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00:00Thank you very much.
00:30Good afternoon, good afternoon, welcome to the Countdown studio.
00:34God, what a noisy crowd in today.
00:36Talking about noise, somebody lodges a noise complaint.
00:40One doesn't automatically think of Radio 2, but that's exactly what happened.
00:44In Abigail in Wales, there was a chap there who loved his Radio 2, who doesn't,
00:50but unfortunately he had it on Max Sound, and he created absolute havoc,
00:55until eventually he was thrown out of his flat and fined, I think, £250 or so.
01:01Apparently he had it on full blast.
01:04Noise pollution is a horrible thing, and I'm accused of it quite a lot, you know.
01:08And when we're alone and I'm watching television, I have the volume on,
01:11because I like to hear, even though we've got one of those sound boxes at the bottom,
01:15even so.
01:15And she said, would you turn the television down?
01:18Honestly, you're frightening the sheep.
01:21But there we are, there we are.
01:23Has anybody ever launched a noise complaint against you, I can't believe?
01:28Or have you ever launched a noise complaint?
01:31Not me, but when I was on holiday this summer, I took my parents and Pasha and his mum
01:35on a cruise around Croatia, and when they dock, they have kind of five boats deep,
01:40and everyone else has to traipse across your boat, or you have to traipse across their boats
01:43to get to whichever order you are.
01:46Yeah.
01:46And our boat was so noisy that they called the police on it twice.
01:50My family were meanwhile tucked up in bed, and one night, my mum got out of bed,
01:54because there was an Australian woman screaming her head off at kind of 1am,
01:58and my mum went to go and tell her to be quiet, and she kind of missed where she was stepping
02:03in the dark, and she fell off the side of the boat.
02:05No!
02:06Yeah, someone knocked on my dad's door and said, excuse me, your wife's okay,
02:10but she's had an accident, she fell off the boat, her legs all cut,
02:13and he said, no, she's not, she's still in bed.
02:14And he turned around, and obviously she was missing.
02:17She was gone.
02:18Upstairs, covered in plasters.
02:19What a terrible thing.
02:21Yeah.
02:21The poor lady fell off the boat.
02:23And I came down to breakfast the next day, not knowing what had happened,
02:26and Dad just said, Mum fell off the boat last night.
02:28Well done.
02:29But she what?
02:30She doesn't even drink.
02:31Have a word with your mum.
02:32No, can't take her anywhere.
02:34All right, thank you, Rachel.
02:35Give her my regards, too.
02:36I will.
02:37Now, Andrew's back, Rachel, math student at Kiel.
02:41Three good wins.
02:42Welcome back.
02:42Well played, up to date.
02:44Now, you're joined by Sue, Sue Booten from Melton Mowbray,
02:48a retired local government officer who loves gardening.
02:51I do.
02:52When the sun's out, you're actually gardening.
02:54Yes, I'm rather a fair weather gardener.
02:56But you're also, if it gets a bit cloudy, you're perhaps a bit wet.
03:00You're straight indoors to research the family history.
03:03Where have you got to now?
03:04Um, about the end of the 18th century.
03:08That's on my paternal grandmother's side.
03:12All right.
03:12It's an amazing thing to do, isn't it?
03:15Fascinating.
03:15One of the advantages of the internet.
03:17Exactly.
03:18Oh, that was a huge work.
03:19Good luck.
03:20You keep going.
03:21Let's have a big round of applause for Sue.
03:22Sue and Andrew.
03:27And over in the corner, Susie, of course.
03:30Until we can get him back, the wonderful Dr. Phil Hammond.
03:34Welcome back.
03:35Andrew, off we go.
03:40Afternoon, Rachel.
03:41Could I have a consonant, please?
03:43Start today with B.
03:46And another.
03:48P.
03:49And a vowel, please.
03:51U.
03:52And another vowel.
03:54A.
03:55A third vowel.
03:58E.
03:59Consonant.
04:01R.
04:02A consonant.
04:04S.
04:06Consonant.
04:08W.
04:09And a final consonant.
04:11And a final H.
04:13And here comes the countdown clock.
04:29Andrew?
04:46A six.
04:47A six who?
04:48Six.
04:49Andrew?
04:50A washer.
04:52And yours?
04:53Same.
04:54Any more sixes or can we do better?
04:56No, I've only got six.
