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seaborgium wrote: Fri Mar 17, 2017 4:34 pm As for the spoiler stuff,
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given how Elis Regina pronounces "festa da Cumeira" (with four syllables in the last word) when singing "Águas de Março," "Janiero" might be an okay approximation of certain Portuguese pronunciations of "Janeiro."
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The correct word is "cumeeira." The extra E adds an extra syllable, so it's more "Janiero" than "Janeiro." Regardless, I think J! should accept either one.
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Oh yeah, that's right.
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I kept that stuff in spoiler tags because it pertains to another episode's FJ.
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I'm wondering how common is "Pergo" (is that even the spelling?) flooring, as I've NHOI, and thus didn't have a chance on that clue. (I'm assuming it's an American thing, but I can't think that something like flooring would only have a presence on one side of the border giving our trading patterns.)
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If it makes you feel better dhkendall, I too had never heard of Pergo flooring until this episode, and I consider myself quite good at the Business and Industry/Companies/related categories. That said, that Zodiac Rhyme Time drove me bonkers as someone who usually and often enjoys the astrology categories.
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dhkendall wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2017 2:55 am I'm wondering how common is "Pergo" (is that even the spelling?) flooring, as I've NHOI, and thus didn't have a chance on that clue. (I'm assuming it's an American thing, but I can't think that something like flooring would only have a presence on one side of the border giving our trading patterns.)
Pergo is a Swedish company that sells laminate flooring in a lot of countries and is carried in Home Depot and Lowes across the US and I can see from their website in Canada too. However, I would think that if you have never been in the market for flooring alternatives, you might not be aware of them.
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seaborgium wrote: Fri Mar 17, 2017 10:25 pm Oh yeah, that's right.
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Good point. Fixed.
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Leander wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2017 7:21 am
dhkendall wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2017 2:55 am I'm wondering how common is "Pergo" (is that even the spelling?) flooring, as I've NHOI, and thus didn't have a chance on that clue. (I'm assuming it's an American thing, but I can't think that something like flooring would only have a presence on one side of the border giving our trading patterns.)
Pergo is a Swedish company that sells laminate flooring in a lot of countries and is carried in Home Depot and Lowes across the US and I can see from their website in Canada too. However, I would think that if you have never been in the market for flooring alternatives, you might not be aware of them.
It's definitely the Kleenex of laminate flooring.
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I'm amazed I have never heard of Pergo beforehand with all of the HGTV viewing I do on/off...BUT I highly doubt the hosts/hostesses/personalities would be allowed to badmouth a brand, no matter how low quality it may be. A design and/or flooring material (and Pergo's material very much reads/sounds like something that would be criticized/ridiculed and then demolished), yes. But the actual brand of that material would be and is very evidently off-limits because as I'm sitting here thinking about it, no, the brands, even for the good/better and approved materials, have yet to ever been mentioned on HGTV's fare outside of commercials.
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Maven wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2017 3:44 pm I'm amazed I have never heard of Pergo beforehand with all of the HGTV viewing I do on/off...BUT I highly doubt the hosts/hostesses/personalities would be allowed to badmouth a brand, no matter how low quality it may be. A design and/or flooring material (and Pergo's material very much reads/sounds like something that would be criticized/ridiculed and then demolished), yes. But the actual brand of that material would be and is very evidently off-limits because as I'm sitting here thinking about it, no, the brands, even for the good/better and approved materials, have yet to ever been mentioned on HGTV's fare outside of commercials.
I learned of Pergo from those commercials for Lumber Liquidators by Bob Vila, so it's been around for a long time.
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Maven wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2017 3:44 pm I'm amazed I have never heard of Pergo beforehand with all of the HGTV viewing I do on/off...BUT I highly doubt the hosts/hostesses/personalities would be allowed to badmouth a brand, no matter how low quality it may be.
What makes you think it's low quality?
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I'm not sure why people say Pergo is such low quality. All of our previous laminate floorings started buckling around toilets or sinks after about two or three years. In 2001, my parents got Pergo flooring in their bathrooms, and it still hasn't buckled.
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dhkendall wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2017 2:55 am I'm wondering how common is "Pergo" (is that even the spelling?) flooring, as I've NHOI, and thus didn't have a chance on that clue. (I'm assuming it's an American thing, but I can't think that something like flooring would only have a presence on one side of the border giving our trading patterns.)
I remember Pergo very well because while househunting together a friend asked an agent if some flooring was Pergo and the agent responded, "Yeah, yeah, Prego, that's what it is." I'm guessing that pasta sauce wouldn't be a great flooring alternative.

Does anybody know under what circumstances it's acceptable to give initials as an answer? When I answered United Fruit Workers, could I have just said "UFW"? I wondered the same thing on the $2000 clue when I was sure it was SEIU but wasn't sure about the 'I'.

Oh, and the funniest moment while watching this episode was on the Monterey Jack clue. All I could come up with was San Jose and then watched "December me" get the right answer.
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mcsheffrey wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2017 12:48 pm Does anybody know under what circumstances it's acceptable to give initials as an answer? When I answered United Fruit Workers, could I have just said "UFW"? I wondered the same thing on the $2000 clue when I was sure it was SEIU but wasn't sure about the 'I'.
If they're not asking for what the initials stand for and as long as the initialism is commonly used (e.g., it's part of their branding), they'll accept it.
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mcsheffrey wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2017 12:48 pm Oh, and the funniest moment while watching this episode was on the Monterey Jack clue. All I could come up with was San Jose and then watched "December me" get the right answer.
I was really impressed you got that clue, being a Canadian. Easy for a long-time Bay Area resident like me who has visited there many times to get, but I imagine it's obscure for anyone out of state, let alone out of country.
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IronNeck wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2017 9:41 pm
mcsheffrey wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2017 12:48 pm Oh, and the funniest moment while watching this episode was on the Monterey Jack clue. All I could come up with was San Jose and then watched "December me" get the right answer.
I was really impressed you got that clue, being a Canadian. Easy for a long-time Bay Area resident like me who has visited there many times to get, but I imagine it's obscure for anyone out of state, let alone out of country.
We do have Monterey Jack cheese up here too, you know.
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dhkendall wrote: Tue Mar 21, 2017 12:29 am
IronNeck wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2017 9:41 pm
mcsheffrey wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2017 12:48 pm Oh, and the funniest moment while watching this episode was on the Monterey Jack clue. All I could come up with was San Jose and then watched "December me" get the right answer.
I was really impressed you got that clue, being a Canadian. Easy for a long-time Bay Area resident like me who has visited there many times to get, but I imagine it's obscure for anyone out of state, let alone out of country.
We do have Monterey Jack cheese up here too, you know.
As do cheese lovers all over the US...Kraft 8-ounce brick, available at Walmarts everywhere...
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Maven wrote: Fri Mar 17, 2017 2:23 am ...almost ran Book Title Characters (Svengali tripped me up, dadgummit...although at least I didn't get him mixed up with Svengoolie
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