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00:31Well, good afternoon. Welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:34As we get old, I suppose, some of us, we live our youth carelessly,
00:39do things that we did when we were young and try and do again,
00:43just to recapture those moments of carefree abandon.
00:45The trouble is, you've only got to ask the police and the fire services, Rachel,
00:49what a nuisance we are, because actually they spend ages getting us off child swings
00:55and, you know, roundabouts and all sorts of that sort of carry-on.
00:59You know, the climbing frames, apparently, and tunnels.
01:03It's not as bad, though.
01:04I remember there was a story in the papers maybe last year
01:07of a girl who was on a first date, and she'd gone to the bathroom,
01:11but she didn't want to... it wouldn't flush.
01:13So to try and remove the evidence, remember this story?
01:15Go on.
01:15She tried to throw it out the window, but it was a double window,
01:19so she got her business stuck between the two panes of window,
01:23and then trying to retrieve it, she got herself stuck between the panes of glass
01:29and had to get the fire brigade to rescue her.
01:32Where was the boyfriend?
01:34Oh, well, it was a first date, so I think he probably...
01:37presumably the door was locked and he was the other side of the bathroom.
01:40We've got two people captured.
01:42They're not escaping.
01:43You're certainly not escaping, Andy Evans.
01:46Look at you, six great wins.
01:48Comfortable?
01:49We'll see, won't we?
01:50Well, you played very calmly, but now you're up against David Lee.
01:54Welcome, David.
01:55Thank you, Nick.
01:55From Chalgova, just outside Oxford.
01:58That's right.
01:59And you're retired, but, you know, you're giving something back to the NHS
02:02because you've decided you can help your local doctor's surgery
02:06and maintain their website and so forth.
02:08Is that right?
02:08That's right, yeah.
02:09We're lucky enough, in some ways, to still have a small surgery
02:13where they haven't got lots of resources,
02:15and because I've relied on the NHS most of my life for one reason or another,
02:20I just enjoy doing it for them.
02:22Well, good for you.
02:23Well, look, have some fun today, both of you.
02:25Big round of applause now for Andy and David.
02:34And over in the corner on this Wednesday, Susie Dent, of course,
02:37and for the final time, until we can entice her, tease her back,
02:41it's journalist and news presenter, Nina Hussain.
02:44Welcome.
02:50A lovely Dictionary Corner guest, that's for sure.
02:53Andy.
02:55Let us go.
02:56Afternoon, Rachel.
02:57Afternoon again, Andy.
02:58Can I start with a consonant, please?
02:59You can, thank you.
03:00Start today with N.
03:02And another.
03:04Z.
03:05And a third.
03:08T.
03:09And a vowel.
03:10A.
03:11And another.
03:13O.
03:13And another.
03:14And another.
03:16And a consonant.
03:19D.
03:20And another consonant.
03:23H.
03:24And a final consonant, please.
03:27A final R.
03:29Stand by.
03:31And a vowel.
03:55And a vowel.
03:56And a vowel.
03:56And a vowel.
03:57And a vowel.
03:59And a vowel.
04:00And a vowel.
04:00And a vowel.
04:02Andy.
04:02Just a six.
04:03And David?
04:04Six for me as well, Nick.
04:06Now then, Andy.
04:08Dation.
04:09David.
04:10Ration.
04:13Sixes?
04:14Nina.
04:15Susie's got a couple of sevens.
04:18Yeah, quite unusual ones.
04:19The first one is Hotsin, or Hotsin, so H-O-A-T-Z-I-N,
04:25which is a large tree-dwelling tropical American bird.
04:29Right.
04:29So that will give you a seven.
04:31And the other seven is anthoid, which means flower-like,
04:35resembling a flower, linked to anthology,
04:37which was originally a posy of flowers.
04:41A posy of flowers, indeed.
04:42Six apiece, Andy and David.
04:45David, your letters came.
04:46Hello, Rachel.
04:47Hi, David.
04:48I'd like a consonant, please.
04:50Start with N.
04:52And another one.
04:54M.
04:55A vowel.
04:56U.
04:57Vowel.
