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― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 6 January 2005 19:21 (twenty years ago)
Committee!
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― Ken L (Ken L), Thursday, 6 January 2005 20:00 (twenty years ago)
― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 6 January 2005 20:07 (twenty years ago)
Why doesn't some ILM posters has no verb tense?
― Ken L (Ken L), Thursday, 6 January 2005 20:12 (twenty years ago)
― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 6 January 2005 20:27 (twenty years ago)
― Paul Eater (eater), Thursday, 6 January 2005 20:27 (twenty years ago)
I am in awe.
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― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 20 January 2005 11:58 (twenty years ago)
Yes, Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millenium_Hilton is spelled incorrectly.
But WHY?
http://i21.tinypic.com/n4zhnn.jpg
― StanM, Monday, 22 October 2007 14:42 (eighteen years ago)
The French spell millennium with one n, so maybe Hilton Hotels are trying to be fancy.
― Alba, Monday, 22 October 2007 15:00 (eighteen years ago)
It was also the Countdown conundrum once, so it must be possible to spell it with nine letters. I can't remember if it was 'milennium' or 'millenium' though.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 22 October 2007 15:23 (eighteen years ago)
The millennium cycle path through my home town is spelt "millenium".
― ailsa, Monday, 22 October 2007 15:24 (eighteen years ago)
millennia?
― Mark G, Monday, 22 October 2007 15:25 (eighteen years ago)
Weird, OED lists the one 'n' version as a variant, but not my American dictionary.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 22 October 2007 15:28 (eighteen years ago)
I can confirm that it was the British version of Countdown. It was the conundrum on a kids' version of the show, and the winning prodigy got it in less than one second.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 22 October 2007 15:46 (eighteen years ago)
Is there a non-British version of Countdown?
― Casuistry, Monday, 22 October 2007 16:11 (eighteen years ago)
Yeah, it started in France.
― Alba, Monday, 22 October 2007 16:12 (eighteen years ago)
Called "Mots et chiffres", I think, and they had equal numbers of word and picture rounds, not hating maths like the British.
Word and number, rather. Being British, I get confused between numbers and pictures.
― Alba, Monday, 22 October 2007 16:13 (eighteen years ago)
I played the online version of Countdown once and found it to have the twin virtues of being massively difficult and completely boring. But I've barely seen the show and haven't worked up my skill set I guess.
― Casuistry, Monday, 22 October 2007 16:22 (eighteen years ago)
There is a Countdown quiz machine in one of the pubs I frequent, where you answer questions to get letters and numbers and solve the puzzles from there. This combines my favourite things of being in pubs, doing puzzles, and getting free money.
― ailsa, Monday, 22 October 2007 16:27 (eighteen years ago)
Called "Mots et chiffres", I think, and they had equal numbers of word and picture rounds, not hating maths like the British. -- Alba, Monday, 22 October 2007 17:12 (18 minutes ago)
...Word and number, rather. Being British, I get confused between numbers and pictures.
I'm having a smirk attack at the idea that every alternate round consists of tasks like "draw a dog".
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Monday, 22 October 2007 16:34 (eighteen years ago)
http://pixhost.eu/avaxhome/avaxhome/2007-11-18/martinez.jpg http://www.djouls.com/world/images/Ray_Barretto-Acid_b.jpg
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 02:44 (seventeen years ago)
Tootsweet.
― Deric W. Haircare, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 02:49 (seventeen years ago)
Now I would like Countdown on Facebook.
― Casuistry, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 03:29 (seventeen years ago)
Hey it looks like there is a Countdown game on Facebook, but I can't get it to work.
― Casuistry, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 07:24 (seventeen years ago)
hennfapp
― The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 09:48 (seventeen years ago)
(missy) Elliott (smith)
― abanana, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 10:48 (seventeen years ago)
Why we never have fun no more, huh?
