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03:16You're an organiser of the Essex Scrabble League and you have some sort of connection with the ice cream trade.
03:23Is that right?
03:24Well, that's one of many jobs that I've done in the past.
03:27I used to drive an ice cream van to the middle of Dartmoor and sell ice creams.
03:32And if there was nobody around, I'd sit there all day and eat ice cream.
03:36It's a tough job, but someone's got to do it.
03:38That's an extraordinary thought.
03:40Yeah, I mean, did you expect to find people there?
03:42Presumably you did.
03:43A lot of tourists go out onto Dartmoor, so it was good business.
03:49Lovely.
03:49Well, listen, welcome back, both of you, Dave and Mike.
03:52Let's have a big round of applause.
04:00Semi-finalists both.
04:01Semi-finalists both.
04:02And welcome back, of course, to Susie.
04:05And just as yesterday, sitting next to the great Mark Foster.
04:09Welcome back, Mark.
04:10And we've got lots more to talk about.
04:11Yesterday, you told us about that wonderful young chap that you took on, trained and put
04:17him into the Paralympic pool and he came fourth.
04:20I think it's a great story, a great tribute to you as well as to him.
04:23Brilliant stuff, but more of that later.
04:25But now it's time to crack on with the game and I'm inviting you, Dave, to begin the proceedings.
04:30Can I have a consonant, please?
04:31Of course.
04:32Thank you, Dave.
04:32Dave, start today with P.
04:34And another, please.
04:37J.
04:38A vowel.
04:40E.
04:41Consonant.
04:44R.
04:45Vowel.
04:47I.
04:48Consonant.
04:50M.
04:52Vowel.
04:52Vowel.
04:54O.
04:56Consonant.
04:58D.
04:59And a final vowel, please.
05:02And a final A.
05:04And here's the countdown clock.
05:06Vowel.
05:07Vowel.
05:08Vowel.
05:21Vowel.
05:22Vowel.
05:24Vowel.
05:25Vowel.
05:26Vowel.
05:27Vowel.
05:28Vowel.
05:30Vowel.
05:31Vowel.
05:31Vowel.
05:32Vowel.
05:33Vowel.
05:34Vowel.
05:36Yes, Dave, just six and Mike six as well. Okay, Dave six. I'd buy. Thank you. Admire and Mike primed
05:45primed
05:46Pretty good. Yes. It's any better ending there mark one better. We had a seven, which was majored
05:53Major very good. Well done. All right six all six all here and Mike your shout. I'll have a consonant,
06:01please Rachel. Thank you, Mike
06:02T and another L and another F and a vowel I another vowel please O and another vowel a and
06:19consonant s and a vowel
06:27E and another vowel please and the last one I clock time
07:06Now then Mike eight very good Dave. I'll try risky eight all right Mike
07:16Foliates foliates. Yes low feast low feast
07:20I never risk there somewhere. I don't think it's going to be in it's a nice idea is the low
07:26feast figure
07:26Um, it's not there. I'm afraid Dave. Sorry bad luck. I'd like but uh foliates
07:32Are you happy with that is nice exfoliates, but foliate is to decorate something with leaves or like emblems
07:40So foliate scrolls you talk about. Yeah, right so they're trailing slightly. Yeah, six to fourteen
07:46So Dave what you can do for us a constant of leaves. Thank you, Dave
07:51B and another continent
07:55N a vowel
07:57E
07:59Consonant
08:01D
08:03vowel
08:04O
08:07Consonant
08:07L
08:09Vowel
08:12Vowel
08:14Eve
08:14Eve
08:16Consonant
08:17C
08:20And a final vowel
08:22And a final A
08:24Stand by
08:26A
08:27A
08:27A
08:29A
08:31A
08:31A
08:34A
08:36A
08:37A
08:38A
08:38A
08:38A
08:38A
08:38A
08:38A
08:38A
08:38A A
08:38A A expectation
08:587.
08:597.
09:00Mike?
09:007 as well.
09:02Dave?
09:03Enabled.