04:59E.
05:00Consonant.
05:01T.
05:03Vowel.
05:05O.
05:06Consonant.
05:08R.
05:10Consonant.
05:11T.
05:13And a vowel.
05:14And lastly, A.
05:17Stand by.
05:18Podcast пользовati.
05:19Walued.
05:35Walued.
05:40Bye.
05:41Bye.
05:44Bye.
05:46Bye.
05:47Bye.
05:49David.
05:51Seven.
05:51A seven, Andy?
05:53Seven as well.
05:54David.
05:55Mutator.
05:56A mutator.
05:58Andy?
05:59A remount.
06:00Yes.
06:01Nina and Susie?
06:02Yeah, and another seven, remount, as Andy was saying, and mounter.
06:09Mounter, yeah.
06:10Mounter.
06:11Anything else, Susie?
06:12Nothing beyond seven for us.
06:1413 apiece.
06:15Andy.
06:16First numbers game.
06:19Bottom row, please.
06:20Bottom row.
06:21Six little ones.
06:22I like the most little ones.
06:23Gives us something to do.
06:24Let's have a look how challenging this one is.
06:27They are eight, three, six, two.
06:31Another two and one.
06:33Could be tricky.
06:35The target, 564.
06:38564.
07:10Five, six, eight, and I'll run down.
07:12Five, six, eight.
07:13David.
07:14No, I didn't get that one, Nick.
07:16Let's stick with Andy, then, shall we?
07:18Andy?
07:19Six times three times two times two.
07:22Six times three, 18, times two, 36, times two, 72.
07:28Minus the one.
07:30Minus one, 71.
07:31And times it by the six, uh, the eight, sorry.
07:35Times it by the eight, yep.
07:37568.
07:37Four above.
07:39Pretty good.
07:40But what about 564, Rachel?
07:42Yes, Nick.
07:43If you say, two times three is six, times eight is 48, minus one is 47, times the other
07:51two is 94, and times that by six.
07:55564.
07:55That's wonderful.
07:59True power.
08:01564.
08:02That's the way.
08:03My word.
08:04So, 20 plays 30.
08:05Nothing in it yet.
08:06So, it's time for our first tea time teaser.
08:08Let's have it.
08:09It's gold mines.
08:10And the clue, she'd just come out of a long-term relationship, so was looking forward to a
08:15period of this.
08:16She'd just come out of a long-term relationship, so was looking forward to a period of this.
08:37Welcome back.
08:38I left you with a clue.
08:40She'd just come out of a long-term relationship, so was looking forward to a period of this.
08:44A period of singledom.
08:47Singledom.
08:49So, 20 plays 13.
08:50Andy in the lead.
08:52And it's, uh, David's letters came.
08:54David.
08:55Uh, consonant, please, Rachel.
08:57Thank you, David.
08:58R.
08:59And another one.
09:01S.
09:03And another one.
09:05Y.
09:06A vowel.
09:06I.
09:08Another vowel.
09:10O.
09:11And a consonant.
09:14B.
09:16And another consonant.
09:18R.
09:20And a vowel.
09:22E.
09:26And a final vowel.
09:28A final A.
09:30And here comes the countdown clock.
09:33A vowel.
09:36E.
09:36E.
10:04David.
10:05Just a five, Nick.
10:07Andy.
10:08Six.
10:09Your five, David?
10:11Bears.
10:12Bears and?
10:13Brays.
10:15Brays.
10:16Yes, absolutely fine.
10:18Copy enough?
10:19Yes.
10:19Nina and Susie, what have you produced for us?
10:23Just one more.
10:24It is a seven, Rose Bay.
10:28Yeah, that's a tall willow herb with pink flowers that often spreads on burnt ground, Rose Bay.
10:34Indeed.
10:3526 plays 13.
10:37Andy, off you go.
10:38Letters go.
10:39Consonant, please.
10:40Thank you, Andy.
10:41G.
10:42And another.
10:44K.
10:45And another.
10:46P.
10:48And a vowel.
10:50U.
10:51And another.
10:52O.
10:52And another.
10:54I.
