She was close. But as the saying goes, close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. On an episode of “Wheel of Fortune” last week, a contestant barely missed out on solving a puzzle after she gave a broken English version of the phrase. The show has had a history of brutal defeats for contestants who couldn’t quite offer the right answer. Whether it was the college “Wheel of Fortune” episode where a student lost his chance at $1 million over not being able to pronounce Achilles or the contestant who confused flamenco and flamingo, getting the answer exactly on the dot is important. That …