Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 2:25 pm
First time I've started a spoilers thread!
EDIT: edited to Adam's satisfaction
EDIT: edited to Adam's satisfaction
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Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
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Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 2:27 pm
And the last hopefully. Lame effort.
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 2:29 pm
You shouldn't have a space before the "!". PoorEoin Monaghan wrote:First time I've started a spoilers thread !
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 2:35 pm
R3: PAROTIDAL?
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 2:38 pm
1st numbers alt:
(7x10+1) x 8
(7x10+1) x 8
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 2:39 pm
NoAdam Dexter wrote:R3: PAROTIDAL?
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 2:40 pm
Myeh it so should be. I could use it in a sentence. It crops up in Parotidal Meningitis. But not in OED so :'(Eoin Monaghan wrote:NoAdam Dexter wrote:R3: PAROTIDAL?
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 2:42 pm
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 2:44 pm
But not to Jon's.Eoin Monaghan wrote:EDIT: edited to Adam's satisfaction
It's a bleak day today. No Suds = no soap.
But at least I was able to watch her episode live yesterday, whereas I've got to wait until about 7 o'clock to see this one!
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 2:46 pm
just checked this.... MONIKERS r6
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 2:47 pm
I know, I know. Was just making a pointless point (If there's anything more oxymoronic, I don't know about it!).Phil Reynolds wrote:Charlie's probably getting fed up of saying that using Lexplorer will save you the embarrassment of posting invalid words in spoiler threads. So I'll say it instead. Using Lexplorer will save you the embarrassment of posting invalid words in spoiler threads.Adam Dexter wrote:R3: PAROTIDAL?
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 2:51 pm
ROTFL R9: DC LINEAGE... funny pronunciation of Lin - ee - ij!
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:02 pm
I was so excited when I spotted ONANISED from the audience as a DC beater. Susie was tickled when I pointed it out to her later, too. I thought maybe she'd spotted it and kept quiet on purpose, but apparently not.
It was quite a disappointment when I got home and realised it's not in. ONANIST (wanker) is there, and ONANISM (wanking), but not ONANISED, which would mean wanked if only ONANISE was a verb. It's the same kind of thing as RACISM - you can have RACIST but not RACISE.
Still, it would have been fun to declare it and have it be explained - Susie would have had to look it up under ONANIST. When I suggested that might have been awkward she just grinned and said I'd be surprised what she could define. Susie is great.
It was quite a disappointment when I got home and realised it's not in. ONANIST (wanker) is there, and ONANISM (wanking), but not ONANISED, which would mean wanked if only ONANISE was a verb. It's the same kind of thing as RACISM - you can have RACIST but not RACISE.
Still, it would have been fun to declare it and have it be explained - Susie would have had to look it up under ONANIST. When I suggested that might have been awkward she just grinned and said I'd be surprised what she could define. Susie is great.
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:06 pm
Derek Hazell wrote:It's a bleak day today. No Suds = no soap.
Never mind, there's always Emmerdale.Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:07 pm
And EGOTISE...Clare Sudbery wrote:I was so excited when I spotted ONANISED from the audience as a DC beater. Susie was tickled when I pointed it out to her later, too. I thought maybe she'd spotted it and kept quiet on purpose, but apparently not.
It was quite a disappointment when I got home and realised it's not in. ONANIST (wanker) is there, and ONANISM (wanking), but not ONANISED, which would mean wanked if only ONANISE was a verb. It's the same kind of thing as RACISM - you can have RACIST but not RACISE.
Still, it would have been fun to declare it and have it be explained - Susie would have had to look it up under ONANIST. When I suggested that might have been awkward she just grinned and said I'd be surprised what she could define. Susie is great.
BTW Eoin: Corby leaves spaces before his exclamation marks. That's how you can tell he wrote the script for Dr. Farnsworth on apterous.org.
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:09 pm
LOL!Kai Laddiman wrote:And EGOTISE...
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:13 pm
I wanted an S or a Z as the last letter in the first round for VALORISED/VALORIZED.