10:55And another.
10:57A.
10:58A.
10:58And a consonant.
11:00S.
11:01And a final consonant, please.
11:04A final N.
11:05Stand by.
11:08Stand by.
11:08You.
11:11Get.
11:15Walk.
11:16Start.
11:36And another.f
11:39Andy?
11:40Seven.
11:41David?
11:42Just a six for me.
11:44And your six is?
11:45Posing.
11:46Now, you sounded doubtful, Andy.
11:48Soaping?
11:49Soaping.
11:50Very good, yes.
11:51Soaping his back, for example.
11:53Very good.
11:54Now, Nina and Susie.
11:57Nina?
11:57Soaping after you've had a soaking for another seven.
12:00Yep.
12:01Soaking and soaping.
12:0233 to 13.
12:03David, your numbers game now.
12:05Good luck.
12:06One large and five small, please.
12:09Thank you, David.
12:10One from the top.
12:11And here we go.
12:12These five little ones are eight, nine, six, seven, and nine.
12:19And the big one, 100.
12:21And the target, 911.
12:24911.
12:56Yes, David?
12:57Er, 909.
13:00Andy?
13:01Er, 911.
13:03Yes, Andy.
13:04Er, 100 times nine.
13:06900.
13:07Nine minus six.
13:09Nine minus six is three.
13:11Plus that and the eight.
13:12Well done.
13:12911.
13:13Lovely.
13:14That's it.
13:15That's it indeed.
13:18There's 43 plays 13.
13:2043 plays 13 in Andy's favour as we turn to Nina.
13:26Language.
13:27Language in your profession is just so important.
13:31You're fascinated by the use of words.
13:32In fact, I think you studied English and linguistics at Durham.
13:35I did, yeah, back in the day.
13:38Going back a while now, yeah, absolutely.
13:41No, it's always fascinated me.
13:42And one of the parts of my linguistics degree was language acquisition.
13:46And so when I had my own children, just the best part of being a parent was getting inside your
13:53child's brain
13:54and finding out how they think and what they think about the world.
13:58Obviously, when you're a new parent, Rachel, congratulations, you haven't got time to do anything other than keep your child
14:05alive.
14:05But by the time I had my third child, I thought I must write down some of the things my
14:10children say,
14:11because we all know what our children say is fascinating to us anyway, isn't it?
14:15So here's a few.
14:17I remember when my youngest, he was probably aged about two, so he was old enough to come down the
14:22stairs on his own,
14:23and he had a disturbed night's sleep, and he joined us in the lounge, and we muted the television.
14:28And he sat on the settee, and he explained he just wanted to cuddle, something had woken him up.
14:34So we gave him the cuddle, and then he kind of stared at me as if to say, right, you
14:38know, what are you doing?
14:39And he said, Mummy and Daddy, put the telly on back.
14:46I have finished my words out of the mouths of babes.
14:50Another favourite was him describing a road safety crossing as a crossing zebra instead of a zebra crossing,
14:57or declaring, I don't like candy floss because it tastes like hair.
15:01There was one bedtime when he said, these precious moments when you've read the book and you're lying down next
15:08to him,
15:08Mummy, I will never leave you.
15:11My heart was swelling.
15:13And I said, well, one day you will, and that's fine.
15:16You'll leave to go on your adventures around the world.
15:19And he said, no, Mummy, quick as a flash, that's you.
15:24One more.
15:25This is from my friend Hannah.
15:27Her daughter was about two or three.
15:29She was on a supermarket trip, you know, in the little trolley chairs, you know, you're pushing your child along.
15:35She's happy as, this little Ellen, happy as.
15:38Until there is suddenly a store announcement.
15:41I don't know, announcing an offer on the fruit and veg or whatever.
15:44And her face dropped, her smile disappeared.
15:47And with alarm, she turns to her mum and says, Mummy, Mummy, why is Tesco talking to me?
15:54Other supermarkets are, of course, available.
15:59Very good.
16:04They can be wonderfully funny.
16:0643 to 13.
16:07Andy in the lead.
16:08No, Andy, it's your letters game.
