Spoilers For Friday May 6th 2011
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Spoilers For Friday May 6th 2011
And it's go, GO, GO on Countdown as GO-Master Tony Atkins put in a very impressive performance after seeming to be out of it after part 1. Will there be any more thrills and spills today
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I case you are wondering, yes Jordan is Jamie Humphries' (2 wins back in January) sister. Will she do as
well?
well?
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I salute your indefatigability.Tony Atkins wrote:I case you are wondering, yes Jordan is Jamie Humphries' (2 wins back in January) sister. Will she do as
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I'm getting quite into the idea of Go after Tony championed it. Some useful information from the Wikipedia entry:
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http://www.britgo.org for British Go AssociationMatt Morrison wrote:I'm getting quite into the idea of Go after Tony championed it. Some useful information from the Wikipedia entry:
www.kisekigo.com is my own site
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I've never lost a single game of Go (I've never played a single game of Go). Maybe I could beat you, Tony...
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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I've watched the entire anime series Hikaru No Go, so I probably could as well.
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PERIDOTS not in the Apterous dictionary for some reason... I strongly suggest Charlie / Mike read page xiii of ODE3 and fix silly things like this and CLOVERS.
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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I'm already pretty good at draughts so Go probably isn't that interesting for me.
Well, since you ask so nicely...I strongly suggest Charlie / Mike read page xiii of ODE3 and fix silly things like this and CLOVERS.
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I was very careful to check every answer except in the DUMPED round. I had a whole lot of 6s, eg POUNDS, MOUNDS and presumably HUMPED. Somehow I had writen HUMPED down as DUMPED and didn't check it. Should have picked one of the others....
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Don't you mean H*MPED, Tony!!! This week is full of rude words!Tony Atkins wrote:I was very careful to check every answer except in the DUMPED round. I had a whole lot of 6s, eg POUNDS, MOUNDS and presumably HUMPED. Somehow I had writen HUMPED down as DUMPED and didn't check it. Should have picked one of the others....
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I strongly suggest... please.Charlie Reams wrote:Well, since you ask so nicely...I strongly suggest Charlie / Mike read page xiii of ODE3 and fix silly things like this and CLOVERS.
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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Well there must be a lot of rude bridges out there! The combination of PISTONS and PASSION was a little bit rude...Matt Morrison wrote:Don't you mean H*MPED, Tony!!! This week is full of rude words!Tony Atkins wrote:I was very careful to check every answer except in the DUMPED round. I had a whole lot of 6s, eg POUNDS, MOUNDS and presumably HUMPED. Somehow I had writen HUMPED down as DUMPED and didn't check it. Should have picked one of the others....
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There are a couple of signs hereabouts warning of a "H****d Zebra Crossing", but I've never seen the animals at itTony Atkins wrote:...
Don't you mean H*MPED, Tony!!! This week is full of rude words!
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ENTRESOL was there in round 4, the same selection as in my 6th game.
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I don't expect there will be time on Tuesday afternoon!Adam Gillard wrote:I've never lost a single game of Go (I've never played a single game of Go). Maybe I could beat you, Tony...
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And TENONERS and CRINOID in another round.Eoin Monaghan wrote:ENTRESOL was there in round 4, the same selection as in my 6th game.
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I thought it was your 7th gameEoin Monaghan wrote:ENTRESOL was there in round 4, the same selection as in my 6th game.
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Thought there was the alternative 7 ^LAGGIER in R1, but a bit surprised it's not yet in ODE, (nor ^LAGGY), as it's quite a common word in computerage. (42,000 and 2.75 million Google hits respectively.)
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The Oxford English Corpus is the Google of OUP's world.Brian Moore wrote:Thought there was the alternative 7 ^LAGGIER in R1, but a bit surprised it's not yet in ODE, (nor ^LAGGY), as it's quite a common word in computerage. (42,000 and 2.75 million Google hits respectively.)