04:57Pusher.
04:58Pusher for six?
04:59Pusher.
05:00And there's a very recent addition to the dictionary, well fairly recent anyway, and that's fubs,
05:06P-H-U-B-S, which is phone snubbing.
05:10Oh yeah.
05:10It's looking at your phone and completely ignoring the person that you're with.
05:13Very good.
05:14Six apiece.
05:15Sue, your letters game.
05:17May I have a consonant please?
05:19Thank you, Sue.
05:20F.
05:21And another?
05:23S.
05:24And another?
05:26F.
05:27And a vowel please.
05:29I.
05:30I.
05:31Another?
05:33A.
05:34Another?
05:36U.
05:37Consonant?
05:39G.
05:41Another consonant please.
05:44R.
05:45And a final vowel.
05:47And a final E.
05:48October.
05:52banyakopher.
05:53And a final vowel.
05:55har
05:57holiday.
05:58I.
05:59Could you come?
06:00head,
06:01Whether or not you're aإ,
06:02summer, or life, or.
06:03Could you come to my next member?
06:04it's been here to them all in your class?
06:05And I, it would come to see you again,
06:06heavyweight, unless you ready.
06:06Everyone?
06:07They could tell the people.
06:07And what happen?
06:08Other positions?
06:08Sure.
06:09Very women's.
06:09ارod.
06:10They could expect you to gloact every one year ago.
06:11Haider?
06:11It was great.
06:12Monday, they could be.
06:12Yeah.
06:13Can't.
06:15It was good looking.
06:16Yes, Sue?
06:22Seven.
06:23Seven and?
06:24Try a risky eight.
06:25Right. Sue?
06:27Figures.
06:28Andrew?
06:29Suffrage.
06:29Suffrage? Oh.
06:31Well done.
06:31Whiskey at all. That's excellent.
06:33Brilliant.
06:39That's a killer, yeah. Well done.
06:42And in the corner?
06:43Giraffes are in there.
06:45Yes.
06:45I'd never heard of that. Where's that?
06:47It's a slightly fanciful word, but it's in the dictionary, argue-fies.
06:51Argue-fies?
06:52To argue or quarrel about something completely trivial.
06:55Pushing your luck on that, aren't you?
06:58Fourteen plays six. Andrew on fourteen.
07:00Andrew, your numbers game.
07:02Could I have one large and five small bits?
07:04You can indeed, thank you, Andrew. One from the top.
07:06And five little-uns.
07:08And for the first time today, they are four, ten, seven, five.
07:13Another five and a large on seventy-five.
07:16And a target, seven hundred and eighty-nine.
07:18Seven, eight, nine.
07:19Three, four, three, six, twenty, five.
07:21Two, three, significant.
07:22All fiction are quiet.
07:23All frowns, all theuce.
07:24Two, remember, ten, eight.
07:25Four, three, four, seven foot.
07:27Two, three, six, twenty, five.
07:29The next one, five, five.
07:30Two, three, cinq, six.
07:32Two, three, two, won't there.
07:33Two, three, cinq, six.
07:34Six, six!
07:36Four, six, six, six, seven, six.
07:38Four, six, six, four.
07:38Winter.
07:39Two, three, seven, seven, six.
07:40Five, six, seven, seven, six.
07:43Six, seven, six, ten, ten, seven, six.
07:46And all the, eleven,六, nine, six, six.
07:47Andrew?
07:52789.
07:53789, Sue?
07:55789, I think.
07:57OK. Andrew?
07:5975 plus 4.
08:0179.
08:02Times 10.
08:03790.
08:04And 5 over 5 for the 1.
08:06Lovely.
08:06And Sue?
08:07Hopefully 75 plus 5.
08:1080.
08:11Times 10.
08:12800.
08:13Minus the 7 and the 4.
08:16And you haven't used either of those.
08:18Lovely. Well done.
08:18Very good.
08:23Nothing in it.
08:2424 plays 16.
08:25Andrew in the lead at the moment as we turn to our first tea time teaser,
08:29which is Mari unit.
08:31And the clue.
08:32Mari bought me a bottle of whiskey,
08:34but there was only one unit of alcohol in it.
08:37Mari bought me a bottle of whiskey,
08:39but there was only one unit of alcohol in it.
08:47Welcome back.
08:59I left you with the clue.