16:10Off we go.
16:11Consonant, please.
16:13Thank you, Andy.
16:14S.
16:15And another.
16:17W.
16:18And another.
16:20R.
16:21And a vowel.
16:23E.
16:24And another.
16:25I.
16:26And a third.
16:27O.
16:28A consonant.
16:30P.
16:31A consonant.
16:33R.
16:34And a final consonant, please.
16:37A final G.
16:39Stacked.
16:40Welcome.
16:45Sponsored.
16:45Sponsored.
17:05Give memus up.
17:07I'll see you later.
17:07entrepreneurial, money is good for you to Budget and wellbeing.
17:07In fact, I've done very much aándaly for me.
17:11Andy?
17:12A seven.
17:12A seven, David?
17:13Seven for me, Nick.
17:15Off we go, Andy.
17:16Worries.
17:17David?
17:18Sane.
17:19There we go.
17:21Check that out.
17:23And over in the corner?
17:24A couple more sevens.
17:25Growers.
17:26A naughty gropers.
17:28Not very...
17:292019, is it?
17:30Gropers.
17:31Yeah.
17:31Anything else, Izzy?
17:32Yes, porgies.
17:33Lots of sevens there.
17:3650 to 20.
17:37David, your letters came.
17:39A consonant, please.
17:40Thank you, David.
17:41V.
17:42And another one.
17:44S.
17:46And another one.
17:48L.
17:49A vowel.
17:51A.
17:52A vowel.
17:53U.
17:55Another vowel.
17:57O.
17:59Consonant.
18:00P.
18:03Consonant.
18:04C.
18:05And a final vowel.
18:08A final I.
18:10Stand by.
18:11A vowel.
18:25A vowel.
18:26A vowel.
18:27A vowel.
18:28A vowel.
18:29A vowel.
18:29A vowel.
18:29A vowel.
18:29A vowel.
18:40A vowel.
18:42David.
18:43Just a four.
18:45A four. Andy. Six.
18:47David. Slap.
18:49And violas.
18:52Again.
18:53Yes, you like those.
18:55And in the corner, Susie and Nina.
18:57Yeah, I got stuck, only got a five.
19:00Single seven, otherwise cupolas, C-U-P-O-L-A-S,
19:05rounded domes, adorning a roof or ceiling or building.
19:08Yeah.
19:09Thanks for that.
19:1056, 20, and now it's a numbers game for you, Andy.
19:13Off we go.
19:14Just one large, please.
19:15Just the maybe straightforward one from the top.
19:18Thank you, Andy.
19:18And this time around, your small ones are six, two, five, ten, and three,
19:25and the big one, 100.
19:28And your target, 630.
19:30Six, three, zero.
20:02Andy.
20:03630.
20:05Yes, David.
20:06630.
20:07Andy.
20:08100 plus five.
20:10105.
20:11Times six.
20:12Yes, very straightforward.
20:13David.
20:14Exactly the same.
20:15There we go.
20:19And now it's time for our second tea time teaser, which is that bride.
20:23And the clue, that bride didn't look old enough to get married,
20:26so the registrar checked this.
20:29That bride didn't look old enough to get married, so the registrar checked this.
20:54The registrar checked the birth date.
20:59Birth date.
21:0166 plays 30.
21:03Andy on 66.
21:04David.
21:05David, it's your letters again, though.
21:07Consonant, please, Rachel.
21:09Thank you, David.
21:10M.
21:11And again.
21:13N.
21:13Another one.
21:14B.
21:17Vowel.
21:19E.
21:20Vowel.
21:21O.
21:23Consonant.
21:24D.
21:26Consonant.
21:28F.
21:30Vowel.
21:32I.
21:35And a final consonant.
21:37And a final S.
21:40Toto.
21:41Toto.
22:09MUSIC CONTINUES
22:12Well, David?
22:13Six.
22:14Andy?
22:15Six as well.
22:16David?
22:17Bodies.
22:18And two bodies?
22:20Three bodies.
22:21Three bodies.
22:23Susie, any more?
22:24Fiends.