09:04Enabled.
09:05And Mike?
09:06Candela.
09:07Candela?
09:09Um, there's only one A in the selection you'd need to start as bright luck.
09:15What is a Candela?
09:16It's a term from physics.
09:17Luminous intensity.
09:18It's a unit of.
09:20Okay.
09:20But what else have we got in the corner?
09:23Well, we didn't do any better, do we?
09:24We didn't.
09:24Another 7?
09:25Cleaned?
09:267.
09:28Anything more exciting?
09:29Nothing more exciting at all.
09:30Alright, let's move on.
09:31Let's move on.
09:3214 to Dave's 13.
09:34Mike?
09:35I'll have a consonant, please, Rachel.
09:37Thank you, Mike.
09:38M.
09:39And another one, please.
09:42R.
09:43And another.
09:45H.
09:46And another.
09:49L.
09:50And a vowel.
09:53A.
09:54Another vowel, please.
09:59E.
10:03Consonant.
10:04S.
10:08And another consonant, please.
10:11And the last one.
10:12G.
10:13E.
10:13And here's the clock.
10:14One rond.
10:35And a vowel.
10:43And all sorts of sands access to the
10:46Yes, Mike?
10:47Six.
10:48A six. Thank you, Dave.
10:50Seven.
10:51Now then, what about this six, Mike?
10:54Laughes.
10:55Thank you, Dave.
10:57Haulers.
10:59Haulers.
10:59Yes, absolutely fine.
11:00You'd have a mauler, too, I think, couldn't you?
11:02You certainly could have both.
11:03Yeah.
11:04Anything else?
11:05Well, Mike, were you thinking of something a little bit longer?
11:08You looked like you were toying with it.
11:09I decided not to go for laughes.
11:13Oh, it's in, I'm afraid.
11:14It's just really bad luck.
11:16You can be a laugher and have more than one.
11:18OK, Dave, 20 to Mike's 14.
11:20And, Dave, it's your first numbers game of the day.
11:23Off you go.
11:23One large and any other five, please.
11:25Thank you, Dave.
11:26One from the top row and five out of the other ones.
11:29And for the first time today, your numbers are five, another five,
11:35ten, another ten, four, and the large one, 25.
11:39This could be tricky.
11:40And the target, 615.
11:426-1-5.
12:00And the target, 615.
12:02And the target, 675.
12:14Dave?
12:156-1-5.
12:176-1-5, very good. Mike?
12:186-1-5.
12:19OK, let's hear from you first, Dave.
12:225 times 5.
12:235 times 5, 25.
12:25Times 25.
12:266-2-5.
12:27Minus 10.
12:28Not tricky at all. 6-15.
12:30All right, and Mike?
12:31Exactly the same.
12:32Same?
12:33Yes.
12:33Very good, all right.
12:39Very good, 30 plays, Mike's 24.
12:41But now it's time to have a chat to Mark.
12:44And Mark, we talked about candelas, and that's luminance, apparently.
12:48And you've been carrying something that throws out a light, I think, during the Olympics.
12:52Yes, yes.
12:53Well, leaning up to Olympic Games, there was obviously the torch relay.
12:55Yeah.
12:56Which started some 70 days before the Olympic Games itself.
12:59Yeah.
13:00And I was blown away more than anything, and I know from the Queen's Silver Jubilee,
13:04how much the public get behind events.
13:06And I think a lot of people were worried about what the Olympics was going to be like.
13:09And I think when the torch arrived in Plymouth, or Plymouth in Cornwall,
13:14on the first day, 70 days to go, the nation kind of got behind it.
13:18And I think it was one of these things that this torch was carried around the country,
13:20and I think it went within 10 miles of 95% of the population.
13:24I was sort of just blown away by how much everyone got behind it,
13:28and everyone wanted to be part of, you know, be associated with the Olympic Games, as it were.
13:32And more than anything, when I've been going around the country and going to different schools,
13:37children just got captivated by it.
13:39They had, you know, Olympic art shows, Olympic sports days, et cetera, et cetera.
