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Tuesday, May 1, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
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I think #1 has to be Space Jam, but there's a good chance Cool Runnings is #2.dinghammer wrote: ↑Wed May 02, 2018 5:38 pm I think a case could be made that Cool Runnings is the most well-known '90s sports movie in the world.
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Re: Tuesday, May 1, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
FJ! was an instaget for me, mainly because I'm familiar with this logo:
I can't really say where I've been exposed to that logo, to gauge whether I should be surprised at the TS. As a graphic designer with an interest in brand identity I was bound to run into it at some point, as it's apparently 122 years old.
I can't really say where I've been exposed to that logo, to gauge whether I should be surprised at the TS. As a graphic designer with an interest in brand identity I was bound to run into it at some point, as it's apparently 122 years old.
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Re: Tuesday, May 1, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
38 right.
Ancient Greeks (4), Judge (3), Novel Title Characters (3), Movie Sport (4), Shut Up (2), Take My Money! (3)
Science Friction (3), Double "L" (2), American Band (4), Name the James (5), World Grammys (4), Potent (1)
Lach Trash: Alexander the Great, void, Sérgio Mendes, James Blaine; Daily Double: obstruction of justice
Not an Instaget, but easy for me after getting the "LV".
Ancient Greeks (4), Judge (3), Novel Title Characters (3), Movie Sport (4), Shut Up (2), Take My Money! (3)
Science Friction (3), Double "L" (2), American Band (4), Name the James (5), World Grammys (4), Potent (1)
Lach Trash: Alexander the Great, void, Sérgio Mendes, James Blaine; Daily Double: obstruction of justice
Not an Instaget, but easy for me after getting the "LV".
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Re: Tuesday, May 1, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
What happened to your own poll that you ran once of clues you're interested in the difficulty level of? I actually enjoyed those, as they're a different perspective (and I naively thought you might learn from them but shows what I know.)TenPoundHammer wrote: ↑Tue May 01, 2018 10:03 pmIt stuck out to me as unnaturally obscure for the top box. Other than Candy, none of the actors in it seems to have done anything big. The director doesn't seem to have done anything big except the National Treasure movies. The producers are even more obscure, to the point that one of them doesn't even have a Wikipedia article. I've never heard anyone clamor for it in throes of 90s nostalgia. Also, as I said, its only other Archive hits were much farther down the board.MarkBarrett wrote: ↑Tue May 01, 2018 9:49 pmIt's only Tuesday so I'll see how the week goes before promising to poll something that will go over 85%. It's a top box clue as the movie is that well known whether someone has seen it or not. The cast beyond John Candy has other people of varying degrees of fame, but it's not important for the clue.
It's a sports movie from 1993, so that means your knowledge of it is going to be next to zero with no ability to judge its proper valuing. Why worry about that particular clue? Were your mom and/or sister watching? Did they know it?
Given that evidence, I felt it was incredibly obscure compared to the likes of Air Bud, The Sandlot, Mighty Ducks, Angels in the Outfield, Space Jam, Rookie of the Year, Rudy, Space Jam, A League of Their Own, White Men Can't Jump, Little Giants, Major League, BASEketball, Happy Gilmore, and that's just the 90s sports movies I can name off the top of my head without even consulting Google.
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Re: Tuesday, May 1, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
It wouldn't have passed as the infamous spelling changes the pronunciation (vill-noo-iss), and the second one leaves out a syllable(as Elijah Bailey pointed out, the correct pronunciation of the city is vill-nee-us, that spelling definitely looks like vill-nus)davey wrote: ↑Wed May 02, 2018 1:43 pm The u is definitely voiced, but I'm sure many Americans don't pronounce it that way. I would accept "Vitton" because there's precedent in English for consonant-u-i leaving a silent u. (Although I think that only works with g-u-i, come to think of it...Both guise and guitar!)
I wonder if they'd rule on Vilnuis the same way today. It seems hard-nosed for a foreign vowel. Or if Vilnus would have passed....
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Re: Tuesday, May 1, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
I understand those points but my point is that sounds in other languages don't always conform to familiar rules. Vitton is a common way of pronouncing Vuitton because the u is barely pronounced even in French. I doubt they would disallow it orally but they might not accept the spelling. I would.dhkendall wrote: ↑Sat May 05, 2018 11:07 pmIt wouldn't have passed as the infamous spelling changes the pronunciation (vill-noo-iss), and the second one leaves out a syllable(as Elijah Bailey pointed out, the correct pronunciation of the city is vill-nee-us, that spelling definitely looks like vill-nus)davey wrote: ↑Wed May 02, 2018 1:43 pm The u is definitely voiced, but I'm sure many Americans don't pronounce it that way. I would accept "Vitton" because there's precedent in English for consonant-u-i leaving a silent u. (Although I think that only works with g-u-i, come to think of it...Both guise and guitar!)
I wonder if they'd rule on Vilnuis the same way today. It seems hard-nosed for a foreign vowel. Or if Vilnus would have passed....
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Vil-nee-us may be the correct pronunciation in English. But Lithuanians apparently pronounce it something like vil-noose. That would be a point in favor of accepting the Vilnuis spelling, I think.dhkendall wrote: ↑Sat May 05, 2018 11:07 pmIt wouldn't have passed as the infamous spelling changes the pronunciation (vill-noo-iss), and the second one leaves out a syllable(as Elijah Bailey pointed out, the correct pronunciation of the city is vill-nee-us, that spelling definitely looks like vill-nus)davey wrote: ↑Wed May 02, 2018 1:43 pm The u is definitely voiced, but I'm sure many Americans don't pronounce it that way. I would accept "Vitton" because there's precedent in English for consonant-u-i leaving a silent u. (Although I think that only works with g-u-i, come to think of it...Both guise and guitar!)
I wonder if they'd rule on Vilnuis the same way today. It seems hard-nosed for a foreign vowel. Or if Vilnus would have passed....
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Maybe I'll do them again this week.