22:25Fiends, otherwise, but just sixes for us.
22:28Yeah.
22:28Andy, your letter's game now.
22:31Off we go.
22:32Consonant, please.
22:33Thank you, Andy.
22:34F.
22:35Hananava.
22:36L.
22:37Hananava.
22:39S.
22:40Hanaval.
22:42A.
22:43And another.
22:44E.
22:45And another.
22:47U.
22:48And another.
22:50I.
22:51And a consonant.
22:53C.
22:54And a final consonant, please.
22:56And a final R.
22:58Stand by.
23:00F antiquity.
23:00F tant.
23:18I'll see you next time.
23:18And a kolejist.
23:18Bye.
23:18Bye.
23:29Andy.
23:30Seven.
23:31And David.
23:32Seven.
23:33Andy.
23:34Saucer.
23:35Saucer.
23:36David.
23:37Careful.
23:38Yes, very nice.
23:39We're good.
23:39Both good.
23:40Saucer, that's a good word.
23:42Nina and Susie.
23:44Oh, you've got an eight, haven't you?
23:46Yes, this car falls for seven, but there is an eight there.
23:50A structure resembling an ear or an earlobe is an oracle, A-U-R-I-C-L-E.
23:55Put an S on that for eight oracles.
24:00Oracle.
24:0479 plays 43, Andy on 79.
24:08Susie, it's your origins of words.
24:11Happy days.
24:12What have you got for us?
24:13I'm going to be going around the spice cupboard today, because I'm really reading a lovely book about spices.
24:20And some people say that they shaped history.
24:23Empires were built on them.
24:24Empires were destroyed on them as well.
24:26And we know that spices go back to the real beginnings of human civilization.
24:31So the ancient Egyptians used spices in their cosmetics, because we know they were really into adorning themselves beautifully,
24:39into food, of course, and embalming as well.
24:42So the dead were often embalmed in spices.
24:46Throughout the Middle Ages, they were used in a huge amount of medicines as well.
24:51And it's interesting, because we're sort of coming full circle.
24:53They're now being recognised, I think, for their medicinal properties again.
24:57But all in all, they're real exotica.
24:59And we kind of forget now they're so easy to buy and to store in our cupboard.
25:03We kind of forget their history a little bit.
25:05So I've just picked a few out, which I think, linguistically anyway, have quite interesting histories to them.
25:10So I'll kick off with allspice, the dried aromatic berry of a Caribbean tree, this one,
25:17used in culinary spices, obviously, and in the production of certain liqueurs, like benedictine.
25:22It was long viewed as an aphrodisiac.
25:24It was banned in a lot of monasteries, because it was seen as being, as one record put it, provocative
25:30to lust.
25:31So they didn't want allspice in their monasteries.
25:34It takes its name simply because it smells and tastes something like cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves all combined.
25:40Basil. Basil is the royal herb.
25:43It was supposed to have been used in royal perfumes, and it takes its name from the Greek basilikos, royal.
25:49The basilisk was the mythical reptile, and the lizard means a little king as well, the basilisk.
25:56And basilica, of course, is a royal palace.
25:58So those are all linked to the herb.
26:00Rosemary.
26:01It's quite beautiful, this one.
26:02And it's from the Latin rosmarinus, meaning sea dew, because it was often found on the sea cliffs in southern
26:07France.
26:08And that's where it gets its name.
26:10Turmeric.
26:11Turmeric, the yellow powdered root of the turmeric plant.
26:15That's from the French terre merite, which means worthy earth.
26:19Which is quite interesting as well, because, again, its medicinal properties are really being recognised these days,
26:24thanks to its curcumin inside.
26:26Curcumin is from the Arabic for saffron.
26:30Coriander.
26:31And though that's your favourite herb, that's really, really ancient, it goes back to ancient Greek.
26:34No-one knows quite where it came from, but it's as ancient as they come.
26:39And finally, oregano.
26:40This is another poetic one.
26:42Oregano, or oregano, means brightness of the mountain, because ancient Greeks believed it was created by Aphrodite, the goddess of
26:50beauty,
26:51and it was considered a symbol of happiness and joy.