09:00Mari bought me a bottle of whiskey,
09:02but there was only one unit of alcohol in it.
09:05That's because it was a miniature.
09:08A miniature.
09:09Now, if you'd like to become a Countdown contestant,
09:13you can email countdown at channel4.com
09:16to request an application form
09:17or write to us at Contestants Applications,
09:21Countdown Leads,
09:22LS 3,
09:241,
09:2424 to 16.
09:27Andrew in the lead.
09:29Sue,
09:30it's your letters game.
09:31Have a consonant, please, Rachel.
09:33Thank you, Sue.
09:34N.
09:35And another.
09:37V.
09:38And another.
09:41D.
09:42Vowel.
09:42Vowel.
09:44I.
09:45Another vowel.
09:47O.
09:49Another vowel.
09:51E.
09:53Consonant.
09:54M.
09:56Consonant.
09:58T.
09:59And a final vowel, please.
10:00And a final.
10:02O.
10:03Stand by.
10:04Vowel.
10:05Vowel.
10:05Vowel.
10:06Vowel.
10:06Vowel.
10:06Vowel.
10:06Vowel.
10:07Vowel.
10:07Vowel.
10:07Vowel.
10:08Vowel.
10:08Vowel.
10:09Vowel.
10:09Vowel.
10:09Vowel.
10:09Vowel.
10:09Vowel.
10:10Vowel.
10:10Vowel.
10:10Vowel.
10:11Vowel.
10:11Vowel.
10:11Vowel.
10:12Vowel.
10:12Vowel.
10:13Vowel.
10:13Vowel.
10:14Vowel.
10:14Vowel.
10:15Vowel.
10:15Vowel.
10:16Vowel.
10:17Vowel.
10:17Vowel.
10:18Vowel.
10:19Vowel.
10:20Vowel.
10:34Well, Sue?
10:36Six.
10:37Andrew?
10:38Eight, not Rindahl.
10:40Sue?
10:41Mooted.
10:44Devotion.
10:45Devotion, excellent.
10:46Very, very good.
10:52Dr Phil?
10:53Demotion.
10:53Demotion is also there, as well as devotion.
10:56And motioned.
10:58So, a few eights there, but we couldn't beat eight.
11:0232 to 16.
11:03Andrew, you're back.
11:05Your letters came.
11:06Could I start with the consonant, please, Rachel?
11:08Thank you, Andrew.
11:09R.
11:10And another.
11:12D.
11:13And a third.
11:15Y.
11:17And a vowel.
11:20A.
11:21A second vowel, please.
11:23O.
11:25A third vowel.
11:27I.
11:28A consonant.
11:30R.
11:31A consonant.
11:34S.
11:35And a final consonant, please.
11:37And a final N.
11:39Stand by.
11:40A consonant.
11:44MUSIC CONTINUES
12:14A five, Sue?
12:15Risky seven.
12:17Andrew?
12:18Dairy.
12:19Sue?
12:20Radions?
12:22Radions.
12:23Didn't you say it was risky?
12:25That was the word that I looked up, and it's not there, I'm afraid.
12:28I'm sorry.
12:29Radios, but not radions.
12:31Dr Phil?
12:32Susie has an extraordinary eight.
12:35What is it, Susie?
12:36Well, it's extra ordinary, but it is just ordinary.
12:39Ordinary is there for eight.
12:40How about that?
12:41How about that?
12:43Well done.
12:45Ordinary.
12:46Well done.
12:47Thirty-seven plays sixteen.
12:49It's a numbers game for you, Sue.
12:51I have two large and four small, please, Rachel.
12:53Thank you, Sue.
12:54Two from the top row, four little.
12:56And this time, the selection is eight, ten.
13:00Ten, five, fifty, and twenty-five.
13:05And this target, three hundred and twenty-two.
13:07Three, two, two.
13:08One, two.
13:22One, three, two, one.
13:24Very, one.
13:27One, two.
13:28One, two.
13:30One, two, one.
13:31One, two.
13:32Two, one.
13:33One, three.
13:35What's who?
13:40It's 325.
13:42325 and?
13:44320, not written down fully.
13:46And 320.
13:47So, Andrew.
13:5025 plus 8.
13:5125 plus 8, 33.
13:53Times 10.
13:54Times 10, 330.
13:56Minus the other 10.
13:57And take the other 10.
13:58Yep, two away.
