The Countdown presenter, 32, who is a staple on the line-up for the Channel 4 show’s post-watershed spin-off, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, revealed an interesting fact about the clitoris after talk turned to the etymology of words. Rachel Riley’s co-star and Dictionary Corner favourite Susie Dent, 54, told the cast how one question she had received recently had been from an “elderly lady” who asked: “What does the ‘G’ stand for in G spot?” Amid titters from the studio audience, host Jimmy Carr, 46, replied: “What does it stand for?” Susie obligingly explained: “It stands for a guy called Ernst Gräfenberg who was the lucky guy who found it.”
Jimmy and Cats Does Countdown captains Sean Lock, 55, and Jon Richardson, 36, laughed.
Guest contestant and comedienne Sara Pascoe, 37, then chipped in with an unexpected addition to the explanation.
“There’s a woman called Beverly Whipple who actually discovered it and didn’t want it named after her,” she said.
“It was going to be called Whipple’s Tickle but she didn’t want her
