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'Wheel Of Fortune' Fans Call For Rule Change After Minor Error Costs Contestant A Puzzle Win

'Wheel Of Fortune' Fans Call For Rule Change After Minor Error Costs Contestant A Puzzle Win
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Last week on the Wheel of Fortune game show, yet another contestant had a slight slip-up, which resulted in missed winnings.

This happened during the Crossword Puzzle round, in which the contestants are expected to guess the words presented in the puzzle—nothing else.


Per usual, Pat Sajak instructed:

"Say everything. Don't add anything."

One contestant, David, gave his answer to "Catch of the Day" as:

"Sole, Flounder, Cod, and Catfish."

The next contestant, Danielle, then said:

"Sole, Cod, Catfish, Flounder."

When Sajak said this response was correct, Danielle said laughingly:

"I thought that's what you (David) said!"

To this, Sajak replied:

"I know it's always confusing. David did that thing that's so easy to do. You added the 'and'."

You can watch the segment here:

This incident spurred a conversation on Twitter.

By using the word "and," David used a very natural part of speech. Some viewers felt that should be overlooked and demanded the rule be changed.

There were others, however, that understood how this was a technicality but still a simple rule at the same time. Answer the question in the correct format, no matter how strange it feels to your natural tongue, and you win the prize.

Simple, right?

Nonetheless, opinions were divided on this one.

Some called for a rule change.




Others simply said "rules are rules" in response.




A few pointed out Pat Sajak made winning quite simple.




It seems as many people were arguing for the preservation of the rules as those who wanted to see them changed, so there's no telling whether or not changes will be made.

But it's important to note that what David did was incredibly natural, and perhaps impulsive, to our speech patterns. Is that something that should be considered on a game show? Or should we push ourselves to follow an unnatural structure?

But then again, at the same time, people know to answer Jeopardy questions in the form of the question. Maybe answering in a somewhat unnatural way is all part of playing the game.

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