Someone HAD to post this.
Posted on 04/06/2010 4:09:34 PM PDT by sand lake bar
The rules of word game Scrabble are being changed for the first time in its history to allow the use of proper nouns, games company Mattel has said.
Place names, people's names and company names or brands will now count.
Mattel, which brings out a new version of the game containing amended rules in July, hopes the change will encourage younger people to play.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
RLFO!
Oh-oh..My mom is gonna be pissed. You do NOT mess with scrabble rules. Except the timer. She hates that thing.
This has got to be one of the most clever E-mails I’ve received in A while. Someone out there either has too much spare time or is deadly at Scrabble. (Wait till you see the last one)!
DORMITORY: When you rearrange the letters: DIRTY ROOM
PRESBYTERIAN: When you rearrange the letters: BEST IN PRAYER
ASTRONOMER: When you rearrange the letters: MOON STARER
DESPERATION: When you rearrange the letters: A ROPE ENDS IT
THE EYES: When you rearrange the letters: THEY SEE
GEORGE BUSH: When you rearrange the letters: HE BUGS GORE
THE MORSE CODE : When you rearrange the letters: HERE COME DOTS
SLOT MACHINES: When you rearrange the letters: CASH LOST IN ME
ANIMOSITY: When you rearrange the letters: IS NO AMITY
ELECTION RESULTS: When you rearrange the letters: LIES - LET’S RECOUNT
SNOOZE ALARMS: When you rearrange the letters: ALAS! NO MORE Z ‘S
A DECIMAL POINT: When you rearrange the letters: I’M A DOT IN PLACE
THE EARTHQUAKES: When you rearrange the letters: THAT QUEER SHAKE
ELEVEN PLUS TWO: When you rearrange the letters: TWELVE PLUS ONE
AND FOR THE GRAND FINALE:
MOTHER-IN-LAW: When you rearrange the letters: WOMAN HITLER
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Dumbed down Scrabble?
More evidence society is dumbing down, and taking the path of least resistance.
Oh brother... now they’re dumbing down Scrabble too... it’s because the kids don’t know enough words so they have to throw in proper nouns so they can spell Harry Potter.
That’s funny; only a Scrabble lover can truly appreciate the humor.
woot woot - yo.
“Jew” is never a legal word in Scrabble, because it’s capitalized. When spelled with a lower-case letter, “jew” is officially accepted. However, spelling “jew” with a lower-case letter turns it from a noun or adjective into a verb—specifically it’s a racially offensive verb meaning “haggle.” Many game publishers thus put it on the list of officially-legal-but-banned-nevertheless words like n... well, you get the idea.
I have no idea why any program would accept “muslim.” I can’t see any evidence that there’s an accepted lower-case spelling.
Actually, in the OWL (”Official Word List,” USA’s standard), “Jew” is there — maybe in OSW (Britain’s list) too. It is a verb so “Jews” and “Jewed” are good too.
It is not in SOPD (”Scrabble Official Players’ Dictionary”)
because the verb is considered offensive.
-PJ
Jasmine will work, as will Jazzmyn, Jazmine, Jaszmen, Jazmyn, etc.
Dumbing Scrabble Down.
Someone HAD to post this.
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We have “House Rules” for Monopoly too (AA Batteries count when ya run out of Monopoly Money, buttons and pennies count if the player is under 7 years of age)
TT
The kids just wanted to score points by playing “OBAMA”.
best. response. evar.
No, not the dumbing down of Scrabble, my favorite game!
Well done!
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