14:00Near, but not quite there.
14:02322, Rachel, can you crack that for us, please?
14:05Yes, if you say 50 minus 10 is 40.
14:10Divide that by 5 for 8.
14:12Add that to the 25 for 33.
14:15And then you can times by the other 10, again, for 330.
14:18And take off the remaining 8.
14:20Ah, well done.
14:21Ah, lovely.
14:23Perfect.
14:25So, 44 to 16 at the moment, Andrew and the leaders,
14:29we turn to Dr Phil Hammond.
14:31Medicine's got better at learning from failure and learning from error.
14:36And there's a phrase we use in medicine.
14:38To err is human.
14:39To cover up is unforgivable.
14:41And to shift the blame onto somebody else is criminal.
14:44And the NHS, much as I love it, has a history of doing that.
14:47And it's the same in politics.
14:49There's a ridiculous blame-storming game.
14:51And people should be able to put their hand up and say,
14:53I made a mistake.
14:54This was the wrong decision.
14:56And the complexity of medicine really came to me when I was a GP.
14:58I was working in a town called Khan as a GP trainee.
15:02And I remember being called out in the middle of the night
15:04to see a chap who'd lost his job.
15:05He'd started drinking heavily.
15:07His wife called me up and he said,
15:08Dr Phil, my husband's drank.
15:10He's fallen up the stairs.
15:12I think he's fractured his knee.
15:15This is in the middle of the night.
15:16I'm a bit knackered, but I remember people don't fracture their knee.
15:18What they tend to do is they dislocate their kneecap.
15:21And I looked up in my book, I'm not very good with my hands,
15:23but I looked up in my book how to reduce a dislocated patella.
15:27And I turn up there and, yep, this chap's collapsed on the stairs
15:30and his kneecap is right round the side of his knee.
15:33And I remember what you've got to do.
15:34So I bend the knee slightly and I flex it
15:37and I try and push the kneecap back in the groove
15:39and it flips back in.
15:41And his knee is working perfectly.
15:43And I'm so pleased with myself because I'm not very good with my hands
15:45and that's the first brilliant thing that I've done.
15:47And he stopped screaming.
15:49And I looked down and I'm expecting some congratulations
15:51and he's died.
15:53What?
15:54He's died.
15:55The reason he fell over on the stairs is he had a cardiac arrest.
15:58So he'd had a cardiac arrest, fallen on the stairs
16:00and dislocated his patella.
16:02I thought it was just his patella.
16:04So I'd rushed out, fixed his patella absolutely fine
16:07and he's died on me.
16:08His wife, thinking I'm fixing his knee,
16:10has gone to make a cup of tea.
16:11She comes back and she says,
16:12everything all right, Dr. Phil?
16:13And I said, well, his knee is absolutely fine.
16:18I thought, as a young GP trainee, that was my career over.
16:21When they did a post-mortem,
16:22they find he had a very large aneurysm that was burst.
16:24There's probably nothing that I could have done.
16:26And she wrote me a lovely letter.
16:28And she said, well, you didn't spot that.
16:29But I know you were there trying your best in very difficult circumstances.
16:33And fortunately, he had very good life insurance.
16:35So that tended to help a bit.
16:37But in the old days, people recognised that medicine was really tough
16:41and we made mistakes.
16:42The point is, you admit that mistake and you learn from that mistake.
16:45So it was a solitary lesson.
16:46And we need to get that into politics.
16:48It should be OK to say, hey, I made a mistake.
16:50When do you see a politician saying that?
16:52It's OK to make mistakes.
16:54It's OK to recognise complexity.
16:56It's OK to change your mind.
16:58It's OK to be you.
16:59Thank you very much.
17:0844 plays 16.
17:11Andrew, would you like to take on this letters game?
17:13Could I start with a consonant, please, Rachel?
17:15Thank you, Andrew.
17:16T.
17:17And another.
17:19N.
17:20Third.
17:22C.
17:24A vowel, please.
17:26U.
17:27And another.
17:27A.
17:30And a third.
17:32E.
17:34A consonant.
17:36R.
17:38A consonant.
17:40W.
17:41And a final consonant.
17:43And a final H.
17:45Stand by.
17:46OK.
17:57Andrew.
18:17Andrew.
18:18Seven.
18:19Sue.
18:20Seven.
18:21Andrew.
