She got screwed. A lot of peeps say the "ing" sound like an "eeng" sound, however, she could have been pronouncing it very precisely with a very short i sound and the g falling closely behind. She was precise in her letter requests during gameplay, so she got hosed.
Who ended up winning the game? If it was Renee then the only quibble would be the amount of money. If it was Amy then that's a different story. However I can't fault the WoF people - the same thing would have happened on J!
JoeBobBillyWayne, you are such a pretty man. I'm in lurve.
It must be the wardrobe malfunction peeking out of those overalls....
lb13
Re: WoF Seven Swans
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 1:48 pm
by Beebs52
earendel wrote:Who ended up winning the game? If it was Renee then the only quibble would be the amount of money. If it was Amy then that's a different story. However I can't fault the WoF people - the same thing would have happened on J!
I can't be certain from the clip that she didn't say the g. That was my point.
Re: WoF Seven Swans
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 1:49 pm
by earendel
Beebs52 wrote:
earendel wrote:Who ended up winning the game? If it was Renee then the only quibble would be the amount of money. If it was Amy then that's a different story. However I can't fault the WoF people - the same thing would have happened on J!
I can't be certain from the clip that she didn't say the g. That was my point.
I didn't hear the "g". And I think Renee understood what happened, although I don't think she liked the decision.
Re: WoF Seven Swans
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 1:51 pm
by Beebs52
littlebeast13 wrote:
Beebs52 wrote:
JoeBobBillyWayneTucker wrote:
What in tarnation!?!?!?
That thar soljer got jiptid!!!!
JoeBobBillyWayne, you are such a pretty man. I'm in lurve.
It must be the wardrobe malfunction peeking out of those overalls....
lb13
I'm not into lamp bases or whatever that is. NTTAWWT
Re: WoF Seven Swans
Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 2:23 pm
by zachhoran1
On Friday 12/21's episode, a contestant won $69300 in the maingame, without winning the bonus round, a new maingame record.
Re: WoF Seven Swans
Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 7:25 pm
by jarnon
ABC World News just had a good story about this fiasco:
Here's a video of the WoF round:
JoeBobBillyWayneTucker wrote:What in tarnation!?!?!?
That thar soljer got jiptid!!!!
She's a sailor, ya varmint!
earendel wrote:Who ended up winning the game? If it was Renee then the only quibble would be the amount of money. If it was Amy then that's a different story. However I can't fault the WoF people - the same thing would have happened on J!
Amy went on to win $45,000 in cash and prizes, including a Jeep Cherokee and a trip to Hawaii. This happens on J! all the time, but I've never seen it on WoF.
Re: WoF Seven Swans
Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 9:55 pm
by jarnon
Renee is the third contestant in the last week (after Andy Pickens and Kristina White-Chagani on Millionaire) to be ensnared by seemingly easy questions about Xmas song lyrics.
TPTB wrote:Let's throw in some questions about Xmas songs, on shows that will air right before Xmas. That should put the viewers in the holiday spirit!
Re: WoF Seven Swans
Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2012 1:44 pm
by ontellen
I just watched this on my PVR last night and the minute she said it, I knew she was toast. The G was up there and she didn't say it.
Re: WoF Seven Swans
Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2012 6:12 pm
by ne1410s
"Midwesterners have no use for an ending "g".
Mark Twain
Re: WoF Seven Swans
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2014 12:34 pm
by jarnon
It happened again! And this time, the contestant lost a chance at a million bucks!
Julian Batts, an Indiana University freshman, was lucky when the wheel landed on the tiny $1M wedge, and he was able to solve the puzzle: MYTHOLOGICAL HERO ACHILLES. But he lost his chance for big money when he mispronounced Achilles.
After a cool million slipped through his fingers, you know Julian wasn't a-chillin'.
Re: WoF Seven Swans
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2014 12:51 pm
by littlebeast13
jarnon wrote:It happened again! And this time, the contestant lost a chance at a million bucks!
Julian Batts, an Indiana University freshman, was lucky when the wheel landed on the tiny $1M wedge, and he was able to solve the puzzle: MYTHOLOGICAL HERO ACHILLES. But he lost his chance for big money when he mispronounced Achilles.
After a cool million slipped through his fingers, you know Julian wasn't a-chillin'.