― Aimless, Thursday, 9 October 2008 02:56 (seventeen years ago)
bookkeepping
― Steve (Not Stevie) (Stevie D), Thursday, 9 October 2008 03:13 (seventeen years ago)
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo
― Steve (Not Stevie) (Stevie D), Thursday, 9 October 2008 03:14 (seventeen years ago)
http://pixhost.eu/avaxhome/avaxhome/2007-11-18/martinez.jpgsomebody photoshop this to say CHALLOPSIN'
― and what, Thursday, 9 October 2008 03:16 (seventeen years ago)
http://img407.imageshack.us/my.php?image=martinezgk7.jpg
― Steve (Not Stevie) (Stevie D), Thursday, 9 October 2008 03:55 (seventeen years ago)
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/7738/martinezgk7.jpg
― Steve (Not Stevie) (Stevie D), Thursday, 9 October 2008 03:56 (seventeen years ago)
what fucking more do you want?
― Steve (Not Stevie) (Stevie D), Thursday, 9 October 2008 03:57 (seventeen years ago)
i was just talking about how words like this (especially stuff like "neccessarily" and "embarrassment" always fuck me up... not even sure the latter one is right)
― s1ocki, Thursday, 9 October 2008 03:57 (seventeen years ago)
"Necessary" is spelled with just one c.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 9 October 2008 07:02 (seventeen years ago)
But you got embarrassment right.
In Finnish it's possible to form compound words with four consecutive vowels, like "luu-uurna". But the Finnish spelling regulates that if there's more than two same vowels in a row, you have to place a hyphen between them.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 9 October 2008 07:08 (seventeen years ago)
Tarzan knew one word that was all consecutive vowels...
― Mark G, Thursday, 9 October 2008 08:15 (seventeen years ago)
Accommodate is large enough to accommodate twos 'c's and two 'm's. (pro tip)
― woofwoofwoof, Thursday, 9 October 2008 08:48 (seventeen years ago)
Snuffaluffagus.
Looks like the original Chappottin album cover has gone missing but the parody shop remains.
― HOOSIC has the right to steendrive (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 19:17 (fourteen years ago)
"Pizzazz" remains a marvel to me - so few English words require even a single "z", and yet here's a word that demands FOUR of 'em.
xpost - that's "Snuffleupagus"!
― boring wank about Linda's pies and Denny Laine's tunings (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 20:05 (fourteen years ago)
Hah, thanks. At least now I'll never forget how to spell that one.
― HOOSIC has the right to steendrive (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 20:09 (fourteen years ago)
Three double letters in one word: bookkeeper.
There's an Encyclopedia Brown plot solution that turns on this one.
― you're in the club and the light hits your ass like pow (Laurel), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 20:16 (fourteen years ago)
How did Encyclopedia Brown know the subbookkeeper was pilfering?
― HOOSIC has the right to steendrive (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 20:21 (fourteen years ago)
that was one of the worst solutions! "My evidence that you threw the contest is... your occupation! It would never slip anyone's mindthat her occupation is the answer to a contest question, therefore that is incontrovertible evidence that you are guilty, guilty guilty!"
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 20:36 (fourteen years ago)
Sobel's usually pretty terse with the resolution but it's strongly hinted that Sally beat a confession out of her.
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 20:38 (fourteen years ago)
snuffleupagus
― conrad, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 20:40 (fourteen years ago)
Snuffleupagus
― Charles "Skip" Card-Pitt (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 25 June 2011 18:21 (fourteen years ago)
― conrad, Saturday, 25 June 2011 23:58 (fourteen years ago)
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll
― little mushroom person (abanana), Sunday, 26 June 2011 02:28 (fourteen years ago)
Welsh has to be disqualified since, "ll" is an actual letter in the Welsh alphabet, along with "dd" and "ff."
Peccadillo.
― It's So POLLED in Alaska (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 24 July 2011 17:58 (fourteen years ago)
since,
― It's So POLLED in Alaska (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 24 July 2011 17:59 (fourteen years ago)