[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Jul 6 2003, 07:39 PM\'] Is it possible that Richard may have thought the contestant did not know the difference in the words, in essence, second guessing in trying to match the contestant, rather than the contestant matching him? [/quote]
Ideally, you want the two players to get on the same wavelength and match EACH OTHER. Anytime one player or the other crosses over that line and tries to second-guess how someone might respond to a given clue, signals get crossed and bad things tend to happen.
Based on past experience, we know Richard is an exceptional player. Because of that, it's safe to say that he's aware of the basic tenet I describe above. So I highly doubt that he thought he was doing anyone any kind of a favor, because if he were truly paying attention, he'd know that doing that hinders more than helps.
