Talk:2020 COVID-19 hiatus

I’ve just been emailed by Countdown today that they will show my 2018 repeats on 3 July, 9 July and 10 July, but on More4 and not Channel 4. I think these are the Series 78 finals. Mclarenguy22 15:10, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Which means they would need to start that series on 2 July, a Thursday. I know what I want to see Monday to Wednesday.--Launchballer 16:30, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Only Hewer/Riley episodes will be repeated, Damian said in Aptochat a couple of weeks ago. Yes, that would be 2 July to 10 July except the weekends. Mclarenguy22 17:13, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Of which there are exactly three unreleased Nick Hewer episodes (two specials and the one skipped).--Launchballer 17:22, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

S32-33 are Jeff Stelling, I'm afraid. The Doctor 18:05, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Maybe another series finals from 23 June to 1 July and the unaired episode on 22 June? Probably not.--Launchballer 00:20, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

Not seeing this on the schedule from next Monday.--Launchballer 23:15, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Appears to be showing next week? [1] The Doctor 23:28, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

According to my EPG and that link it's on this week at 12:05am only and not at all next week, which has wound me up, because my mental health failed that month and I literally can't remember anything in May or June 2018.--Launchballer 23:41, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Well, Phillip says above that his episodes will be repeated so has that changed?. --Andy Davis 17:10, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

Name

This afternoon, following Rachel pronouncing Covid as "Cov-id" rather than "Co-vid", I Googled to see which the correct pronunciation was. In my searches, I found this article, which says that "acronyms pronounced as words go upper and lower, eg Nasa, Unicef and, now, Covid-19". I believe this to be the spelling we should be using.--Launchballer 16:34, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

I have never heard of NASA and UNICEF being in title case. The Doctor 16:49, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

Indeed, wikipedia gives "Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‑19)". The Doctor 16:50, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

It appears to be a quirk of British English. The BBC does the same, while sites like Wikipedia use COVID-19. According to Wikipedia's Capitalization of acronyms and initialisms in English, it says "In British English, only the initial letter of an acronym is capitalized if the acronym is read as a word, e.g., "Unesco.""--Launchballer 19:39, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

”if the acronym is read as a word” - surely the title isn’t technically reading it as a word here? The Doctor 22:51, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

I think it means "if the acronym were to be read as a word". I just asked about this on UKGameshows.com and they just moved their Impact of Covid-19 article to all caps, so I'll be moving this back.--Launchballer 07:01, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

Speaking of UKGameShows, which I read but don’t edit, the line “the TV job is Sue Barker’s for as long as she wants it” has aged about as well as a two-day fart! The Doctor 10:30, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

Lovely! I'm quite pleased to say that line wasn't one of mine, it was one of the ones altered by Jturner just before it was moved to mainspace.--Launchballer 16:17, 17 September 2020 (UTC)