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  • MistertoadM Mistertoad

    @mistertoad

    As Kenneth Williams said in 'Carry On Cleo':
    "Infamy! Infamy! They've all got it in for me!"

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    Mistertoad
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    @mistertoad
    I am happy to report that 'CH' has now returned to my list. Strange!

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    • MistertoadM Mistertoad

      @mistertoad
      I am happy to report that 'CH' has now returned to my list. Strange!

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      @mistertoad Ch Ch Ch Ch Changes....

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      • Roslyn IrvineR Roslyn Irvine

        Pix is acceptable (for pictures), but vax is not acceptable for vaccine, not tix for tickets. This is not consistent.

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        @roslyn-irvine Pix has been used for years, vax is not widely used and tix is internet shortcut not commonly used. Possibility exists that as "words" are more widely used next time the dictionary updates they would include them

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        • Z zaph

          @lolamoth Actually, "fag" is valid, in the US dictionary at least.

          I have spoken to some Jewish people on here about the 'jew' issue, and most of them said if they have the letters they will play 'jew'.

          What is more amazing to me is that the N-word is in the US dictionary!

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          @zaph fag can be a cigarette and also bundle of twigs

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          • MistertoadM Mistertoad

            I used the 2-letter word "CH" in the last few days. Now it is no longer in the lists. Did I miss something?

            CH.png

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            @mistertoad CH is word in brit dictionary nut US

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            • haftoplayH haftoplay

              @betterlate1-0 I will play anything for points that has a j, f, c, k, t, whatever. once, I have abstained from playing nazi and trump

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              @haftoplay trump is the card that beats all others..and nazi is no longer capitalized because no Nazi is a good nazi. 🙂

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              • MistertoadM Mistertoad

                I used the 2-letter word "CH" in the last few days. Now it is no longer in the lists. Did I miss something?

                CH.png

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                jrp32
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                @mistertoad, i use CH all of the time.
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                https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/ch

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                • MistertoadM Mistertoad

                  @sparks
                  Thanks for the quick reply. Here is my Lexulous list. I cannot use 'CH'!

                  Words starting with C.png

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                  MapmakerE
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                  @mistertoad CH is in the UK list but not the US.

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                  • ? A Former User

                    @betterlate1-0 You are taking offence when it isn't given.
                    This is the new hobby of Americans as they/you don't have anything other than first world problems to groan about.
                    It is ultimately people like you, with your attitude, that makes things worse.
                    Nobody that I have seen in this website is interested in discrimination at all.
                    But as I have mentioned before, you are a troll, and this type of conversation is not welcome here. We play a game, we are not politicians or popes.
                    If this game is too intense for you, then I really don't know what a softer option is.
                    There is no two state solution in scrabble, only better play.

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                    zoso thezephead
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                    #110

                    @sparks No. I am Jewish and I find the verb 'jew' offensive and derogatory. I have no doubt that the person who plays it is has no intention of offending anyone. It is the word, not the player, that is offensive.

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                      The word TWAT should not be part of this game.

                      Merriam Webster's definition of twat:
                      1 slang, vulgar + offensive : a woman's sexual organs

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                      • J jsm

                        It is a simple noun - a person who is Jewish is a Jew. I don't think it is inherently derogatory although used that way by some.
                        Lots of words that are used derogatorily are in Lex (SOWPODS). I agree it feels weird to play them, but - it's a word game.

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                        @jsm a Jew is not to be confused with jew

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                        • zoso thezepheadZ zoso thezephead

                          @sparks No. I am Jewish and I find the verb 'jew' offensive and derogatory. I have no doubt that the person who plays it is has no intention of offending anyone. It is the word, not the player, that is offensive.

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                          @zoso-thezephead jew is intended to be offensive

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                          • M MapmakerE

                            @mistertoad CH is in the UK list but not the US.

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                            @mapmakere - "CH is in the UK list but not the US"
                            Thanks - that would explain why I don't always see it in my 'Dictionary' word lists. However ...

                            @jrp32 - Does Lexulous use the Collins dictionary? This would suggest CH can be used with both of the above lists. Maybe you always play with the UK list and never with the US?

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                            • MistertoadM Mistertoad

                              @mapmakere - "CH is in the UK list but not the US"
                              Thanks - that would explain why I don't always see it in my 'Dictionary' word lists. However ...

                              @jrp32 - Does Lexulous use the Collins dictionary? This would suggest CH can be used with both of the above lists. Maybe you always play with the UK list and never with the US?

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                              #115

                              @mistertoad, so far as I know, lexulous uses the CSW19 (Collins Scrabble Wordlist, 19th something) which is derived from the Collins Dictionary. And yes, i always play the UK list because it is even weirder than the US list (Whether they still use the TWL98+ for the US, I don't know, but they used to).
                              When i decided that the word lists used were ridiculous and illogical and all that mattered was that the string of letters was acceptsble for play, i went for the weirdest one with the most small and non-word words like "ch" and "ze".
                              Unlike the claim about to be made, just because something is printed in a dictionary, that does not make it an English word.

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                              • EmbraceableEweE EmbraceableEwe

                                Are we planning to ask for ALL derogatory words to be removed? How about commonly used profanity?

                                The set of words allowed in word games is normally a list of words that exist in the language, not a list of only the good and uplifting words.

                                I'm not arguing that anyone should use the verb form of "jew" in speech in polite society, but I expect all valid English words to show up in the game. That includes words that are derogatory or profane.

                                Not that it matters, but I am a capital-J Jew myself, and I've used the word in Lexulous. Not to endorse its use, but because I had the letters and it fit the game board.

                                Oversensitive political correctness is getting out of hand.

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                                jrp32
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                                @embraceableewe, how about OFAY? Look it up. Or use, https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/ofay

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                                • MistertoadM Mistertoad

                                  @sparks
                                  Thanks for the quick reply. Here is my Lexulous list. I cannot use 'CH'!

                                  Words starting with C.png

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                                  Rayger
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                                  @mistertoad That looks like the American dictionary two-letter word list: no ZO

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                                  • J jrp32

                                    @embraceableewe, how about OFAY? Look it up. Or use, https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/ofay

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                                    @jrp32
                                    Just to add a bit of confusion 🙂 I have always considered the word "ofay" to mean "be familiar" with. I have been ofay with the word all my life.

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                                    • R Rayger

                                      @mistertoad That looks like the American dictionary two-letter word list: no ZO

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                                      Mistertoad
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                                      @rayger - apologies but the reference escaped me - are you saying that CH is similar to ZO?

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                                      • MistertoadM Mistertoad

                                        @mapmakere - "CH is in the UK list but not the US"
                                        Thanks - that would explain why I don't always see it in my 'Dictionary' word lists. However ...

                                        @jrp32 - Does Lexulous use the Collins dictionary? This would suggest CH can be used with both of the above lists. Maybe you always play with the UK list and never with the US?

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                                        MapmakerE
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                                        @mistertoad Yes, I always use the UK list.

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                                        • MistertoadM Mistertoad

                                          @rayger - apologies but the reference escaped me - are you saying that CH is similar to ZO?

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                                          @mistertoad No, I'm saying that the reason CH disappeared from your list was that for the game for which you supplied a screenshot you were using the American dictionary, which leaves out several words familiar from the British English dictionary, including CH and ZO.

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