[quote name=\'tommycharles\' date=\'Dec 8 2003, 01:08 PM\'] [quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Dec 8 2003, 01:12 PM\']
The four originals:
Person/People
Fictional Character(s)
Place(s)
Thing(s)
Even Phrase and Quotation didn't come along into a few years into the run--and Person/People originally was *always* a proper name. [/quote]
So that's why Sajak would remind players that person doesn't necessarily mean proper name - because it used to be that way.
Did the US version of WoF ever use the "red letter" gimmick? [/quote]
Yes, and there was one feature that always annoyed me. A puzzle would come up in the category, PERSON, and Pat would remind the players (and viewers) that person "does not always mean proper name." That always meant that the puzzle in question was not a proper name. Then, on occasion, they would have another puzzle later the same day, with the same category and the same reminder. The way they do it now is much better, because it doesn't make it sound like the contestants on those particular shows have to be reminded a second time in the same day.