TLW66 - Nomads Results
TLW66 - Nomads Results TLW66 - Nomads Results
OREADES: A plural of OREAD, which is myabsolute favourite kind of mountain nymph.ORLEANS: A sort of cotton/worsted blendfabric.ORNATER: More ornate. Like my articlesused to be when I wrote them before thedeadline instead of after it.OUTDARE: To be even more daring, andbe in defiance of pretty much everything.Hence "You've won it once, now get outdareand win it again".OUTLIER: A bit of something that lies awayfrom the rest of itself. If that makes sense.And it doesn't to me.PEATIER: More like peat. Though not asmuch like peat as peat, which would be thepeatiest....are about my limit!SOUTANE: "No, no quiero escuchar...",sang the overworked author quietly tohimself as he cheerfully wondered if hecould get away with the single word"cassock" as a definition. "No, no quieroescuchar" he repeated. Quickly yetcautiously he continued to type: "Well, it's asort of churchman's robe type affair". Hethen moved quickly to the next paragraph,as the sounds of Doris Dragovic trickledmenacingly from his loudspeakers...TALONED: Having talons. Straightforwardenough.TEARIER: More tearful. I would havethought that you would either be tearful ornot, and I'm surethe looming end of this article will have youall tear/. With joy, probably.PERINEA: Oh dear. Umm, how do I phrasethis one? Well, the PERINEUM is the part ofyour... midriff, between your... umm, frontnaughty bits, and your... umm... bum. AndPERINEA are several of them, and I'mmoving swiftly on...REMANIE: An old fossil stuck inside anewer fossil. "New fossils" in Croatian is novifosili, but I won't bore you with the detailsof how I know that.RIOTISE: If you take nothing else from thisarticle (and that IS looking likely), take thefact that RIOTISE and its cousin RIOTIZEare not - repeat NOT - verbs! A RIOTISE is athing - specifically a riot.The next person to put -D on the end ofeither of them (unless it's me • which itprobably will be) should hang their head inshame.RONDEAU: A type of poem, but it's awfullycomplicated and not the sort of thing Iwould want to be writing. Limericks andMaikus:(Scrabble is my gameBut you wouldn't guess as muchRecent form is poor)TEENIER: More teeny? Itsier, bitsier. Tinier.Smaller.TORULAE: Plural of TORULA, which is, toall intents and purposes, yeast.TRTTONE: The slogan under which ouresteemed Prime Minister (I'm on safeground here - he esteems himself even ifno-one else does...) successfullycampaigned for his first council seat. Thatand a musical term of which (naturally!) Ihave not the remotest comprehension.TROOLJE: The bussu palm, which isfamous for being a TROEUE and a TROELYas well (though not a TROOLY, oddlyenough)URINOSE: And finally, as if I hadn't enoughthings to be coy about, a word which I canonly define as "pee-like".Oh, I've had enough of this for one month.I'm just damed well going to plonk myselfdown in front of my TV with some popcornand some candy floss and wail Turkishly,funk Norwegianly and (most likely) votestrangely. Back in whatever two monthsfrom now is by the time this reaches you!
20 QUESTIONS: STEVE BALMENTSteve attends many tournaments and generally plays hundreds of games throughout theyear so I managed to catch him between games to find out why.1. What do you do for a living?I'm a Computer Programmer/Analyst for an Insurance Friendly Society in Leicester.2. Who are your favourite and least favourite opponents, and why?My favourite may be Noel Turner as I've never lost to him in a tournament (yet), and myleast favourite is anyone (thankfully few) who doesnt lose in the right spirit.3. How did you get into playing Scrabble?My first set was bought in a toyshop in Ryde whilst on a rather wet holiday in the Isle ofWight. A few years later (1976) I saw an advert for the Leicester club in the local paperand have been playing ever since.4. Tell us one thing that no one knows about you.I used to be a speedway supporter and organised a supporters club trip to the worldfinal in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1974. We took a 52 seater coach across on the NorthSea ferry and about 40 supporters! The 24 hour return crossing was eventful - we hadto contend with a force 8 gale!5. Away from Scrabble, what is your greatest claim to fame?I set the record score (83) for the normal half hour edition of Countdown in series 12,and so far it still stands (although Allan Saldanha equalled it in the Supreme Champs).6. Do you keep the fact that you play Scrabble secret from your workcolleagues/other friends?No, we're a nosy lot at work and we all keep up with each other's leisure interests.7. If you could change one thing about Scrabble what would it be?Now that the "Premier" has gone from the Association's name, I would get rid of theelitist and somewhat pointless titles Grand master and Expert.8. What other hobbies/pastimes do you indulge in?I live alone, so washing, ironing, gardening, hoovering, dusting etc!!! I do like to seeGreat Britain though and often add extra days around tournaments to visit the localarea.9. Have you ever appeared on television?Yes. Celebrity Scrabble (my celebrity partner was Sylvia Syms who is very good at thegame), Countdown (I won series 12), Catchword and Turnabout.10. What is your current ABSP rating and what do you think it should be?After Exeter it's 155, and I think 150-160 is about right, though the new system is
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20 QUESTIONS: STEVE BALMENTSteve attends many tournaments and generally plays hundreds of games throughout theyear so I managed to catch him between games to find out why.1. What do you do for a living?I'm a Computer Programmer/Analyst for an Insurance Friendly Society in Leicester.2. Who are your favourite and least favourite opponents, and why?My favourite may be Noel Turner as I've never lost to him in a tournament (yet), and myleast favourite is anyone (thankfully few) who doesnt lose in the right spirit.3. How did you get into playing Scrabble?My first set was bought in a toyshop in Ryde whilst on a rather wet holiday in the Isle ofWight. A few years later (1976) I saw an advert for the Leicester club in the local paperand have been playing ever since.4. Tell us one thing that no one knows about you.I used to be a speedway supporter and organised a supporters club trip to the worldfinal in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1974. We took a 52 seater coach across on the NorthSea ferry and about 40 supporters! The 24 hour return crossing was eventful - we hadto contend with a force 8 gale!5. Away from Scrabble, what is your greatest claim to fame?I set the record score (83) for the normal half hour edition of Countdown in series 12,and so far it still stands (although Allan Saldanha equalled it in the Supreme Champs).6. Do you keep the fact that you play Scrabble secret from your workcolleagues/other friends?No, we're a nosy lot at work and we all keep up with each other's leisure interests.7. If you could change one thing about Scrabble what would it be?Now that the "Premier" has gone from the Association's name, I would get rid of theelitist and somewhat pointless titles Grand master and Expert.8. What other hobbies/pastimes do you indulge in?I live alone, so washing, ironing, gardening, hoovering, dusting etc!!! I do like to seeGreat Britain though and often add extra days around tournaments to visit the localarea.9. Have you ever appeared on television?Yes. Celebrity Scrabble (my celebrity partner was Sylvia Syms who is very good at thegame), Countdown (I won series 12), Catchword and Turnabout.10. What is your current ABSP rating and what do you think it should be?After Exeter it's 155, and I think 150-160 is about right, though the new system is
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