Thanks everyone. The whole thing was a fantastically enjoyable experience as soon as I entered the studio, even that fifth game where I genuinely thought I'd lost it after R10.
As for TROIKA, I think that was the only time I deliberately went for an obscure word over a common one, and it was entirely because of
this.
Incidentally, I preferred going with more common words (TAILORED rather than IDOLATER, TOASTED over TOSTADA) because I'd invariably make a cock-up of pronouncing some of the more obscure apto-words. It turns out GIAOURS rhymes with flowers, not fires, and MAHOUTS, for which I'd attempted to cover all bases by saying "mahoots, or mahoos?" actually rhymes with shouts.
And as I renew my aptosubscription for another year I should mention there's no way I could have done it without apterous, so thanks to Charlie for all the work he's put into that.
Hopefully see some of you at the finals.
