Countdown star Rachel Riley was left red-faced after the show had another classic moment with an X-rated word.
This, says Countdown star Susie Dent, is in part because of the villainisation ... bread and dough is because these are the staples of life, what we need to survive. Or quid, as Dent explains ...
Word of Mouth has been speaking to Countdown presenter and ‘professional eavesdropper’ Susie Dent who says she has tuned into other people’s conversations all her life. She has been ...
Oxford-based Countdown star Susie Dent is “delighted” that she is being ... “They are the mainstays of my life, and I’ll do ...
Susie Dent joins Michael Rosen to talk about her lifelong fascination with words and their origins. It's a programme bringing some apricity, which is one of Susie's favourite words Show more Susie ...
Countdown’s Susie Dent reveals she wants Katherine Ryan and TV co-stars to carry her coffin ...
Susie Dent says the more people repeat common phrases, the more they lose their impact No disrespect, but - going forward - it would be advisable not to start sentences with the word "So".
But some of our readers wanted to know where these sayings came from. We asked lexicographer Susie Dent from Countdown's dictionary corner to explain the origins of several rainy-day phrases.
Countdown's Susie Dent speaks out on Rachel Riley and Anne Robinson rumoured feud ...
Countdown’s Susie Dent reveals she wants Katherine Ryan and TV co-stars to carry her coffin ...