13:42So I was fortunate enough to carry the torch in Southend-on-Sea,
13:45on about the 63rd day or something, I think it was,
13:48which is myself and Rachel's hometown.
13:50Exactly.
13:51Rachel's very jealous that I've actually got a torch at home now.
13:54No, I was fortunate enough to get asked to carry the torch,
13:56and I carried it down the high street in Southend,
13:58some 50 metres away from where I learnt to swim at Warrior Square,
14:01which is no longer there anymore, unfortunately.
14:04But it was just wonderful to be part of it, and the whole town came out.
14:06And my old school, there was about 30 or 40 kids from the old school that came along,
14:10and they were all up-and-coming swimmers, as it were.
14:12How long did you carry it for along the seafront there?
14:15It was about a 400-metre stretch.
14:17So there was an awful lot of training that went involved,
14:19because I'm obviously very good in the pool.
14:21When I get on land, I'm not so good.
14:22So I went on the treadmill for hours and hours each day,
14:25so I didn't look forward.
14:26No, it was about 400 metres.
14:28Great.
14:29Thank you very much.
14:32Now it's time for a tea-time teaser, which is dime dust.
14:35And the clue, Pepper likes jumping up and down in this type of puddle.
14:39Pepper likes jumping up and down in this type of puddle.
14:58Welcome back.
14:59I left you with a clue.
15:00Pepper likes jumping up and down in this type of puddle.
15:03What sort of puddle?
15:04What type of puddle?
15:05The muddiest type of puddle.
15:08The muddiest.
15:09Now then, Dave, 30.
15:11Mike at 24.
15:12Mike, it's your letters game.
15:14I'll have a consonant, please.
15:16Thank you, Mike.
15:18W.
15:19And another one, please.
15:21T.
15:22And another.
15:25M.
15:26And another, please.
15:28H.
15:30And a vowel.
15:32I.
15:33Another vowel.
15:35O.
15:36And another vowel.
15:39E.
15:41And a consonant.
15:44L.
15:46And another vowel, please.
15:48And the last one.
15:50A.
15:51Stand by.
15:53Stand by.
16:03Stand by.
16:23Mike.
16:24Six.
16:25Thank you, Dave.
16:27Six.
16:28And Mike, six.
16:29Wealth.
16:30Wealth.
16:30Yes, Dave.
16:31Loathe.
16:32Loathe.
16:34Nothing to argue about?
16:36Er, nothing at all.
16:37No.
16:37Can we improve?
16:39Anything interesting?
16:41Er, we have a musical term, which is hemiola.
16:44H-E-M-I-O-L-A.
16:47And it is the equivalent, apparently, of the effect of a shift between triple and duple time.
16:53Really?
16:54Yes.
16:54Very good.
16:55Who came up with that one?
16:56Er, the dictionary.
16:59Clever old dictionary.
17:00Very good.
17:0136 base, 30.
17:02And Dave, your shout.
17:04Let us go.
17:04Constantly, Rachel.
17:06Thank you, Dave.
17:06P.
17:08And another consonant.
17:10B.
17:11A vowel, please.
17:14A.
17:15Er, another vowel.
17:17I.
17:19A consonant.
17:21S.
17:24Consonant.
17:25R.
17:26A vowel.
17:29U.
17:31Er, consonant.
17:34N.
17:36And a final vowel.
17:37And a final vowel.
17:40E.
17:40Block time.
17:41R諏 Juốn,
17:42I started watching it.
17:45I started to see you in the那st programme.
17:51I was the end.
17:54I'm sorry, I was the final one.
18:10I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
18:12Yes, Dave?
18:13I'll try seven.
18:15All right, and Mike?
18:16Seven to...
18:17OK, Dave?
18:19Upraise.
18:20Yes, Mike?
18:21Same to me.
18:23Thank you very much.
18:25Any advances over there in the corner?
18:28Mark, Susie?
18:29We've got for eight.
18:31Urbanise.
18:32That's pretty good.
