Recommend addition/removal of words
-
@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.
-
@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.
-
@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.
-
@roymccoy yes, you are correct. I misread it. Thank you.
-
@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.
-
@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).
-
@rikki-bates yes, that’s correct. Thank you.
-
@roymccoy said in Recommend addition/removal of words:
@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).
I'm no linguist, but I would bet English has borrowed many words from other languages and left the accent marks behind.
Déjà vu? -
@anexparrot said in Recommend addition/removal of words:
I'm no linguist, but I would bet English has borrowed many words from other languages and left the accent marks behind.
Déjà vu?You don't need to be a linguist to know that. It doesn't justify wholesale abandonment in every case, however. Many accents are properly retained, and these should include the tilde in Spanish ñ. See e.g. http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Senor. I'm suppose MW is being "descriptive" in response to people's being too lazy or illiterate to type the ñ on their phones.
-
@sillypsybin never assume if you see it on Wiki it is real
