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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 04:27:52 GMT
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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 the US! D'oh!
~Adam
In lugnet.mediawatch, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> 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.
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> ++Lar
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