18:22Chanter.
18:22And Sue.
18:23Watcher.
18:24Yes.
18:25City fine.
18:26Dr. Phil.
18:27Chanter is there as well.
18:28That's what politicians do.
18:29They just chunt on, don't they?
18:31Yeah.
18:31Drivelling in the corner.
18:32And on and on.
18:33Drivelling and dribbling and chunting on.
18:37Anything else?
18:38Just a haunter, otherwise first seven as well.
18:40And a haunter.
18:4151 plays 23.
18:43Sue.
18:44Off we go.
18:44It's letters game.
18:46Consonant, please, Rachel.
18:47Thank you, Sue.
18:48S.
18:49And another.
18:51T.
18:53And another.
18:54D.
18:55And a vowel.
18:58O.
19:00Another vowel.
19:01I.
19:02And another.
19:05A.
19:07And another.
19:09I.
19:10Consonant.
19:12G.
19:13And a final consonant.
19:15And a final S.
19:17Stand by.
19:17And a final consonant.
19:18And a final consonant.
19:19And a final consonant.
19:20And a final consonant.
19:21And a final consonant.
19:21And a final consonant.
19:22And a final consonant.
19:22And a final consonant.
19:23And a final consonant.
19:23And a final consonant.
19:24And a final consonant.
19:24And a final consonant.
19:25And a final consonant.
19:26And a final consonant.
19:27And a final consonant.
19:28And a final consonant.
19:29And a final consonant.
19:30And a final consonant.
19:31And a final consonant.
19:32And a final consonant.
19:33And a final consonant.
19:34And a final consonant.
19:35And a final consonant.
19:36And a final consonant.
19:37And a final consonant.
19:38And a final consonant.
19:39And a final consonant.
19:40And a final consonant.
19:41And a final consonant.
19:42And a final consonant.
19:43And a final consonant.
19:44Yes, Sue?
19:49Six.
19:50A six, Andrew?
19:51Six.
19:52Sue?
19:53Idiots.
19:54And?
19:54Same with us.
19:55Both of you?
19:56Dr. Phil.
19:57I'm stuck on sadists, which I think is six.
20:00Yes.
20:02And a gist as well, a term for taking in livestock in return for payment.
20:08But we can get beyond six.
20:09No, I'm stuck on six.
20:11That'll do.
20:12Fifty-seven to twenty-nine numbers for Andrew.
20:17Could I have one large and five small, please, Rachel?
20:19Of course you can.
20:20Thank you, Andrew.
20:21One from the top five.
20:22The little and the five small ones are seven, five, five, six, and ten.
20:30And the large one, seventy-five.
20:32And this target, four hundred and thirty-one.
20:34Four, three, one.
20:42Four, thirty-five.
21:09Four, three, two, I think.
21:11And four, three, two.
21:12Andrew? 75 times 6. 75 times 6, 450. Minus 10. 440. And minus the two fives. Yep, 430,
21:22one below. Thank you, Sue. Any good? I've forgotten. Sorry. Oh, I'm sorry. Sorry. Let's
21:30see what Rachel can do for us. 431, Rachel. There were a couple of ways. You could say
21:3575 plus 10 is 85 times by 5 for 425 and add on a 6 for 3-1. Oh, well done. As ever. Well done.
21:50Time for our tea time teaser number two. It's sinus tool and the clue. The answers
21:55can always be found in liquid form. The answers can always be found in liquid form.
22:05Welcome back. Welcome back. I left you with the clue. The answers can always be found
22:22in liquid form. And the answer to that, of course, is solutions. Solutions. 64 to 29,
22:31Andrew leads. Sue, it's your letters game.
22:33Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Sue. P. And another. T. And another. L. A vowel. A. And another. E. And a consonant,
22:51please. And a consonant, please. And lastly, N. Countdown.
23:08OneArt, please. And another. T. Dan, please. And more.
23:13性.
23:13One Art.
23:17One Art.
23:17One Art.
23:19One Art.
23:30One Art.
23:34One Art.
23:35Two Art.
23:35One Art.
23:37One Art.
23:37Sue?
23:41Seven, I think.
23:42Seven. Andrew?
23:44Just a six.
23:45Your six?
23:46Planet.
23:47Sue?
23:47No, I've used a letter that isn't there.
23:50I'd like.
23:51Dr Phil?
