Well, you'd have to say "more divey" then, not just "divey" because your sentence doesn't make sense!Jon Corby wrote:No, two syllables so it would have to be specified.Gavin Chipper wrote:diveier?Jon Corby wrote:the divey the better almost.
COLIN XII- Countdown in Lincoln, 30-31 January 2016
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Re: COLIN XII- Countdown in Lincoln, 30-31 January 2016
I could have sworn it used to start earlier than that....Ben Wilson wrote:As always, COLIN will begin at 11:30
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Re: COLIN XII- Countdown in Lincoln, 30-31 January 2016
I can definitely provide a second board game now if you're still struggling.
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Re: COLIN XII- Countdown in Lincoln, 30-31 January 2016
That would be very much appreciated, thanks- hopefully I will have enough on the day depending on very very very last minute entries!Jack Worsley wrote:I can definitely provide a second board game now if you're still struggling.
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Re: COLIN XII- Countdown in Lincoln, 30-31 January 2016
I'll bring a couple too as backup.
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Re: COLIN XII- Countdown in Lincoln, 30-31 January 2016
Excellent- that brings my total (of gamea) to 19 so unless my Paypal account gets dramatically excited over the next 3 days, we should be covered.Ryan Taylor wrote:I'll bring a couple too as backup.
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Re: COLIN XII- Countdown in Lincoln, 30-31 January 2016
For a moment I thought this might now be a valid plural, but sadly not. We'll have to wait until the 29th century when the ODO introduces it with this post as the only usage example.Ben Wilson wrote:Excellent- that brings my total (of gamea)
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Re: COLIN XII- Countdown in Lincoln, 30-31 January 2016
The more it gets quoted and requoted, the sooner it'll be added.Graeme Cole wrote:For a moment I thought this might now be a valid plural, but sadly not. We'll have to wait until the 29th century when the ODO introduces it with this post as the only usage example.Ben Wilson wrote:Excellent- that brings my total (of gamea)
Re: COLIN XII- Countdown in Lincoln, 30-31 January 2016
I thought I'd share this here too since there has been discussion on how to adjudicate words:
http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic. ... 88#p164559JackHurst wrote:The chance of being able to declare a new word as a max is around 16%. The chance you can beat the old max (OED max) by playing a new word is around 7%
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Re: COLIN XII- Countdown in Lincoln, 30-31 January 2016
I think the apterous lexicon is pretty much up to date now. Going through some fairly recent conundrum attacks, it appears that a lot of words that used to be valid as conundrums are not anymore, due to some new alternatives. I'd advise you to check them Ben, or at least the ones that look like they might have new alternatives.
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Re: COLIN XII- Countdown in Lincoln, 30-31 January 2016
My conundrums are all printed and ready to go now, and there's 320 of them so checking them all would take some time! I will have a look through tonight though, if I get the chance.Jack Worsley wrote:I think the apterous lexicon is pretty much up to date now. Going through some fairly recent conundrum attacks, it appears that a lot of words that used to be valid as conundrums are not anymore, due to some new alternatives. I'd advise you to check them Ben, or at least the ones that look like they might have new alternatives.
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Re: COLIN XII- Countdown in Lincoln, 30-31 January 2016
Awesomely run event (well two events) as always Ben. I had a great time as I think everyone did.