18:33Yes, you can make something more urban by urbanising it.
18:36And upraise is fine as a verb,
18:38as well as the adjective and upraised.
18:41It means to raise something to a high level.
18:43Very good.
18:43Very good. Well done.
18:45Thanks, Susie.
18:4543 plays, Mike's 37.
18:47And, Mike, it's your letters game.
18:49I'll have a consonant, please, Rachel.
18:51Thank you, Mike.
18:52K.
18:53And another one, please.
18:56T.
18:56And another.
19:00R.
19:01And a fourth one.
19:03S.
19:05And a vowel.
19:07O.
19:07Another vowel, please.
19:09E.
19:10And another one.
19:12I.
19:14And a consonant.
19:16D.
19:18A final vowel, please.
19:20A final.
19:21A.
19:22Back down.
19:23A.
19:24And a vowel, please.
19:46Maybe, my.
19:46A vowel.
19:47A vowel.
19:48A vowel.
19:49A vowel.
19:49A vowel.
19:51A vowel.
19:52Verse 1.
19:54Mike
19:55Eight, thank you Dave just seven and your seven editors editors Mike
20:02Asteroid asteroid well done. Yeah, very good. Very good indeed
20:09Very good indeed brings you up to register
20:12Three points behind nylon in the corner mark Susie
20:17Susie gave me a gold star because I also got asteroid and I never get but I never get about
20:21five or six
20:21So that's kind of very good for me. That was excellent. So two asteroids. Also for eight. We also had
20:26dorkiest
20:27Dorkiest or key. Yes, you're allowed. Yes, what's a dog? We're allowed a dorkies is basically a fool or an
20:34inept person
20:35Putting it politely dog. Yes seven Americanism. It probably is. Yeah, probably originated in America, but we do use it
20:41over here do we?
20:45Streets me do
20:47In dorking particularly
20:4945 to 43 now then Dave it's a letters game
20:53Consonant please. Thank you Dave
20:55T and another
20:59V
21:01Vowel please
21:03E a consonant
21:06W and a vowel
21:09E
21:11Consonant
21:12G
21:14G
21:14Vowel
21:16O
21:18Consonant
21:21N
21:23And another vowel
21:26And the last one
21:27I
21:28Stand by
21:30H
21:31B
21:31And now
21:59When you're
22:01Dave?
22:03Seven.
22:03Mike?
22:04Only six.
22:05And your six, Mike?
22:07Vowing.
22:08Vowing.
22:09Dave?
22:10Vetoing.
22:11Vetoing.
22:12Yes.
22:13Very good indeed, yeah, very good.
22:15Anything else in the corner?
22:16No, vetoing was ours as well, no better than that.
22:19All right, excellent stuff.
22:2050 to 45, Dave, five points in the lead there.
22:24And now is the time, one of those wonderful times of the day,
22:28the best times of the day,
22:30Susie's time of the day,
22:32origins of words.
22:33Well, thanks, Nick.
22:35I've talked a lot on the programme about linguistic gaps,
22:39so things for which we have no words,
22:40and I think we should.
22:42And when I've spoken about them before,
22:43I've mentioned some things or concepts
22:45which do in fact have names,
22:46even though not many of us know them,
22:48such as pearly cue for the space between the thumb
22:51and the forefinger.
22:52That's one of my favourites.
22:53But there are still gaps to be filled,
22:56and I was just going to give a couple of examples of that.
22:58But we need a word that covers nieces and nephews,
23:02I think,
23:02because that in itself is a bit of a mouthful.
23:04And a few centuries ago,
23:05in Shakespeare's time,
23:07cousin was used much more loosely,
23:09and that encompassed many members of your family,
23:11including nieces and nephews.
23:13But that's fallen out of use.
23:15One suggestion from some people is nibblings,
23:19which I think is quite nice.
23:20I don't know if that will catch on.
23:22And the other one is,
23:23what do you call your boyfriend or girlfriend
23:25when you're over 30?
23:26Because those sound too young.
23:28A common-law husband or wife is far too formal.
