Spoilers for Friday 13th February 2009

[David Roe]

When did "grails" become acceptable? It's always been disallowed when I've heard it before, presumably it's got into the NODE2 with a lower case g?

Anyone?

[Martin Gardner]

When did "grails" become acceptable? It's always been disallowed when I've heard it before, presumably it's got into the NODE2 with a lower case g?

Anyone?

Countmax lists it as OK, I don't physically own the current dictionary but I think you're right. Jim Bentley had it disallowed, if memory serves me right.

[Joseph Bolas]

Junaid, I really think you should apply - you'd be great!

That's the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me, like, ever However I'm fairly certain that if I was allowed a 3rd shot, Joseph Bolas would kill me. Or himself.

I would never kill anyone.

[david dawson]

As someone who the local lads on an estate I used live on would shout out "paedophile" to (among other things) as I walked down the street believe me lesley queer is most definitely a homophobic word. Lesbians and gay men very rarely muse on semantics when their heads are being kicked in. Like all other words it needs to be looked at in context. I hope this gives everyone some insight as to how difficult it was to play such a disgusting word like poofter and why I hurried away from a giggly, less painful word like woofter ....the programme was edited differently however....and I hate to see myself grinning broadly when I say the word and that's about it. The production team have chosen to edit out the very emphatic "yes" i say when susie mentions that both are derogatory terms.

I agree that you seem to have been appallingly misrepresented. I was looking forward to tales of sapphic sauciness and lady love but all you seemed to talk about was cakes and jam. What happened?

[Howard Somerset]

When did "grails" become acceptable? It's always been disallowed when I've heard it before, presumably it's got into the NODE2 with a lower case g?

Anyone?

I was surprised too. And my rejecting GRAILS made the difference between Kate beating me and me beating Kate in this game. I clearly remember GRAILS being rejected because it was only in as capitalised in connection with the Holy Grail. But on checking the OED2r, I see it's now listed as a lower case word as well.

Checking further, I see it's already been accepted already, once in series 55 and again in series 56 when offered by Amey Deshpande.

[Gavin Chipper]

As someone who the local lads on an estate I used live on would shout out "paedophile" to (among other things) as I walked down the street believe me lesley queer is most definitely a homophobic word. Lesbians and gay men very rarely muse on semantics when their heads are being kicked in. Like all other words it needs to be looked at in context. I hope this gives everyone some insight as to how difficult it was to play such a disgusting word like poofter and why I hurried away from a giggly, less painful word like woofter ....the programme was edited differently however....and I hate to see myself grinning broadly when I say the word and that's about it. The production team have chosen to edit out the very emphatic "yes" i say when susie mentions that both are derogatory terms.

You seem determined to misunderstand everything I say, presumably lest I contradict your image of this forum as occupied by a bunch of rampant homophobes. As anyone who actually knows me at all can tell you, you couldn't be more wrong. I won't make the mistake of replying to your illiterate ramblings again.

I know I'm over 10 years late, but was this even a reply to you? It looks more like a general comment to the thread as a whole.