[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'250334\' date=\'Nov 6 2010, 07:35 AM\'][quote name=\'vtown7\' post=\'250331\' date=\'Nov 5 2010, 11:53 PM\']First, from the OED that every contestant gets in their goody bag upon departure from the programme:
sh*tface is "an obnoxious person" and is acceptable whereas
sh*t-faced is "drunk or under the influence of drugs" and is unacceptable. They are very strict that the OED is the only acceptable source and has sunk many a scrabbler.[/quote]
Wait, confused. You're saying BOTH words are in the OED, yet one is acceptable and the other isn't? How does that work?
[quote name=\'vtown7\' post=\'250331\' date=\'Nov 5 2010, 11:53 PM\']/"Please say
consonant clearly so it does not come out as
constonant,
continent or even
condiment.[/quote]
THIS they have a rule about?
[/quote]
My apologies - the nine letter is indeed hyphenated and thus would be disallowed.
And there are many other requests in the rules - mostly they are things like the consonant/continent subject. Apparently the production team doesn't like letters from viewers dealing with that topic! I was also asked not to do things like ask Rachel for the third number to the left of the pentultimate row for the numbers game, and not to say please when asking for letters (which IIRC Wheel asks you to do as well).
Ryan
/is waiting for Greek letters or Egyptian hieroglyphs to pop up on
Countdown