23:31Lover is a little bit too racy,
23:33and maybe a bit ephemeral.
23:35And significant other is just wrong, I think.
23:39And we need one.
23:40And the Scots have by the in,
23:42which I really like.
23:43And the Americans have something
23:45which is a horrible abbreviation,
23:46which was P-O-S-S-L-Q,
23:49person of opposite sex sharing living quarters.
23:52This is terrible.
23:53Oh, dear.
23:53And partner is probably the nearest we've come
23:56to agreeing as standard,
23:57but I still think it's a bit inadequate,
23:59and we need one,
23:59so suggestions, please.
24:01What about companion?
24:02Yes, I like companion,
24:03because that started off,
24:04its literal meaning is someone to share bread with.
24:07That's how it started.
24:08Oh, companion, yeah, yeah, yeah.
24:09Yeah, so that's quite nice.
24:11Maybe we should bring that back.
24:12That's quite an old one.
24:13Companion.
24:13Yes.
24:14Very good.
24:14Thank you very much.
24:1550 to 45 says,
24:17Dave's five ahead,
24:18and, Mike, it's a numbers game.
24:21I'll have one large one
24:23and anything else you've got, please.
24:25Thank you, Mike.
24:26We'll try five small ones then
24:27for this round.
24:29And they are nine,
24:32three,
24:33ten,
24:35four,
24:36five,
24:37and the large one,
24:3725.
24:39And your target's 252.
24:42252.
25:13Mike?
25:15252.
25:16Dave?
25:17252.
25:18All right.
25:18Take it away, Mike.
25:2025 plus three.
25:2125 plus three,
25:2228.
25:24Times nine.
25:24Times nine.
25:25Simple.
25:26252.
25:26Thank you very much, Dave.
25:28I did 25 times 10.
25:30It's 250.
25:3125, yeah.
25:31250.
25:32Five minus three.
25:33Easy.
25:34Well done.
25:34Very good.
25:35Okay.
25:36Totally good.
25:37So, 60 plays 55,
25:39but now it's time for a tea time teaser.
25:41And the teaser is
25:42Gigi Hini.
25:44And a clue.
25:45You might find a Gigi
25:46or a Hini doing this.
25:48You might find a Gigi
25:49or a Hini doing this.
26:06Well, welcome back.
26:07I left you with a clue.
26:08You might find a Gigi
26:09or a Hini doing this.
26:13And the answer is
26:14neighing.
26:15Neighing.
26:15What's a Hini?
26:16A Hini...
26:17Susie.
26:18Just checked up.
26:18It's the offspring
26:20of a female donkey
26:21and a male horse.
26:22That's a Hini.
26:23So, why isn't it braying?
26:26Could be braying?
26:28Donkeys don't know, do they?
26:30What?
26:30The teaser isn't braying, though.
26:32No, I know that.
26:33That's not satisfactory.
26:35That's not satisfactory.
26:37It's not, is it?
26:37The answer is I don't know.
26:39Yeah.
26:41Very good.
26:41Because I mean,
26:42it could bray, couldn't it?
26:44Possibly.
26:45Depends how it was feeling.
26:46We'll have to go and ask it.
26:47Ask one.
26:48Yeah.
26:48Where are we now?
26:4960 plays Mike's 55.
26:52And now then, Dave.
26:54Down to you.
26:55Consonant, please, Rachel.
26:57Thank you, Dave.
26:59R.
27:00And another consonant.
27:02Y.
27:04A vowel.
27:06A.
27:08Consonant.
27:09M.
27:11A vowel.
27:13O.
27:14A consonant.
27:15D.
27:18A vowel.
27:20I.
27:22A consonant.
27:24P.
27:26And another vowel.
27:28And finally.
27:30E.
27:31Kankan.
27:33E.
27:33E.
27:34E.
27:34E.
27:35E.
27:37E.
27:39E.
28:03Now then, Dave.
28:05Seven.
28:06Seven. Good. Mike?
28:08Only six.
28:09And your six?
