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Re: 'Who wants to be a millionaire' last night
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lugnet.mediawatch
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Sat, 21 Apr 2001 00:31:34 GMT
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Adam Murtha writes:
> Last night on WWTBAM one of the players' early questions was 'Which of the
> following would be considered a plush toy?'
> A) A Beanie Baby
> B) A Lego set
> I can't remember C and D but they were both fairly useless.
> Good to see they said Lego set and not Legos.
This must be a UKism, as we don't use that phrase much. Beanie Babies are
"stuffed animals" I think. Of course, stuffed doesn't carry quite the
negative connotation in the US.
++Lar
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| I don't think that it would be a 'UKism' on such an American show. One of the same players later questions was regarding which countries the Bering Straight separates. The player had to ask the audience, and 8% of the audience said it was Canada and (...) (24 years ago, 21-Apr-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| (...) Actually, its more of a technical term. In the toy industry, plush is pretty much anything soft on the surface and squishy. My family used to run a couple of games at carnivals. That's where I ran into the term. Later, Gino A... (24 years ago, 22-Apr-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| Last night on WWTBAM one of the players' early questions was 'Which of the following would be considered a plush toy?' A) A Beanie Baby B) A Lego set I can't remember C and D but they were both fairly useless. Good to see they said Lego set and not (...) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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