# Family Feud: survey said liverwurst but they didn't get credit for saying liver sausage **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 29, 2012, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-survey-said-liverwurst-but-they-didnt-get-credit-for-saying-liver-sausage/639266 "2012-10-29T22:22:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-survey-said-liverwurst-but-they-didnt-get-credit-for-saying-liver-sausage/639266/21 "2012-10-30T15:31:19Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > I thought garbanzos and chickpeas were exactly the same thing. They are, so far as I know. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-survey-said-liverwurst-but-they-didnt-get-credit-for-saying-liver-sausage/639266/22 "2012-10-30T15:43:26Z")
Livor Mortis. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-survey-said-liverwurst-but-they-didnt-get-credit-for-saying-liver-sausage/639266/23 "2012-10-30T17:29:57Z")
Liver Let Die ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-survey-said-liverwurst-but-they-didnt-get-credit-for-saying-liver-sausage/639266/24 "2012-10-30T17:47:35Z")
Cly me a liver. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-survey-said-liverwurst-but-they-didnt-get-credit-for-saying-liver-sausage/639266/25 "2012-10-30T17:52:23Z")
The famous [del]pianist[/del] organist, Liverace! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-survey-said-liverwurst-but-they-didnt-get-credit-for-saying-liver-sausage/639266/26 "2012-10-30T18:08:26Z")
Liverals and Revublicans ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-survey-said-liverwurst-but-they-didnt-get-credit-for-saying-liver-sausage/639266/27 "2012-10-30T22:43:52Z")
> [@sitchensis](#): > > I don’t know how it works exactly, but I think the “fuzzy matching” is still based on the survey. If 10 people say Liverwurst and 10 say Liver Sausage they may put them together and have the combined answer worth 20. However if 20 people say Liverwurst and 0 people say Liver Sausage, giving points for Liver Sausage defeats the purpose of the game. No, those are two completely different scenarios. If the other term isn’t in the survey, they always accept synonyms. And, even then, most of the time, synonyms are lumped together even in the survey itself. Most people don’t say the exact words that appear on the board. The loose pattern matching applies just as much to the survey as to the competition. And, yes, the additional information explains why this time was an exception, as “liverwurst” is being used as a word, and not for its meaning. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-survey-said-liverwurst-but-they-didnt-get-credit-for-saying-liver-sausage/639266/28 "2012-10-30T22:56:26Z")
I thought liver sausage and liverwurst were the same, although I always refer to it by the first term. ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-survey-said-liverwurst-but-they-didnt-get-credit-for-saying-liver-sausage/639266/29 "2012-10-30T23:26:11Z")
Liver pills ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-survey-said-liverwurst-but-they-didnt-get-credit-for-saying-liver-sausage/639266/30 "2012-10-31T15:52:38Z")
> [@hrhomer](#): > > I’m gonna go unfair. I’ve never seen a liver sausage OTHER THAN liverwurst / braunschweiger. If there existed a bratwurst-type, single-serving liver sausage, I’d go the other way, but in this reality, liverwurst = liver sausage. Oh Bratwurst ! I drool just hearing the name ! ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-survey-said-liverwurst-but-they-didnt-get-credit-for-saying-liver-sausage/639266/31 "2012-10-31T17:29:37Z")
I’ve now lost all respect for Family Feud. Oh wait I never had any! ---
**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-survey-said-liverwurst-but-they-didnt-get-credit-for-saying-liver-sausage/639266/32 "2012-10-31T23:42:07Z")
well wurst is German for sasuage so unfair ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-survey-said-liverwurst-but-they-didnt-get-credit-for-saying-liver-sausage/639266/33 "2012-11-01T00:01:53Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > I’ve now lost all respect for Family Feud. Oh wait I never had any! Female contestants on Family Feud all agreed Richard Dawson’s tongue had the consistency of liver. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-survey-said-liverwurst-but-they-didnt-get-credit-for-saying-liver-sausage/639266/34 "2012-11-01T01:39:20Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > I thought garbanzos and chickpeas were exactly the same thing. Ya, they are, just like liver sausage and /wurst are the same thing. I was going for two foods that are the same but have very different names which may throw the judges enough to issue a thumbs down. I wouldn’t agree with those judges either but ‘I could see’ and understand this occurring, especially on a survey-based show. Obviously, this was all before the question clarification on the OP. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-survey-said-liverwurst-but-they-didnt-get-credit-for-saying-liver-sausage/639266.md?page=1)