28:10Yes. Dreamy. Dreamy.
28:12Dave?
28:12Pyramid.
28:13Pyramid. Pretty good.
28:14Very well spotted, yes.
28:15Pretty good indeed, yeah.
28:17Anything else over there in the corner?
28:19Mark, Susie?
28:20Now you can also add for seven, emporia.
28:24Yeah.
28:25Yeah, plural of emporium.
28:27Or myopia for six.
28:28Our old friend, myopia.
28:31Yeah, he said squintingly.
28:3367 plays 55.
28:34Mike, would you be good enough?
28:36Letters game?
28:37I'll have a consonant, please.
28:39Thank you, Mike.
28:40T.
28:40And another one?
28:42R.
28:44And another?
28:45F.
28:46And a fourth one?
28:48S.
28:49And a vowel, please.
28:52O.
28:53And another?
28:54I.
28:55And another?
28:58O.
28:59And a consonant?
29:02G.
29:04A final vowel, please.
29:05A final vowel, please.
29:06And a final E.
29:08Tick tock.
29:10Tick tock.
29:11I.
29:12A.
29:13I.
29:27I.
29:29A.
29:31A.
29:37A.
29:39I.
29:39not so easy Mike eight well done Dave I'll try an eight as well okay Mike goofiest
29:48goofiest you know goofy you goofing goofiest yes yep to be the most foolish or harmlessly
30:01eccentric person in town is goofy do teeth you're goofy yeah you can have crooked or
30:08stick there's always a prominent then you can be goofy just like the character
30:11anything else over there no very good goofiest takes today 75 to 63 and we turn
30:19to you Dave let us get constant police Rachel thank you Dave n and another
30:26consonant L a vowel e consonant c a vowel a consonant t a vowel o consonant s and a final
30:53vowel and a final a
30:55stand by
31:00so
31:27Dave
31:29seven thank you Mike eight Dave coastal coastal and Mike lactones lactones yes yes and make it yet
31:41and I think that's absolutely fine it doesn't say it's a mass noun a lactone is a term from chemistry
31:45an organic compound containing an ester group as part of a ring and it sounds like you can have more
31:51than one so I think lactones is fine close one thing though 75 to 71 and now last numbers game
32:04of the day Mike
32:05I'll have one from the top please and five of this thank you Mike one from the top five little
32:11ones for
32:11the crucial last numbers game and they are ten nine seven six and four and the large one 25 and
32:23the target
32:23this time five hundred and seventy five five seven five
32:27five seven five
32:32the
32:33the
32:37the
32:39the
32:43the
32:44the
32:44the
32:46the
32:47the
32:47the
32:49the
32:55the
32:58mike 575 very good dave 575 all right now then mike um six times four is 24 six times four
33:0924
33:11um 10 minus nine is one yeah take that away 23 23 times 25 yeah and that's it you're there
33:21575 very good and dave i did 10 plus 9 plus 4 to make the 23 yeah 10 plus 9
33:27plus 4 23 again very good
33:34so just four between you 85 to 81 what does that mean that means we've got a crucial final round
33:41a crucial conundrum yes for the last uh a place in the last 16 so fingers on buzzers please let's
33:47see
33:47who's gonna get it let's reveal today's countdown conundrum
34:22no let's reveal it let's see what it is
34:27golden eye golden eye that was ian fleming's old hideout in uh
34:33jamaica i think wasn't it is that what he called it yeah anyway there we are so the score stands
34:38with
34:38dave in the lead 85 to uh mike's 81 very close run thing from two great semi-finalists thank you
34:44both
34:44very much indeed but mike's going home mike's going home to uh barking side raise more money for the
34:51london air ambulance good for you well done and uh you're taking with you a teapot under one arm and
34:57some kryptonite under the other both highly valued don't drop them wonderful thank you all right and we
35:03shall see you in the last 16. thank you see you tomorrow susie mark more great stories about the
35:08olympics tomorrow rachel until tomorrow tomorrow same time same place we'll be here you'll be sure of it
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