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    @mistertoad said in Recommend addition/removal of words:

    PATTYCAKE appears on various websites but dictionaries such as Merriam-Webster only list it as PATTY-CAKE i.e. a combination of two separate words.

    I could care less. I was only goofing on sillypsybin's PATAPHYSICAL.

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    @roymccoy said in Recommend addition/removal of words:

    I could care less. I was only goofing on sillypsybin's PATAPHYSICAL.

    And a mere toad is expected to know this, how?
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    • MistertoadM Mistertoad

      @roymccoy said in Recommend addition/removal of words:

      I could care less. I was only goofing on sillypsybin's PATAPHYSICAL.

      And a mere toad is expected to know this, how?
      🙂

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      @mistertoad
      I had no expectations.

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      • MistertoadM Mistertoad

        @roymccoy 'Tis a secret! The thread you quote comes to no definite conclusion - merely started another round of speculation 🙂

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        @mistertoad said in Recommend addition/removal of words:

        'Tis a secret! The thread you quote comes to no definite conclusion - merely started another round of speculation

        I've seen similar explanations elsewhere. The "US" dictionary is one and the "UK" is another. Since the dictionary is in the game I don't see any compelling reason to be concerned with the particular editions.

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        • R roymccoy

          @mistertoad said in Recommend addition/removal of words:

          PATTYCAKE appears on various websites but dictionaries such as Merriam-Webster only list it as PATTY-CAKE i.e. a combination of two separate words.

          I could care less. I was only goofing on sillypsybin's PATAPHYSICAL.

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          @roymccoy PATTY-PHYSICAL is hyphenated. I looked it up on Wiki. 😂

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          • MistertoadM Mistertoad

            @l-j said in Recommend addition/removal of words:

            I'm sure they'll be really interested in people's opinions

            I'm not sure if that was sarcasm or not 🙂
            I would think that the people compling dictionaries have to be aware of what the opinion of the general public is, yes? It's not just an academic exercise.

            I imagine they would have be interested in people's opinions.

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            @mistertoad fair point. Ok well it's taken a while but I have found what looks like a genuine word removal/addition request board for the Cambridge Dictionary so maybe if people are serious about getting words added or removed from the dictionary they should try using this. There's also a list of current words that they are asking people to vote on whether they believe should be added or not. I'm assuming to add a word to this list, you just click 'leave comment' at the top. Here it is https://dictionaryblog.cambridge.org/

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            • S Sillypsybin

              @roymccoy PATTY-PHYSICAL is hyphenated. I looked it up on Wiki. 😂

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              @sillypsybin said in Recommend addition/removal of words:

              PATTY-PHYSICAL is hyphenated. I looked it up on Wiki.

              I've requested the unhyphenated variant at dictionaryblog.cambridge.org.

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                @sillypsybin said in Recommend addition/removal of words:

                PATTY-PHYSICAL is hyphenated. I looked it up on Wiki.

                I've requested the unhyphenated variant at dictionaryblog.cambridge.org.

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                @roymccoy Phew! I'm much relieved now.

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                  EXOTHERM is a word. Please add it to your list of approved words.

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                    I thought GAMEPLAN was a single word these days. I was wrong.

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                      I thought GAMEPLAN was a single word these days. I was wrong.

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                      @dan said in Recommend addition/removal of words:

                      I thought GAMEPLAN was a single word these days. I was wrong.

                      I was going to say you were right and that it could be – citing Google, which I expected to deliver tons of one-word GAMEPLANs. It did – but nearly all of the first hundred of them were proper nouns, so it looks like you were basically wrong after all.

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                        You may use this topic for recommending words to be added/removed from the Lexulous Word Lists.

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                        @lexulous Please add the word Gaelic. This is the language that is spoken in Scotland, and just as Welsh or French or many other languages are allowable words, I do not understand why Gaelic is not included.

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                        • Caroline RussellC Caroline Russell

                          @lexulous Please add the word Gaelic. This is the language that is spoken in Scotland, and just as Welsh or French or many other languages are allowable words, I do not understand why Gaelic is not included.

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                          @caroline-russell said in Recommend addition/removal of words:

                          @lexulous Please add the word Gaelic. This is the language that is spoken in Scotland, and just as Welsh or French or many other languages are allowable words, I do not understand why Gaelic is not included.

