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This is definitely not the quiz for Noppadon Noppachorn!
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I suspect that mens may well be permissible on Countdown, on account of its use in legal terms such as mens rea (guilty mind). It may be debatable whether it satisfies chasmmi's other criterion of being an English word, given that it is evidently Latin, but I think it could well be argued that it is now established as an English term.Originally Posted by The Statman"If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.Comment
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I thought of that as well when The Statman corrected me... let's see!Comment
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I believe that Countdown would only allow it if it were a single word listed in the dictionary, and not part of a two- (or more-) word phrase. There was some hoo-ha about a word like 'folic' which was invalid, although the dictionary listed 'folic acid' as a single entry, the word 'folic' itself was not listed. Almost as if 'folic acid' were treated as a word with a hyphen, except with a space instead of the hyphen.Originally Posted by davis_greatestComment
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Prof ? Peter FranciscoYou play a long slow deadweight red to a corner pocket. As it approaches the pocket, a kamikaze woodlouse crawls out from under the cushion and makes its way across the table, conflicting with the path of the red precisely at the point the red gets there. The red, needless to say, veers off course, and the future of the woodlouse is uncertain. - The Statman
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Abbreviation...You can get
HELM from Horace Lindrom
BRAY from Anthony Bolsover
SMOG rom Mario GeudensComment
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MEND, Mike Dunn
THEM, Mike Hallett (may have been said before)Comment
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Both in my original post TSOriginally Posted by The Statman
Can I add:
NEST, NETS, TENS all from The StatmanComment
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And SENT and, possibly, STEN (but sten-gun might be the only permissible form).Originally Posted by rambonComment
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well it is past midnoght and it seems Rambon is the winner by virtue of entering.Comment
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Well that's good news!!!
Here's a question/task for everyone. I want people to write a sentence of 26 words, where each word begins with the next letter of the alphabet. So 1st word with A, then the 2nd with B, etc.
It must be connected with snooker and the winner will be the one that I enjoy the most. Away you go...Comment
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Alfie Burden (crucible debut excellent!) found Graham Horne in Johns Kitchen. Luckily Murphy, now offended pitchet "quick reply" said Tai. Unusually Virgo was xenophic yelled Zorro.
That will do for now
I couldn't think of anything snooker related for Z
You play a long slow deadweight red to a corner pocket. As it approaches the pocket, a kamikaze woodlouse crawls out from under the cushion and makes its way across the table, conflicting with the path of the red precisely at the point the red gets there. The red, needless to say, veers off course, and the future of the woodlouse is uncertain. - The Statman Comment
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"Alfie Burden's coach discovered every fourth green he inadvertently jacknifed kept landing millimeters near old Peter's Question Room" Said the ugly vicar with xenophobic yellow zits!Comment
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I see we think somewhat alike Mitsuko!Comment
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YepOriginally Posted by Ginger_Freak But not much could have been used for X.
You play a long slow deadweight red to a corner pocket. As it approaches the pocket, a kamikaze woodlouse crawls out from under the cushion and makes its way across the table, conflicting with the path of the red precisely at the point the red gets there. The red, needless to say, veers off course, and the future of the woodlouse is uncertain. - The Statman Comment
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