Recommend addition/removal of words

roymccoy

@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

JD Scott

Please get rid of JEW, JEWED, and SPIC. Plus, any other slurs that I haven't seen yet.

@jd-scott no rule says you have to use those words, they are disgusting but they are legal words and if you remove them, some one might be more offended by the word white or pink or purple. Self censor is best censor.

Mistertoad

@jd-scott said in Recommend addition/removal of words:

Please get rid of JEW, JEWED, and SPIC. Plus, any other slurs that I haven't seen yet.

Of course there are many words which are offensive. However they do exist and they do appear in the dictionaries on which Scrabble games are based.

For example, if I am called a "Grammar Nazi" then the word 'Nazi' is being referenced to mean that I am too fussy about grammar rules and not with the intention of suggesting that I was a "Nazi" or behaving like one. In that case I should not complain about the word "Nazi" being used nor would I expect the word "Nazi" to be expunged when it is only being used as to say that I am excessively obsessed with the minutae of grammar rules. Context is all.

This whole subject has been debated in these forums many times and, basically, the conclusion was that, if a word appears in the dictionaries, then it can be used in Lexulous - no matter how offensive it may be. Commentators have suggested that complaints may be directed to those who compile the dictionaries themselves rather than to websites who merely reference their entries.

For interest, you might like to look at the Urban Dictionary website:
https://www.urbandictionary.com/. Offensive some of the entries may be yet free speech is of paramount important. You may come away feeling that many entries are discussed rationally, humorously and intelligently. I would naturally welcome further debate if you so wish. I hope none of this spoils your enjoyment of this website which gives so much pleasure to so many people.

Pangloss

@mistertoad I've said this before and I see this topic often discussed. I could be wrong, but I don't think the word lists are defined by the people who run Lexulous. There are two primary word lists Sowpods ("UK") and TWL ("US"). If there's a gripe with a word, you should probably contact the people who create these lists.
Edit - NASPA Word List (NWL)

Jootzy

@lexulous It seems to me macarena should be an accepted word since other dance styles are accepted.

EPjan

@lexulous Please add “paleo” to the word list. It is listed in Merriam-Webster in both capitalized and uncapitalized form. Thanks.

Pangloss

@epjan Okay. We'll get right on it.

MapmakerE

@pangloss LOL now "they" will think you're an admin.