Word Request - Yakub, Yakubian, etc.
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I request that the words Yakub and Yakubian be added to the game based on these merits:
In the beliefs of the Nation of Islam (NOI), Yakub (sometimes spelled Yacub or Yaqub) was a black scientist who lived 6,600 years ago and began the creation of the white race.
I believe it is anti-semetic and possibly even racist to not include these words in your game. Thank you.
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@therizzler You may please see: https://forum.lexulous.com/topic/30/recommend-addition-removal-of-words
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@therizzler This is a joke, right? Those words are not in any online dictionary. Apparently they are only used by the Nation of Islam.
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@therizzler - I found your post to be very interesting, certainly raises a lot of issues to think about. The 'story' partially concerns the identification of Jacob (Genesis) with Yacub (Nation of Islam). The truth of this story is the subject of a religious debate over the ages. Is it racist or not? I don't know, nothing is clear. Whether this is relevant to Scrabble player dictionaries, I have no idea.
WIKI seems to suggest that Yacub and Yacubian might be offensive to various groups i.e. Blacks, Whites and Jews. So, 'TheRizzler', if you are concerned about racist vibes, perhaps it might be best NOT to include Yacub, Yacubian and so on, at all?
Anyway, that's what I get from the WIKI link which has been provided here. I believe you can edit the WIKI page yourself if you think it's wrong or perhaps provide another link here to illuminate the debate.
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@mistertoad Are proper names allowed? Jacob? England? English?
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@thatguythere202 said in Word Request - Yakub, Yakubian, etc.:
@mistertoad Are proper names allowed? Jacob? England? English?
Good question. Jacob and England are not allowed, according to Lexulous' US Search option at:
https://www.lexulous.com/v2/gameresourcesHowever, English is allowed - presumably because it is an adjective (more or less?) rather than a proper noun.
There is a page in the forum about this somewhere but I can't find it at the moment. If anyone knows where to find this Lexulous page which has full details of which words are allowed and what are not, please let us know!
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@mistertoad my guess would be that English (or maybe "english") is acceptable as a word in certain games (in billiards one can "put some english" on a shot). Similarly, graphic artists use india ink, and when guests come over I bring out the good china: turning proper nouns into common ones! (of course I do still frequently see words being accept in the game when I had assumed they would be disallowed because of capitalization issues...)
