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Americans tend to use that version. The traditional English education system way of saying it is to use the -x-. This is because it's felt slightly spurious to try to attempt a cod Spanish accent, in the same way that you wouldn't pronounce the French capital as "Par-ee".
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I thought her going on about Joplin being so far away from the answer was unfair because I didn't know the ONJ represented the UK.
I've only known her as an Aussie and didn't know she was born in the UK, so that would have thrown me off. For example, Jon Lilygreen represented Cyprus in 2010 (despite being Welsh), we've had Gina G in 96 (Australian) and Katrina in 97 (American, and won for us!), and don't forget the famous example of Celine Dion winning for Switzerland in 88. Hmmm, maybe there's a OC question hiding in there somewhere...
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Random bit of pointless trivia - she still could have represented the UK in Eurovision, even if she was 100% Aussie, there's no nationality requirement in the contest at all.
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I must admit that I'd never even heard of Prima Donna, but with ONJ and Mary Hopkin in the list, the connection was likely to have something to do with Middle of the Road music. Janis Joplin was spectacularly far away from the answer as, even if she had been eligible to represent the UK, I very much doubt she'd have been picked!
The one comment I did think was unfair was the one about the misnamed colours when VC-M said she couldn't accept their answer "partly because there's already been a mistake in your gloss of the answers", referring to the fact they thought the first picture was a black rhino instead of a white rhino.The simple fact is that both types of rhinos are misnamed, so it didn't really matter which one they thought it was. |
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Olivia Newton-John was born in England with Welsh father and German mother so ideal Eurovision Song Contest background! Coming Home, the Welsh equivalent of Who Do You Think You Are, did a good programme on her Welsh ancestry.
Although by that token, could I have included both Cliff Richard and Engelbert Humperdinck in my list as they were both born in India?
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in the same way that you wouldn't pronounce the French capital as "Par-ee".
The English Paris (-is) and the French Paris (-ee) are different words which just happen to have the same spelling. The Italian version is Parigi and the Dutch, Parijs, and all are pronounced as you would expect. You wouldn't pronounce Cologne as Köln, either. And you can take your pick with Aachen/Aken/Aix la Chapelle as there isn't an English version. ![]() (Oh and coughthecat is right about Paris St Germain, except it's not cod French, just that it's the French version of Paris here. )
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From what I remembered they recognised that a colour featured in each clue but not the significant detail that the colour was not the colour of the item as with the Green Card not being green.
I am, however, being somewhat pedantic as the team didn't deserve the points anyway! ![]() I couldn't believe the "holes" question! After two clues I was looking for some obscure connection because I thought the number of holes must have been a red herring! I was actually thinking along the lines of famous British sporting personalities ... Jenson Button, Alan Ball etc! To be fair though, both teams had the same opportunity to pick that question so it didn't favour one particular team. |
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I knew she was born in the UK and moved to Australia when she was young, I didn't know that she had Welsh + German ancestry, thanks.
Although by that token, could I have included both Cliff Richard and Engelbert Humperdinck in my list as they were both born in India? ![]() |
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Ha! Bad example. This is one of my pet semi-pedantic arguments. Many cities have different localised versions of their names.
The English Paris (-is) and the French Paris (-ee) are different words which just happen to have the same spelling. The Italian version is Parigi and the Dutch, Parijs, and all are pronounced as you would expect. You wouldn't pronounce Cologne as Köln, either. And you can take your pick with Aachen/Aken/Aix la Chapelle as there isn't an English version. ![]() (Oh and coughthecat is right about Paris St Germain, except it's not cod French, just that it's the French version of Paris here. ) |
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....... I couldn't believe the "holes" question! After two clues I was looking for some obscure connection because I thought the number of holes must have been a red herring! I was actually thinking along the lines of famous British sporting personalities ... Jenson Button, Alan Ball etc! To be fair though, both teams had the same opportunity to pick that question so it didn't favour one particular team.
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I thought her going on about Joplin being so far away from the answer was unfair because I didn't know the ONJ represented the UK.
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Probably also didn't know that Celine Dion once represented Switzerland then
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Probably also didn't know that Celine Dion once represented Switzerland then
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Actually I did.
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Just watching it now, and already got two 5-pointer
(Sine Waves and the Cuts), so maybe there is some mileage in the idea it's getting a bit easier.Anyhoo....This is twice I've heard Victoria pronounce Quixote like 'Quick Soat' rather than 'Key-O-Tea'. Is she right and I've always been wrong ? EDIT: And I got 5 Points on the OFSTED ranks as well... |
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Anyhoo....This is twice I've heard Victoria pronounce Quixote like 'Quick Soat' rather than 'Key-O-Tea'. Is she right and I've always been wrong ?
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This is twice I've heard Victoria pronounce Quixote like 'Quick Soat' rather than 'Key-O-Tea'. Is she right and I've always been wrong ?
I've always said "Key-ho-tay" but I still pronounce the adjective "Quicks-otic"! Figure that one out if you can!
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Saying Don Quick-soat is like the Vengaboys singing they were going to E-bit-sa rather than I-bee-tha (Ibiza)
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Saying Don Quick-soat is like the Vengaboys singing they were going to E-bit-sa rather than I-bee-tha (Ibiza)
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Not really, because the Spanish -z- has different pronunciations depending on where you're from. This explains why there's so many 'right' ways of saying chorizo.
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Already half way to a round one question. The connection would be "Topics on the Only Connect Digital Spy thread".
Bit random but some might know
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Cue your tutting and "there goes the neighbourhood"-type posts, it's moving to BBC2 next year:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/lat...t-bbc-two.html |
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Cue your tutting and "there goes the neighbourhood"-type posts, it's moving to BBC2 next year:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/lat...t-bbc-two.html |
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I thought the Die Hard question was a bit unfair since those movies have varying titles , Die Hard 2 for instance is also known as Die Hard 2 Die Harder , and the 4th one is also called Live Free or Die Hard .
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I thought the Die Hard question was a bit unfair since those movies have varying titles , Die Hard 2 for instance is also known as Die Hard 2 Die Harder , and the 4th one is also called Live Free or Die Hard .
Die Hard Die Hard 2 Die Hard: With A Vengance Live Free or Die Hard A Good Day to Die Hard As an aside, the Die Hard film was based on a novel called "Nothing Lasts Foerver" which sounds more like a Bond film to me. |
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