exchange?Brian Moore wrote:Yeah, sorry, just a little humour at Susie's expense. Cheap. I get my phrases mangled on stage sometimes, but I don't get on national TV and c4c smart-arses picking me up for minor slips.Gavin Chipper wrote:You mean she should have said something like "one of the few"? That's probably what she MEANT. I think there's quite a few that take a T anyway (like LEARNT which you've just used)Brian Moore wrote:Susie said "Dreamt is one of the only past tenses to take a T". A curious way of phrasing it. I wonder where she learnt that.
I'm currently going Brian 1 - Gevin 0, with my score yet to be ascertained.
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No he didn't. I'm currently going Gevin 1- Matt 0.Matt Morrison wrote:Didn't Gevin just mistakenly assume that your using LEARNT was just coincidence rather than realising it was your actual joke? Or have I misunderstood this whole exchange?Brian Moore wrote:Yeah, sorry, just a little humour at Susie's expense. Cheap. I get my phrases mangled on stage sometimes, but I don't get on national TV and c4c smart-arses picking me up for minor slips.Gavin Chipper wrote:You mean she should have said something like "one of the few"? That's probably what she MEANT. I think there's quite a few that take a T anyway (like LEARNT which you've just used)
I'm currently going Brian 1 - Gevin 0, with my score yet to be ascertained.
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You missed Brian's score. If you DID detect his joke then I'm at a loss as to what Brian suggested you were nit-picking. Currently Gevin 1 - Matt 1 - Brian 0 by my score.Gavin Chipper wrote:No he didn't. I'm currently going Gevin 1- Matt 0.
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*ascertaintMatt Morrison wrote:I'm currently going Brian 1 - Gevin 0, with my score yet to be ascertained.
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Maybe I wasn't nitpicking? Did it come across that I was because of the sentence "That's probably what she MEANT." with the massive stress on MEANT? I was simply highlighting it as a past tense that ends in T. I'll let you work out the scores.Matt Morrison wrote:You missed Brian's score. If you DID detect his joke then I'm at a loss as to what Brian suggested you were nit-picking. Currently Gevin 1 - Matt 1 - Brian 0 by my score.Gavin Chipper wrote:No he didn't. I'm currently going Gevin 1- Matt 0.
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I'm confused. I thought I'd earnt a point somewhere along the line.Matt Morrison wrote:You missed Brian's score. If you DID detect his joke then I'm at a loss as to what Brian suggested you were nit-picking. Currently Gevin 1 - Matt 1 - Brian 0 by my score.Gavin Chipper wrote:No he didn't. I'm currently going Gevin 1- Matt 0.
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Seems a bit weird to point out the little joke someone made and then make the same joke if you understood that it was a little joke.Gavin Chipper wrote:(like LEARNT which you've just used)
Seems a bit weird to try and backtrack when you've been exposed for not understanding a little joke and then making the same joke. But Gevin gonna Gevin.Gavin Chipper wrote:No he didn't. I'm currently going Gevin 1- Matt 0.Matt Morrison wrote:Didn't Gevin just mistakenly assume that your using LEARNT was just coincidence rather than realising it was your actual joke? Or have I misunderstood this whole exchange?
I'm currently going Brian 1 - Gevin 0, with my score yet to be ascertained.
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I understand that this is getting a bit complicated for some people. Let's go through this step by step.Jon O'Neill wrote:Seems a bit weird to point out the little joke someone made and then make the same joke if you understood that it was a little joke.Gavin Chipper wrote:(like LEARNT which you've just used)
Brian Moore wrote:Susie said "Dreamt is one of the only past tenses to take a T". A curious way of phrasing it. I wonder where she learnt that.
The original question there was just to clarify the bit Brian meant when he said it was a curious way of phrasing it. I kind of knew anyway, but it was obviously a way into making the rest of my post as well. This started off with joining in with the "add a T" joke, by putting MEANT. It's not that crazy to make the same type of joke as someone else if you see it from the viewpoint of joining in a little game rather than some form of competitive joke competition. But maybe it confused people a bit because it could read a bit like "Of course that's what she MEANT you fucking idiot!"Gavin Chipper wrote:You mean she should have said something like "one of the few"? That's probably what she MEANT.
As for the rest of it:
This was a sort of serious bit of the post. Jokes were over and I was pointing out generally that there are quite a few past tenses which take a T, so I used Brian's example. This was a post to everyone of course, not just Brian who obviously knew what he'd written. Although I wrote "you've just used", that's just the way forums work. You're acting like you're talking to someone but also at the same time addressing everyone in the world.Gavin Chipper wrote:I think there's quite a few that take a T anyway (like LEARNT which you've just used), although a lot of them don't simply take the T without any modification - SPELT loses an L for example. It seems though that these days people don't tend to use the T past tense that much, even though words like LEARNED and SPELLED sound really annoying to me.
But of course you understood all of this really, but being the troll that you are you decided to post that in the knowledge that I would sit here and explain it.
Fuck off. There was and will be no backtracking.Jon O'Neill wrote:Seems a bit weird to try and backtrack when you've been exposed for not understanding a little joke and then making the same joke. But Gevin gonna Gevin.Gavin Chipper wrote:No he didn't. I'm currently going Gevin 1- Matt 0.Matt Morrison wrote:Didn't Gevin just mistakenly assume that your using LEARNT was just coincidence rather than realising it was your actual joke? Or have I misunderstood this whole exchange?
I'm currently going Brian 1 - Gevin 0, with my score yet to be ascertained.
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He Gevint?Jon O'Neill wrote: But Gevin gonna Gevin.
Possibly the first contestant to accelerate with a mic clipped...
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Well that escalatt quickly.
(I don't think I'm very good at this game.)
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Since I said she never did it, she's done it several times.Gavin Chipper wrote:Brian Moore wrote:I got that too but didn't notice what Susie said. I think she does that sort of thing from time to time.STOICAL in the LOCUST round as a DC-equaller, I think. Though Susie said "there's just one seven", so I've probably screwed up.
Anyway
50x4x10=2000
2000+1=2001
2001/3=667
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Probably my most enjoyable bit of C4C in a while. Glad I came out with 1 point too, I feared/feart I wouldn't for a while.
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So am I allowed one consolation point back now, all things considered?Matt Morrison wrote:Probably my most enjoyable bit of C4C in a while. Glad I came out with 1 point too, I feared/feart I wouldn't for a while.
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This thread has just been spoiled.
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Have I got a contender for my butthurt crown?
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Even Gevin can't touch your crown... heh, butthurt crown.Dave Preece wrote:Have I got a contender for my butthurt crown?
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Never.Dave Preece wrote:Have I got a contender for my butthurt crown?
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You know when you've been Gevinned.
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Heh, you mean learnt.Brian Moore wrote:... but maybe my learned friends will disagree.
(I realise that doesn't even quite tie up with the quote in the picture, but screw you all.)
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Or I might have meant LEARNT.Jon Corby wrote:Heh, you mean learnt.
Sorry, did you make a little joke?
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Brian 2 - Gevin -1 - Jono 0.5 - Matt 1 - Corby 0.5Brian Moore wrote:Or I might have meant LEARNT.Jon Corby wrote:Heh, you mean learnt.
Sorry, did you make a little joke?
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Or you might have MEANT learnt.Brian Moore wrote:Or I might have meant LEARNT.Jon Corby wrote:Heh, you mean learnt.
Sorry, did you make a little joke?
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Did the word on your Avatar start out as "PERED"?Jon Corby wrote:Or you might have MEANT learnt
"It's KNACKERED Nick!"
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Nick was at both my auditions in early 2012.