23:52There's a nipple for six, but Susie has two sevens.
23:56There's biplane.
23:58Yes.
23:58And pantile, the roof tile.
24:00Oh, indeed.
24:01Thanks for that.
24:02Thank you for that.
24:03Seventy plays twenty-nine.
24:05Andrew, here we go.
24:06Letters came for you.
24:07Could I start with a consonant, please, Rachel?
24:09Thank you, Andrew.
24:10L.
24:12And another.
24:14K.
24:15And another.
24:17G.
24:18Fourth.
24:21S.
24:22A vowel.
24:24U.
24:25Another vowel, please.
24:27I.
24:29A third vowel.
24:31O.
24:32A consonant.
24:34D.
24:35And a final vowel, please.
24:37And a final A.
24:40Countdown.
24:40A consonant.
24:47What?
24:47What?
24:48A consonant.
24:52In open world.
24:53Grab it.
24:54Der exit.
24:55In open world.
24:56Await
24:57baby comida.
24:58The sound of a trumpet.
24:58Although they're supposed to be shot.
25:00After this Eles have a jelly척ed poison.
25:01Let's how these currents allow themselves to have suited to do it.
25:03And a final vowel.
25:03And then, at the end of the door together.
25:04They'll talk about a syn카.
25:04Please, gentlemen.
25:05I'll take those in repeat代理อยrea.
25:05But I işi would be in a second example.
25:07Bye for no.
25:08By this book.
25:08Andrew?
25:12Just a five.
25:14And two? Six.
25:16Andrew?
25:16Goads.
25:18And your six?
25:19Guilds.
25:20Very nice.
25:21Yes.
25:22Neatly done.
25:23Dr Phil?
25:24We think we've got gladius for seven.
25:26Yes, it was a short sword in Roman times,
25:30and hence the gladiator.
25:31Yes.
25:33Thank you. Anything else?
25:34No, but gladius is pretty good.
25:36Excellent.
25:37Thank you for that.
25:3970, place 35.
25:41Susie, what have you for us today by way of your origins of words?
25:45I have an email from Peter Johnson,
25:48who was driving through Yorkshire near Dentdale a few years ago
25:52with his German friend.
25:54He says it was lambing season,
25:55and suddenly Eva, his friend, said,
25:58Look, sheeps.
26:00And that is my question, says Peter.
26:02Why don't we say sheeps when we say cats, dogs, pigs, horses, etc.?
26:06Can you help?
26:07It's probably safe to say that we don't really give a thought to plurals,
26:10most of us, as native speakers.
26:12We usually just put an S or an ES on,
26:14so you have voice, voices, church, churches, etc.
26:17So it seems fairly simple.
26:19But when you're learning English as a child or even as an adult,
26:23you get to know that there are a small group of nouns that have a different plural
26:27and that require a little bit of thought.
26:30So you have mice, mouth and feet for foot, etc.
26:33And there are lots of different subcategories.
26:37So there's a smaller group of plurals that are relics from the past,
26:40such as oxen, for example, rather than oxes.
26:43That comes from Old English.
26:44We haven't changed it since Anglo-Saxon times.
26:46And another group of plurals are from other languages,
26:49and they follow the grammar of their native language very often.
26:53So you might think that the plural of talisman is talismen,
26:56but it's not because it actually comes from an Arabic word.
26:59It has nothing to do with man or men.
27:00And so the plural of talisman is talismans.
27:03Sometimes, though, we know that there is a sort of foreign plural,
27:07but we decide to make it English anyway.
27:09So we talk about phenomenons sometimes, or we talk about referendums,
27:14even though they have the Latin plural for a while, or the Greek indeed.
27:19And that brings us to the question, why don't sheep have an S?
27:22Well, it's because there's yet another group of nouns
27:25that don't change their plural at all.
27:27Swine, deer, folk, and that kind of thing.
27:30And this is where it gets quite technical or boring,
27:33depending on your point of view,
27:35because they all come from the earliest Germanic languages,
27:37the language that was brought over by Germanic invaders.
27:42The simplest way of putting it really is to do with the shape of the word.
27:45So some of them have long vowels like sheep,
27:48whereas others have short vowels which are followed by two consonants like folk.
27:52And the easiest thing to do is simply to learn them.
27:55And of course we do, as native speakers.
