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On each episode, she provides a brief commentary on the origin of a particular word or phrase. Dent is the longest-serving member of the show's current on-screen team, first appearing in 1992; she has since made more than 5,000 appearances. [9] Dent also works on the spin-off show 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. [10]
The first section contains two letters rounds and one numbers round, the second has two letters rounds and one numbers round followed by the anecdote from the Dictionary Corner guest and then a further two letters rounds and one numbers round, while the last section has two letters rounds, Susie Dent's "Origins of Words" item since September ...
A celebrity appears in Dictionary Corner, and, after each numbers round, they present a poem, song or another comedic segment. Susie Dent's "Origin of Words" section does not appear but is instead replaced with an additional segment from the guest.
The Language Report (or, strictly, the language report) was an account of the state and use of the English language published by the Oxford University Press (OUP) in 2003. It was compiled by lexicographer Susie Dent, best known for her regular appearances on the television word game Countdown, and was an annual publication until 2007.
"Little Suzi's on the Up" is a song by British new wave group Ph.D. It was released as the band's first single, appearing on their self-titled debut album. The music video for the song was notable for being the fifth music video shown during MTV's launch on 1 August 1981. [1] It is sometimes misspelled by music video stations as Susie or Suzy.
Celebrities are reacting to the news that Donald Trump will become the 47th US president.. On Wednesday (6 November), the Republican candidate swept to victory following a chaotic campaign dogged ...
Ava DuVernay’s latest drama “Origin” has added an original song to its Oscar prospects. New Zealand Māori artist Stan Walker performed the new song, “I Am,” at a private film screening ...
The original soundtrack to the 1948 film Words and Music was released by MGM Records earlier in the same year in three formats: as a set of four 10-inch 78-rpm shellac records, as a set of four 7-inch 45-rpm EPs and as a 10-inch long-play.