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Sim180
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Take my breath away.
Game Let's play .... Charades!
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Nope.
I'll give one more clue that doesn't distract ... one more guess and I'm calling it. Think carefully 
Nuh uh
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Lexi79
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All I can take
Sorry all ... it was...
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Lexi79
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Isn’t that 3 words
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Perhaps my non-native English language brain messed up. But I see that as "I will", which is two words?
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Sim180
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Ill back you up there, yes it is four words.
Guess I won't count it as a win. But don't know where to go with future ones then. Because I was taught that that's seen as two words.
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Tom_the_eagle3
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You have lost 100 pts, @PrincessPraise 
Cambridge English states ...
Contracted words count as the number of words they would be if they were not contracted. For example, isn't, didn't, I'm, I'll are counted as two words (replacing is not, did not, I am, I will). Where the contraction replaces one word (e.g. can't for cannot), it is counted as one word.
I'm not English though, so it's not my place. I'm just going by what I know. Which I guess could easily be wrong. Or I'm just stupid
Contracted words count as the number of words they would be if they were not contracted. For example, isn't, didn't, I'm, I'll are counted as two words (replacing is not, did not, I am, I will). Where the contraction replaces one word (e.g. can't for cannot), it is counted as one word.
I'm not English though, so it's not my place. I'm just going by what I know. Which I guess could easily be wrong. Or I'm just stupid
You have lost 100 pts, @PrincessPraise
I don't want to be alone up there on the leaderboard ...
I'm enjoying having @PrincessPraise on top.. though I will look to swap positions
Cambridge English states ...
Contracted words count as the number of words they would be if they were not contracted. For example, isn't, didn't, I'm, I'll are counted as two words (replacing is not, did not, I am, I will). Where the contraction replaces one word (e.g. can't for cannot), it is counted as one word.
I'm not English though, so it's not my place. I'm just going by what I know. Which I guess could easily be wrong. Or I'm just stupid
Nope sounds like you're right
. Don't ever expect an english person to know english. It's a complete mystery we have to deal with/inflict on the worldBut it does make charades more difficult... Probably need to decide whether to stick to a basic count of words as written, or the correct interpretation of the number of words... Or just give a clue for those with the old "/" (song 3/4 words)
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Sim180
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Cambridge English states ...
Contracted words count as the number of words they would be if they were not contracted. For example, isn't, didn't, I'm, I'll are counted as two words (replacing is not, did not, I am, I will). Where the contraction replaces one word (e.g. can't for cannot), it is counted as one word.
I'm not English though, so it's not my place. I'm just going by what I know. Which I guess could easily be wrong. Or I'm just stupid
Im English and can just about remember school and the above was certainly what i was told. Not the bit about Princess being stupid though.
I dont want to be the one to decide though, just my opinion.
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