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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Hmm, I'm very happy for the OUP, but 2.75m Google hits, and with OED saying "No Search Results", suggests that the corpus isn't quite up to speed on this one. Occasionally I feel the OED and ODE pick up more ephemeral jargonny words, and miss less obvious neologisms in common usage. (This conjecture is probably as accurate at the amateur weather forecasters who say that their forecasts made by sniffing pine cones are more accurate than those made by the Met Office with their Jolly Big computers. But I know that Charlie always likes conjecture with no citation or reasoning.)Adam Gillard wrote:The Oxford English Corpus is the Google of OUP's world.
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Haha, I knew it. I wasn't sure which game and I knew you'd pick up on itJames Robinson wrote:I thought it was your 7th gameEoin Monaghan wrote:ENTRESOL was there in round 4, the same selection as in my 6th game.
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Did Keith Bennett get an answer to his question yesterday?
No word of a lie, my wife Julie watched today's episode whilst doing the ironing and asked if Tony is a carpet salesman. I was bit nonplussed until she said "He's got a nice line in rugs."
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It's the hairspray! Took my jumper off later and it all stood on end. Pehaps you are just being polite and suggesting in needs cutting?Philip Jarvis wrote:Did Keith Bennett get an answer to his question yesterday?
No word of a lie, my wife Julie watched today's episode whilst doing the ironing and asked if Tony is a carpet salesman. I was bit nonplussed until she said "He's got a nice line in rugs."
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Not enough time this week to do so with the finals on Tuesday/Wednesday (and Monday I am helping Roger scout out his summer holiday in Sheffield). Sorry I will not be able to post too much this week as a consequence - but there are some good shows coming up, so enjoy!
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It's not saying No Results. It's saying Not Enough Results To Make It Into A Dictionary With Only 2000 Pages.Brian Moore wrote:2.75m Google hits, and with OED saying "No Search Results"
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"Slang" terms seem to be held to higher standards then "non-slang" ones. Is flid in the dictionary yet?Charlie Reams wrote:It's not saying No Results. It's saying Not Enough Results To Make It Into A Dictionary With Only 2000 Pages.Brian Moore wrote:2.75m Google hits, and with OED saying "No Search Results"
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Well, I'll do a deal with OED then if they're so short of space. They can take out 'cyberslacking' (new entry December 2010, 32,600 Google hits) and put in 'laggy' (and 'laggier') instead.Charlie Reams wrote:It's not saying No Results. It's saying Not Enough Results To Make It Into A Dictionary With Only 2000 Pages.Brian Moore wrote:2.75m Google hits, and with OED saying "No Search Results"
The trouble with these obviously 'constructed' new words is that they tend to fail the FUDGE test (Frequency, Unobtrusiveness, Diversity, Generation, Endurance) for words likely to make it into common usage: they're in all the papers for a while, but disappear soon after. In think 'laggy' will be still be around once 'cyberslacking' has gone.
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I agree FWIW.Brian Moore wrote:Well, I'll do a deal with OED then if they're so short of space. They can take out 'cyberslacking' (new entry December 2010, 32,600 Google hits) and put in 'laggy' (and 'laggier') instead.Charlie Reams wrote:It's not saying No Results. It's saying Not Enough Results To Make It Into A Dictionary With Only 2000 Pages.Brian Moore wrote:2.75m Google hits, and with OED saying "No Search Results"
The trouble with these obviously 'constructed' new words is that they tend to fail the FUDGE test (Frequency, Unobtrusiveness, Diversity, Generation, Endurance) for words likely to make it into common usage: they're in all the papers for a while, but disappear soon after. In think 'laggy' will be still be around once 'cyberslacking' has gone.
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SWAPTION has 111,000 hits.
I've never understood how they decide a word is in common enough usage to get in. Words that are commonly used in a highly specialised area are going to get less usage than uncommon transitory slang. They surely don't just go on numbers.
I've never understood how they decide a word is in common enough usage to get in. Words that are commonly used in a highly specialised area are going to get less usage than uncommon transitory slang. They surely don't just go on numbers.
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I think print media are given more weight, so that newspaper favourites win over words in common internet use
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I thought Jordan looked a lot like Jameela Jamil of T4, and even a bit like a young Cheryl Cole. Oh, and good game and all that.
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