26:54Oh, wonderful.
26:59That's wonderful.
27:01Little tour through the spice cupboard.
27:03Lovely.
27:0479 to 43.
27:06David, your letters came now.
27:10Consonant, please, Rachel.
27:12Thank you, David.
27:13T.
27:14And another one.
27:15S.
27:16And another one.
27:19X.
27:21Another one.
27:23R.
27:24A vowel.
27:26E.
27:27Another vowel.
27:29O.
27:30Another vowel.
27:32A.
27:33Consonant.
27:35L.
27:37And a final consonant.
27:39A final N.
27:42Stand by.
28:12Well, David.
28:14Seven.
28:15Seven.
28:17And David.
28:18Loaners.
28:19Loaners.
28:20Loaners, both of you?
28:22Yeah.
28:23Any more loaners in the corner?
28:25Yes, definitely.
28:27That one's there for seven.
28:28We have a few sevens.
28:30We have antlers.
28:31Yeah.
28:31And etalons as well, which in physics are devices used for measuring small differences in wavelength.
28:4086 to 50.
28:41Andy, final letters came.
28:43Off we go.
28:44Consonant, please.
28:45Thank you, Andy.
28:47H.
28:47And another.
28:49S.
28:50And another.
28:52T.
28:53And a vowel.
28:54E.
28:55And another.
28:56O.
28:57And another.
28:59U.
29:00And a third.
29:01A fourth, sorry.
29:03E.
29:03A consonant.
29:05M.
29:06And a final consonant, please.
29:09A final N.
29:12Stand by.
29:12?
29:13?
29:14?
29:16?
29:16?
29:17?
29:27?
29:42well Andy I'll stick with six David just the five your five is stone thanks David and mounts
29:55no can the corner do better I wonder we got the mouse and there's a house men plural of houseman
30:02yes it's essentially an intern in a hospital so qualified doctor practicing under supervision
30:10well done the corner there and well done Andy 92 to 50 as we go into the final numbers round
30:18for you David one large and five small again please Rachel thank you David final one of the
30:24day coming up and this last election is 10 7 2 3 5 and a large 175 and your target
30:35940 940
31:08David I think I've got 941 941 Andy 940 940
31:17firm firm 940 off you go Andy seven times three is 21 seven three is 21 minus a two for
31:2419 yep
31:24add the 75 for 94 and times by 10 and you've broken the 100 mark again well done
31:36well done Andy 102 David's very creditable 50 as we go into the final round fingers on buzzers
31:44let's roll today's countdown conundrum
31:54Andy loudmouth loudmouth let's see whether you're right
32:01you are
32:07another cracking score Andy well done 112 stay right there David thanks very much indeed for coming 50
32:14pretty good score against this young man i should have done better nick yeah one always done does
32:20better at home am i right absolutely you come in i mean it's it's a it's a strange environment for
32:24somebody who comes in for the first time big clock lights all sorts of people a lot of brain freeze
32:29i bet anyway it didn't show it's good score thank you very much for coming you take this goodie bag
32:35back to child grove back to oxfordshire with our very best wishes thank you very much thank you
32:40thank you very much seven Andy we'll see you we'll see you tomorrow well done well done indeed cheers
32:48no we won't be seeing um the wonderful Nina for a while you're going to come back but before you
32:54go
32:57regional accents because of course you were born in Huddersfield i think yeah did you have to nowadays
33:01people are looking for very strong regional accents but when you came into television journalism was that the
33:09case it was so different i mean i nearly didn't come into the industry because i've done my um
33:15done my degree did my postgraduate course in uh in broadcast journalism but the the course leader said
33:22to me well you're not going to get anywhere with that voice so you might as well give up now
33:25i think
33:26we all have a wardrobe of voices and everyone knows their telephone voice and that's what i had to use
33:32to
33:32get on and up in the industry i think it's very different now thankfully but mine only comes out now
33:39if
33:39i'm back with my family or have a little tipple or something but you come and see us again soon
33:45will you i would love to it's so nice to be here with the countdown family the at the ever
33:49-increasing
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