                          I believe that your examples are of languages that are also verbs in English. Like for instance "japan" is allowed because it means "to give a high gloss to" but "Japanese" is not allowed because it is a proper noun.

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                            My opponent played the word NORTENNAS, which the Lexulous dictionary says is invalid. He got 79 points and I’m not happy. How can this be corrected?

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                              @betterlate1-0 even if it's derogatory, it's still a word, isn't it? You cant just get the dictionary to remove words because you're offended by them.

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                              @l-j consideration of others is a virtue. I know lot of words I would not use, I know more words that are more polite

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                              • Tammy Allen HartsfieldT Tammy Allen Hartsfield

                                My opponent played the word NORTENNAS, which the Lexulous dictionary says is invalid. He got 79 points and I’m not happy. How can this be corrected?

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                                @tammy-allen-hartsfield said in Recommend addition/removal of words:

                                My opponent played the word NORTENNAS, which the Lexulous dictionary says is invalid. He got 79 points and I’m not happy. How can this be corrected?

                                Are you sure he didn't play NORTENAS, which is accepted? I suspect this is what may have happened. If not, a screenshot would be helpful in determining that the error actually did occur and in what context.

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                                • R roymccoy

                                  @tammy-allen-hartsfield said in Recommend addition/removal of words:

                                  My opponent played the word NORTENNAS, which the Lexulous dictionary says is invalid. He got 79 points and I’m not happy. How can this be corrected?

                                  Are you sure he didn't play NORTENAS, which is accepted? I suspect this is what may have happened. If not, a screenshot would be helpful in determining that the error actually did occur and in what context.

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                                  @roymccoy Must have been the word nortenas (one 'n' not two), which would be the plural form of nortena (definition: an inhabitant or native of northern Mexico). It's legit.

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                                  • Rikki BatesR Rikki Bates

                                    @roymccoy Must have been the word nortenas (one 'n' not two), which would be the plural form of nortena (definition: an inhabitant or native of northern Mexico). It's legit.

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                                    @rikki-bates said in Recommend addition/removal of words:

                                    @roymccoy Must have been the word nortenas (one 'n' not two), which would be the plural form of nortena (definition: an inhabitant or native of northern Mexico). It's legit.

                                    You agree as to this likelihood, then. I don't approve of this inclusion, as ñ is a different letter in Spanish and I don't think Lexulous should allow e.g. senor or manana either. But it does, and if a word's accepted that's what counts in the game.

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                                    • R roymccoy

                                      @tammy-allen-hartsfield said in Recommend addition/removal of words:

                                      My opponent played the word NORTENNAS, which the Lexulous dictionary says is invalid. He got 79 points and I’m not happy. How can this be corrected?

                                      Are you sure he didn't play NORTENAS, which is accepted? I suspect this is what may have happened. If not, a screenshot would be helpful in determining that the error actually did occur and in what context.

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                                      @roymccoy yes, you are correct. I misread it. Thank you.

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                                      • R roymccoy

                                        @rikki-bates said in Recommend addition/removal of words:

                                        @roymccoy Must have been the word nortenas (one 'n' not two), which would be the plural form of nortena (definition: an inhabitant or native of northern Mexico). It's legit.

                                        You agree as to this likelihood, then. I don't approve of this inclusion, as ñ is a different letter in Spanish and I don't think Lexulous should allow e.g. senor or manana either. But it does, and if a word's accepted that's what counts in the game.

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                                        Mistertoad
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                                        @roymccoy
                                        You're opening a can of worms (or in Mistertoad's case, maybe a barrel of frogs) 🙂

                                        Although MW accepts both senor and manana ...

                                        https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/senor
                                        https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manana

                                        ... It has the tilde in mañana but NOT the one in señor ie it accepts senor but not mañana! Go figure.

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                                        • MistertoadM Mistertoad

                                          @roymccoy
                                          You're opening a can of worms (or in Mistertoad's case, maybe a barrel of frogs) 🙂

                                          Although MW accepts both senor and manana ...

                                          https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/senor
                                          https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manana

                                          ... It has the tilde in mañana but NOT the one in señor ie it accepts senor but not mañana! Go figure.

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                                          @mistertoad said in Recommend addition/removal of words:

                                          ... It has the tilde in mañana but NOT the one in señor ie it accepts senor but not mañana! Go figure.

                                          I figure MW screwed up (on SENOR, not MAÑANA).

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