27:58And in fact, what all of this tells us is that English is quite chaotic,
28:01although there is some logic behind it.
28:03It's just that there are so many different influences
28:04that have given us all these different plurals.
28:07So I'm not sure I've really answered Ava's question,
28:10because it is so complicated.
28:11But it's all to do with the look of sheep on the page.
28:14Well, thank you.
28:15Brilliant.
28:2070 page 35.
28:22Sue, how about the letters again?
28:24Consonant, please, Rachel.
28:25Thank you, Sue.
28:26T.
28:27And another.
28:30M.
28:31And a vowel.
28:34I.
28:34And another.
28:36A.
28:38Consonant.
28:39J.
28:42Another.
28:43T.
28:45Vowel.
28:47U.
28:48Another vowel.
28:51E.
28:51And a consonant, please.
28:53And the last one.
28:54S.
28:55Stand by.
28:56And a consonant.
28:58And a consonant.
29:08As.
29:10Two. Just five. Andrew. I think six. Sue. Matt. The double T. Now then, Andrew. Meaties.
29:36Yeah, I think that's fine, actually. It doesn't specify the plural here, but I'm sure that's
29:44absolutely fine. I.E.S. Yeah. Meaties. Yeah. Can we stretch that at all? We can on the
29:50mate theme. We could have mateiest. He's my mateiest mate. How about that? My mateiest
29:56mate. Very good. Thank you. Susie? That's it. All right. I can't beat that. 76, place 35.
30:02Andrew. Final letters game. Off we go. Can I start with a vowel, please? Thank you,
30:08Andrew. A. And another. O. And a third vowel. E. A consonant. R. Another consonant. C. A third
30:23consonant, please. S. And a fourth. R. A vowel. I. And a final consonant, please. And
30:36a final N. Countdown.
30:40A vowel. I. Always.
30:55Andrew.
31:12I'll stick with a seven.
31:14Sue.
31:14Seven.
31:15Thank you, Andrew.
31:16Scarier.
31:17Same word.
31:18Both of you.
31:19Well done.
31:20And in the corner, Susie?
31:22Some sevens.
31:24And we have carries.
31:25Carries, isn't that?
31:27Or is that carries?
31:28We can have carries.
31:29Tooth decay.
31:30Yeah, you could do.
31:31But carries is better.
31:32And carrying, yes, our best.
31:35All right.
31:36So, into the final numbers game for Sue.
31:39Yes, Sue?
31:40One large and five small, please, Rachel.
31:42You can indeed.
31:43Thank you, Sue.
31:44Last one of the week.
31:46And it is three, five, five, ten, six, and one hundred.
31:54And the last target, three hundred and forty-two.
31:56Three, four, two.
31:57First question.
32:10Two, three, five, ten, six, and one hundred.
32:13Well, Sue?
32:293, 4, 5.
32:31Andrew?
32:323, 4, 2.
32:33Yes?
32:3410 divided by 5 is 2.
32:3610 divided by 5, 2.
32:37Add it on to the 5 or the 5.
32:39To the other 5, 7.
32:40Times it by 6.
32:41Put your 42.
32:42And then 3 times 100.
32:43Add it on.
32:44Perfect.
32:44Well done.
32:453, 4, 2.
32:46Very neat.
32:50Well done, Andrew.
32:52Well done.
32:52As we go into the final round.
32:55So, fingers on buzzers.
32:56Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:03Andrew?
33:04Borrowing.
33:05Let's see whether you're right.
33:07Well done.
33:08Well done, Andrew.
33:09Well done, Andrew.
33:16Just a nanosecond ahead of Sue there, I think, too.
33:20All right.
33:21Well done.
33:21I'll come back to you in a minute.
33:22Well played, Sue.
33:23Yeah.
33:24Up against a very, very good player.
33:25But 42, that's okay.
33:27Thank you so much for coming.
33:28You take this back to the land of the pork pie.
33:33Give them my best wishes.
33:34I love a pork pie with some pickle.
33:36You'll be coming back on Monday.
33:38Yeah.
33:38That's wonderful stuff.
33:40Four wins.
33:41Well done.
33:42You're getting stronger, too.
33:43Brilliant stuff.
33:44We've got to say goodbye to you, Dr. Phil.
33:46Do you know, it's been a slice of the good times.
33:49And I will always be Countdowns, Dr. Phil.
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34:09Yes.
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