Quote from: The Picnic Wasp on Today at 04:47:31 PMI'd definitely buy a Victor / MFH flavoured output but it's not going to happen. Geddy's 71 in a couple of months so I can forgive his inability to make banshee noises these days. A nice little melodic song package would do nicely.

yes attempting those high and loud bits was painful (both to the listener and himself I'm sure) so something gentler where his vocal chords can reach without struggle might work

Really not a fan of recent Rush output - the last 2 albums anyway, so unless there's a change in direction I can live without any new material.  And with Geddy's voice shot, I don't think I'm missing out if they don't tour again.

No! I'm wrong plurals are included in the scrabble dictionary so that brings the number of common 5 letter words down to between approximately 1350 and 1800 (chat estimates that between 20 - 25% of them are plural ) - game is nearly done!

Don't think plurals are used in Wordle or the scrabble dictionary as far as I'm aware

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Quote from: R6GYY on Today at 12:47:43 PMWordle 1,066 4/6*

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I didn't think they did that kind of word, so I was a little surprised to see them all turn green. Ho hum.

Feels like they are running out of options.

That's an interesting thought I asked chat gpt how many 5 letter words there were and how many of these would be considered common...

QuoteDetermining the number of five-letter words that are not considered obscure can be subjective, as "obscure" can vary based on the individual's familiarity with the language, regional usage, and context. However, we can make an educated guess based on common usage.

Let's use a rough classification:

Common Words: Frequently used in everyday language.
Moderately Common Words: Used less frequently but still recognizable to most people.
Obscure Words: Rarely used or known, often specific to certain fields or archaic.
Based on frequency analyses of English words, such as those derived from corpora like the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) or word frequency lists, we can estimate:

Common and Moderately Common Words: These are likely to constitute around 25-30% of all five-letter words. This estimation includes words that are regularly encountered in daily conversations, media, and general writing.
Given that the Scrabble dictionary lists approximately 8,996 five-letter words:

Common and Moderately Common Words: About 25-30% of 8,996
25% of 8,996 ≈ 2,249
30% of 8,996 ≈ 2,699
Therefore, around 2,200 to 2,700 five-letter words would be considered not obscure, meaning they are reasonably familiar to a majority of English speakers. This is a rough estimate and can vary depending on the specific criteria for what is considered "not obscure."

I asked this as the game seems to provide words that are well known to everyone.  I suppose the game designers have 3 choices if they want to continue the game indefinitely...

1. start introducing the odd obscure word occasionally to mix up obscure and non obscure words

2.  When it runs out of common words move onto obscure ones

3.  When it runs out of common words, start again.

As it appears to be approaching half-way with common 5 letter words it would probably need to start including some obscure words now if it wants to go for option 1.

Difficult but you might pick things up that way. A holiday is not ideal as you're only there for a shortish period, but the more exposure the better, I'd say

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Son was waiting for me prior to the Riverside concert last night and he got collared by a Daily Mail reporter...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13430449/amp/The-Portal-intended-bring-New-York-Ireland-closer-people-used-flash-boobs-Atlantic-futuristic-device-shut-locals-blast-authorities-setting-worst-spot-Dublin.html

(I know, The Daily Mail!!)

With the office to myself, spent much of the day listening to Klone. A Spotify playlist then "Le Grand Voyage"

I've checked the photo on the laptop rather than the phone and can make out about half my head, behind a guy in white with a black beard and big open mouth!

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Quote from: dom on May 16, 2024, 11:55:53 PMDon't understand why they're not much bigger.

Me neither. They nevr seem to attract bigger crowds, yet every tour I meet people who've never seen them before who then say how good they are and yet crowds don't swell.

QuoteHow could I when I was standing 3 rows from the front in a smallish venue

I'll have a look for you on their Facebook page.

QuoteThe support act, Klone, were decent too. Singer has a great voice. Will check out some of their stuff.

they're OK, but seeing them three more times might be a bit much for me...

I've scrutinised that photo, can't see me or my son!

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20 mins on and off.. tricky...

Very similar pattern to mine!

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