Friday 1st July Spoilers
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Friday 1st July Spoilers
End of the week, new month, new Champion.
Yup after several close shaves Andrew has finally been displaced from the Champions chair, which is quite unfortunate for him as one or two more wins would've made him a shoe in for the finals.
Find out in just over two hours how the new champ Gareth Lee fares today.
Yup after several close shaves Andrew has finally been displaced from the Champions chair, which is quite unfortunate for him as one or two more wins would've made him a shoe in for the finals.
Find out in just over two hours how the new champ Gareth Lee fares today.
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Re: Friday 1st July Spoilers
Don't be so sure, there have been occasion where 5 or 6 wins were nowhere near enough.Douglas Wilson wrote:which is quite unfortunate for him as one or two more wins would've made him a shoe in for the finals.
Series 47 is a good case in point.
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Nope, thought I had it myself and checked it on apterous, turns out it's only valid in the singular.Tony Atkins wrote:PILOTAGES IN r3?
(Yes, I have a way to watch it from the states now)
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I think it'd be better if you explained it rather than showed off! - I'm sure Jason and Steve et al would love to be made awareJordan F wrote:I have a way to watch it from the states now
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There's a site called TVPC that shows live streams of various shows all over the world. Not sure if the site is legal, but you as far as I know will not be downloading the show, just watching a stream (not exactly the highest quality though).Matt Morrison wrote:I think it'd be better if you explained it rather than showed off! - I'm sure Jason and Steve et al would love to be made awareJordan F wrote:I have a way to watch it from the states now
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ODE3 just says "noun" and not mass noun or plural noun, so why not? Is this another one for the list of ODE3 errors?Jordan F wrote:Nope, thought I had it myself and checked it on apterous, turns out it's only valid in the singular.Tony Atkins wrote:PILOTAGES IN r3?
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CASELOAD in round 9, HEGIRA in round 13.
2nd Numbers Alt. (The Super Difficult Method): (75 x 7) + 25 + 6 = 556
3rd Numbers Alt.: ((75 - 4) x 7) + 100 - 2 = 595
Is it me or is that Gareth very annoying (I normally wouldn't speak out on little things, but there haven't been that players recently who have annoyed me as much as he has.)
2nd Numbers Alt. (The Super Difficult Method): (75 x 7) + 25 + 6 = 556
3rd Numbers Alt.: ((75 - 4) x 7) + 100 - 2 = 595
Is it me or is that Gareth very annoying (I normally wouldn't speak out on little things, but there haven't been that players recently who have annoyed me as much as he has.)
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Re: Friday 1st July Spoilers
Not just you, there's something of the school prefect about him, which is fine when you are one but not several years after you've left.
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He seems kind of uneasy, I didn't find that annoying though. Quite like him actually.
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He has the same mouth as Charlie and also the same expressions. See 6:03 for example.
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No, it's you. (Deliberate double meaning there )James Robinson wrote:Is it me or is that Gareth very annoying (I normally wouldn't speak out on little things, but there haven't been that players recently who have annoyed me as much as he has.)
I like Gareth a lot (and I thought the Charlie thing too Ryan)
There has been a very annoying contestant recently...
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Technically correct, Tony, and DC might well have to allow it if offered - although I wouldn't like to be the contestant in that position! I'd much rather Oxford specified these kind of things as mass nouns, but they don't seem to bother too often with derivates (as opposed to headwords). It's almost tempting to suggest there should be a Countdown rule stating derivative words ending in -AGE, -NESS (et al?) should be treated as mass nouns, but I suspect there are some exceptions that would spoil that idea as well, although I can't think of any off the top of my head.Tony Atkins wrote:ODE3 just says "noun" and not mass noun or plural noun, so why not? Is this another one for the list of ODE3 errors?Jordan F wrote:Nope, thought I had it myself and checked it on apterous, turns out it's only valid in the singular.Tony Atkins wrote:PILOTAGES IN r3?
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Found the site, thanks a lot for sharing it. If it's live this might be a problem if it's on at 8 AM or something , because that's about the one time I'm never awakeJordan F wrote:There's a site called TVPC that shows live streams of various shows all over the world. Not sure if the site is legal, but you as far as I know will not be downloading the show, just watching a stream (not exactly the highest quality though).
It's on at 3:10 (GMT?), and I'm GMT -5 right now I think (lol daylight savings) which makes it on at 10:10 AM here. I'm up at that time sometimes, at least.
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SPILLAGES? Sorry, these things always bug me.Mike Brown wrote:It's almost tempting to suggest there should be a Countdown rule stating derivative words ending in -AGE, -NESS (et al?) should be treated as mass nouns, but I suspect there are some exceptions that would spoil that idea as well, although I can't think of any off the top of my head.