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:15 pm
I offered ONANIST on my run, Clare, and she just laughed and said "yep it's there" and moved on. In the next round, Colin Murray said "..and I've just checked the definition of Kirk's word from the last round" and he laughed. This bit never made the edit.Clare Sudbery wrote:
Still, it would have been fun to declare it and have it be explained - Susie would have had to look it up under ONANIST. When I suggested that might have been awkward she just grinned and said I'd be surprised what she could define. Susie is great.
I loved today's game - best game I've enjoyed for ages. Both players chose the letters rapidly and there was a real pace going on. Both players were decent quality and it's a shame the challenger messed up the last numbers to lose by a point as I thought he was quite good. I'm impressed Shane didn't bottle under the pressure.
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:21 pm
Yes, they were a good match. I'm hoping Shane goes far. I've lost track - how much space is left at the top now - ie how many octochamps are there, and how many games would Shane have to win to have a shot at the finals?
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:21 pm
Good game today....TRIPODAL was a beater in the PAROTID round.
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:25 pm
This is probably helpful enough here (even if slightly out of date).Clare Sudbery wrote:Yes, they were a good match. I'm hoping Shane goes far. I've lost track - how much space is left at the top now - ie how many octochamps are there, and how many games would Shane have to win to have a shot at the finals?
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:28 pm
I think in your case it's more tautological than oxymoronic.Adam Dexter wrote: I know, I know. Was just making a pointless point (If there's anything more oxymoronic, I don't know about it!).
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:28 pm
No, they're two different words that happen to be spelt the same. The printing term LINEAGE is pronounced the way that David Lloyd said it.Adam Dexter wrote:ROTFL R9: DC LINEAGE... funny pronunciation of Lin - ee - ij!
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:30 pm
What list? She's on the series 60 list of seeds...Clare Sudbery wrote:Cate is the main one missing from that list, is that right?
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:33 pm
Pah. I knew this'd happen. My eye somehow skated over her name. I deleted my post when I realised my mistake.Michael Wallace wrote:What list? She's on the series 60 list of seeds...Clare Sudbery wrote:Cate is the main one missing from that list, is that right?
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:34 pm
I got all excited in round 9 when I thought I'd spotted a 9, beating the contestants and DC. Sadly it seems LEADENING is not allowed, although LEADEN is listed as a verb in some dictionaries.
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:35 pm
Does anyone know why the series 60 leaderboard displays a top ten rather than a top eight? Is it so that if finalists drop out it's easier to work out their replacements, or is something strange and new going to be happening for the series 60 finals?Michael Wallace wrote:This is probably helpful enough here (even if slightly out of date).
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:37 pm
Yes, I spotted that too. And ENDEALING. But didn't get that excited as neither of them looked very likely (I hadn't come across LEADEN as anything other than an adjective, and OED2 confirmed my suspicions). Just checked it on Lexpert though, and LEADENING's valid in SOWPODS, so you were right to get excited. Lexpert doesn't have anything else for those letters except NEEDLING (good one Jeff). It is satisfying to have a presenter who can actually play the game.Phil Reynolds wrote:I got all excited in round 9 when I thought I'd spotted a 9, beating the contestants and DC. Sadly it seems LEADENING is not allowed, although LEADEN is listed as a verb in some dictionaries.
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:42 pm
Does anyone know if there are any promising octochamp-potential contestants coming up, apart from Shane and Jimmy Gough?Michael Wallace wrote:This is probably helpful enough here (even if slightly out of date).
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:48 pm
You're right that ENDEALING doesn't look like a word (and isn't one, so there you go), but LEADENING is not at all uncommon. It's mostly used in the sense of "becoming leaden", as in "I'd walked for miles and could feel my legs leadening", or "The afternoon grew darker as the sun disappeared behind the leadening clouds".Clare Sudbery wrote:Yes, I spotted that too. And ENDEALING. But didn't get that excited as neither of them looked very likelyPhil Reynolds wrote:Sadly it seems LEADENING is not allowed
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 4:09 pm
SIEGES in round 8. (but not as good as EGOTISE)
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 4:10 pm
MONIKERS
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 4:16 pm
EGOTISE isn't in, that was Kai's point.Eoin Monaghan wrote:SIEGES in round 8. (but not as good as EGOTISE)
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 4:16 pm
Probably nothing strange and new, just as you say in case people drop out. The people in 9th and 10th position are often at the finals as reserves in case of anyone not making it.Ben Hunter wrote:Does anyone know why the series 60 leaderboard displays a top ten rather than a top eight? Is it so that if finalists drop out it's easier to work out their replacements, or is something strange and new going to be happening for the series 60 finals?Michael Wallace wrote:This is probably helpful enough here (even if slightly out of date).
