tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post455228092222657302..comments2024-03-12T12:54:32.926-07:00Comments on Life After Mastermind: Brain of Britain - Heat ThreeLondiniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871325359167581176noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-27519473183803110632013-12-27T02:11:29.094-08:002013-12-27T02:11:29.094-08:00Okay, fair enough. I didn't see all of the las...Okay, fair enough. I didn't see all of the last series, I still have to catch up on YouTube. Very best of luck to her if she does decide to give it a shot. I like Rachael Neiman, I thought she was really strong on Mastermind.George Millmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08295902471947151110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-75050638352050435412013-12-26T20:30:15.768-08:002013-12-26T20:30:15.768-08:00One of the last series' OC contestants has imp...One of the last series' OC contestants has impaired vision and we provided a separate screen in their desk so that they could read the clues.<br /><br />Given that RN was OK with text-based picture rounds on her UC appearance, I imagine it would be possible to arrange something similiar on OC.<br /><br />Even if someone had no vision, there would be ways of providing an earpiece which had an audio feed of the clues.<br /><br />In short, there are usually ways of compensating for common physical handicaps.davidbodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06069767281654752637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-56153280141538152982013-12-26T14:41:34.325-08:002013-12-26T14:41:34.325-08:00Being blind, wouldn't it be quite difficult fo...Being blind, wouldn't it be quite difficult for Rachael Neiman to do Only Connect? Of course, I'm all in favour of blind and partially-sighted people being able to do everything that people with sight can do, but I imagine it would be difficult to translate the Only Connect questions into auditory form. The Connecting Walls and the Missing Vowels conundrums are very much sight-based. All respect to her if she wanted to give it a go though, I'd hope to be proved wrong.George Millmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08295902471947151110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-26236198797337088042013-12-26T08:39:18.699-08:002013-12-26T08:39:18.699-08:00Hi Dave,
I haven't heard the heat in question...Hi Dave,<br /><br />I haven't heard the heat in question but, if I've understood correctly, I think there's an important difference between the Disney World and 'smoke that thunders' questions. This difference being that one is a translation. Languages don't map onto to each other in precise ways. Clearly, Mosi-oa-Tunya can be translated from Tokaleya Tonga as 'the smoke that thunders' but to say that it *does* translate that way is to misunderstand how languages work. Someone somewhere must have translated it this way and it has become the popular translation but a quick check of the Tokaleya Tonga language suggests that 'cloud' is probably a more accurate translation than 'smoke' (in reality, the word almost certainly has no exact equivalent in English). I can't find any discussion of Tokaleya Tonga grammar but I wouldn't be at all surprised if the language doesn't allow for a construction identical to the popular English translation. As a result, all questions taking the form 'How does X translate into Y?' must always err on the side of generosity. Just because a certain translation is popular it doesn't follow that it's an exclusively correct one. It seems perfectly possible to me that the answer given by the contestant might be just as accurate a translation, albeit not as 'conventional'. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06917273531931383021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-27366580259755671162013-12-26T00:10:51.665-08:002013-12-26T00:10:51.665-08:00Oops - yes. Changed nowOops - yes. Changed nowLondiniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07871325359167581176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-12527521174692657232013-12-25T14:45:47.731-08:002013-12-25T14:45:47.731-08:00Heat 3, surely?Heat 3, surely?Andrew B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12054400570279868608noreply@blogger.com