A Facebook friend posted on her status the 'fact' that when an English noun is used as a verb, the emphasis changes from the first to the second syllable - e.g. PROJECT. I then spent the rest of the evening finding a pile of ones that inconveniently didn't fit this 'fact'. Most tiresome of me, I'm sure.
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Thanks, Brian, my suspicions are confirmed!Brian Moore wrote:SPILLAGES? Sorry, these things always bug me.Mike Brown wrote:It's almost tempting to suggest there should be a Countdown rule stating derivative words ending in -AGE, -NESS (et al?) should be treated as mass nouns, but I suspect there are some exceptions that would spoil that idea as well, although I can't think of any off the top of my head.
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ILLNESSES? WEAKNESSES?Mike Brown wrote:Thanks, Brian, my suspicions are confirmed!Brian Moore wrote:SPILLAGES? Sorry, these things always bug me.Mike Brown wrote:It's almost tempting to suggest there should be a Countdown rule stating derivative words ending in -AGE, -NESS (et al?) should be treated as mass nouns, but I suspect there are some exceptions that would spoil that idea as well, although I can't think of any off the top of my head.
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My first guess would be that -AGES and -NESSES are valid when it's possible to have different varieties of the -AGE or -NESS in question, or the -AGE or -NESS is a physical thing, rather than a concept.Thomas Carey wrote:ILLNESSES? WEAKNESSES?Mike Brown wrote:Thanks, Brian, my suspicions are confirmed!Brian Moore wrote:SPILLAGES? Sorry, these things always bug me.
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Still a bit woolly, though, I think you'll agree, which is why only clearer definitions from Oxford or an official (and properly checked) word list will ever resolve these issues. Ho hum.Brian Moore wrote:My first guess would be that -AGES and -NESSES are valid when it's possible to have different varieties of the -AGE or -NESS in question, or the -AGE or -NESS is a physical thing, rather than a concept.
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At present it's 3:10 BST (GMT+1) - daylight saving here, too - so 11:10 AM for youSteve Balog wrote: It's on at 3:10 (GMT?), and I'm GMT -5 right now I think (lol daylight savings) which makes it on at 10:10 AM here. I'm up at that time sometimes, at least.
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Significantly betterPeter Mabey wrote:At present it's 3:10 BST (GMT+1) - daylight saving here, too - so 11:10 AM for youSteve Balog wrote: It's on at 3:10 (GMT?), and I'm GMT -5 right now I think (lol daylight savings) which makes it on at 10:10 AM here. I'm up at that time sometimes, at least.
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I'm a few dictionaries out of date, but a word that came up once as a possibility was NAILERIES. Is NAILERY a mass noun like CARPENTRY, a count noun like WINERY, or both, like POTTERY?Mike Brown wrote:Still a bit woolly, though, I think you'll agree, which is why only clearer definitions from Oxford or an official (and properly checked) word list will ever resolve these issues. Ho hum.Brian Moore wrote:My first guess would be that -AGES and -NESSES are valid when it's possible to have different varieties of the -AGE or -NESS in question, or the -AGE or -NESS is a physical thing, rather than a concept.
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NAILERY isn't in the ODE3.David Williams wrote:I'm a few dictionaries out of date, but a word that came up once as a possibility was NAILERIES. Is NAILERY a mass noun like CARPENTRY, a count noun like WINERY, or both, like POTTERY?Mike Brown wrote:Still a bit woolly, though, I think you'll agree, which is why only clearer definitions from Oxford or an official (and properly checked) word list will ever resolve these issues. Ho hum.Brian Moore wrote:My first guess would be that -AGES and -NESSES are valid when it's possible to have different varieties of the -AGE or -NESS in question, or the -AGE or -NESS is a physical thing, rather than a concept.
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Now we'll never know what it meant.Graeme Cole wrote:NAILERY isn't in the ODE3.David Williams wrote:I'm a few dictionaries out of date, but a word that came up once as a possibility was NAILERIES. Is NAILERY a mass noun like CARPENTRY, a count noun like WINERY, or both, like POTTERY?
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You're probably being rhetorical, but according to Chambers, it's a place where nails are made.David Williams wrote:Now we'll never know what it meant.Graeme Cole wrote:NAILERY isn't in the ODE3.David Williams wrote:I'm a few dictionaries out of date, but a word that came up once as a possibility was NAILERIES. Is NAILERY a mass noun like CARPENTRY, a count noun like WINERY, or both, like POTTERY?