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 4:28 pm
It says if you have equal points and wins as someone, it goes by highest score. I thought it went by the number of conundrums spotted?Michael Wallace wrote:This is probably helpful enough here (even if slightly out of date).
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 4:33 pm
Forget about Adrian Chiles - Shane could definitely have a career as a Geoffrey Hughes lookalike.
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 4:40 pm
oh right. Sorry about my misconception.Kirk Bevins wrote:EGOTISE isn't in, that was Kai's point.Eoin Monaghan wrote:SIEGES in round 8. (but not as good as EGOTISE)
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 4:44 pm
He did not! It was me! I put spaces after all my punctuation being unsure whether it affected the code.Kai Laddiman wrote:And EGOTISE...Clare Sudbery wrote:I was so excited when I spotted ONANISED from the audience as a DC beater. Susie was tickled when I pointed it out to her later, too. I thought maybe she'd spotted it and kept quiet on purpose, but apparently not.
It was quite a disappointment when I got home and realised it's not in. ONANIST (wanker) is there, and ONANISM (wanking), but not ONANISED, which would mean wanked if only ONANISE was a verb. It's the same kind of thing as RACISM - you can have RACIST but not RACISE.
Still, it would have been fun to declare it and have it be explained - Susie would have had to look it up under ONANIST. When I suggested that might have been awkward she just grinned and said I'd be surprised what she could define. Susie is great.
BTW Eoin: Corby leaves spaces before his exclamation marks. That's how you can tell he wrote the script for Dr. Farnsworth on apterous.org.
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 5:14 pm
It does go by conundrums spotted.Jimmy Gough wrote: It says if you have equal points and wins as someone, it goes by highest score. I thought it went by the number of conundrums spotted?
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 5:24 pm
Daniel O'Dowd wrote:He did not[no space]! It was me[no space]! I put spaces after all my punctuation being unsure whether it affected the code[no space].
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 5:45 pm
Writing in the forum isn't code...I tell you it was me.
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 5:51 pm
Exactly that, yes.Ben Hunter wrote: Does anyone know why the series 60 leaderboard displays a top ten rather than a top eight? Is it so that if finalists drop out it's easier to work out their replacements?
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 6:12 pm
:$ Oops. His accent is strong though! I thought it was just his Northern attempt at pronouncing English like what I do.Phil Reynolds wrote:No, they're two different words that happen to be spelt the same. The printing term LINEAGE is pronounced the way that David Lloyd said it.Adam Dexter wrote:ROTFL R9: DC LINEAGE... funny pronunciation of Lin - ee - ij!
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:30 pm
Adam Dexter wrote::$ Oops. His accent is strong though! I thought it was just his Northern attempt at pronouncing English like what I do.Phil Reynolds wrote:No, they're two different words that happen to be spelt the same. The printing term LINEAGE is pronounced the way that David Lloyd said it.Adam Dexter wrote:ROTFL R9: DC LINEAGE... funny pronunciation of Lin - ee - ij!
Indeed Adam, the Accrington accent is very strong, having one myself. Many TV personalities come from the area.
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:20 am
Mike, does it get frustrating sometimes that everything you say sounds like a joke? Well it certainly does in David's case anyway, even before he gets to the punchline. The Bolton accent seems to have the same affect, and that is why Peter Kay and Paddy McGuinness have a much easier ride than most comedians.Mike Brailsford wrote:Indeed Adam, the Accrington accent is very strong, having one myself. Many TV personalities come from the area.
Strange that I should have mentioned soaps, only to find that that's exactly what he talked about on the same showClare Sudbery wrote:Derek Hazell wrote:It's a bleak day today. No Suds = no soap.
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:19 am
ANODISE as an equaller to DC's DIOXANE.