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    • Mistertoad
      Mistertoad last edited by

      I know this is a serious thread but I had to laugh over something the owners of our beautiful game said on the subject recently.

      It seems that more than 200 dictionary words have been removed from the Scrabble lexicon in the past year or so by Scrabble's board game owners, Mattel. A spokesman said:

      "I’ve heard the argument that these are just words, but we believe they have meaning."

      Er, yes. Quite so!

      [https://7news.com.au/entertainment/games/scrabble-bans-long-list-of-words-players-are-no-longer-allowed-to-use--c-2593627](link url)

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        A Former User @roymccoy last edited by

        @roymccoy gees how many names do you have?

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        • Gretchen Hunter
          Gretchen Hunter last edited by

          "Yoyo" is a word ... it is a toy (as well as a person who is a dolt). Add it.

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            KasloDavid last edited by

            The word "Medias" was allowed, and defined as the plural form of "media" . "Media" ITSELF is the plural form of "medium", is it not????? I believe you should remove "medias" from the list of acceptable words.

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              roymccoy @Mistertoad last edited by

              @mistertoad

              I can't upvote this, but thanks for posting it.

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              • haftoplay
                haftoplay @Guest last edited by

                @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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                  A Former User @haftoplay last edited by

                  @haftoplay All choices, I just know if I do not use them I do not have to apologize. 🙂

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                    bestofgdo @betterlate1 last edited by

                    @betterlate1 I am a Jew; my faith. It doesn't always mean swindle.

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                    • Mistertoad
                      Mistertoad @Guest last edited by

                      @betterlate1-0

                      Nahma Nadich (deputy director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston):

                      "I have a hard time seeing “goy” as anything but offensive. In my day job I often find it necessary to distinguish between Jews and non-Jews, as in “What it’s like to be a non-Jewish counselor at a Jewish summer camp” or “In Moscow, a non-Jewish physicist recalls helping build the Soviet Union’s only yeshiva.”

                      But the word “goy” has too much historical and linguistic baggage to be used as casually as “non-Jew” or “gentile.” It starts with the obvious slurs – like “goyishe kopf,” or gentile brains, which suggests (generously) a dullard, or “shikker iz a goy,” a gentile is a drunkard. “Goyishe naches” describes the kinds of things that a Jew mockingly presumes only a gentile would enjoy, like hunting, sailing and eating white bread."

                      https://www.jta.org/2019/04/22/culture/is-goy-a-slur

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                        A Former User @Mistertoad last edited by

                        @mistertoad said in Please remove the word 'jew':

                        Nahma Nadich
                        Being Jewish I have never seen or heard anyone use the word goy as to mean anything other than a Gentile. But, okay still choices to use or not. Jew is Jewish, jew is stereotype that all Jews are cheap.

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                          roymccoy @Pangloss last edited by

                          @pangloss said in Recommend addition/removal of words:

                          I could be wrong, but it's not Lexulous who besides the words right? These are determined by certain player associations so it will depend on what list we pick right? Or does Lexulous have its own set of dictionaries?

                          This question doesn't appear to have been answered, and I still have it. Is Lexulous modifying standard word lists or not? If it isn't, what's the point of this forum section? Thanks.

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                          • zoso thezephead
                            zoso thezephead @lolamoth last edited by

                            @lolamoth Absolutely YES.

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                            • zoso thezephead
                              zoso thezephead @bestofgdo last edited by

                              @bestofgdo So am I and that word was used many times in a derogatory manner when I was young and I don't need reminding about it.

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                                A Former User @jsm last edited by

                                @jsm Jew is not derogatory, jew is,

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                                  A Former User @Guest last edited by

                                  @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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                                    jrp32 @Carolyn Leverich Atkinson last edited by jrp32

                                    @carolyn-leverich-atkinson, I believe that the UK version of Lexulous now uses Collins Dictionary as the arbiter of acceptable words. And, unless they have changed in the last few months, it is known as CSW19 -- Collins Scrabble Words, 19th edition (or something).
                                    Lexulous used to use SOWPODS. An improperly formed acronym of OWL and OSPD developed by the Scrabble (TM) people to be used for UK play of Scrabble. I thought it imperfect, but it is the gold standard compared to the CSW. (I will explain what those acronyms are for anyone who does not know them, or they can be looked up.)
                                    Here is a recent example of how ridiculous it has become ZE is a valid "word" in CSW19 and hence, Lexulous. Paraphrasing, it is defined by Collins as 'indicative of an accent, usually french. As in "going to ze store" '.
                                    It is things such as this that caused me to go to "forget about trying to learn the valid words for play" and "go for the strategic aspects of the game".
                                    based on the silliness of including "ZE", i do expect that a two letter V word is not far away. Possibly "VA" as a particle of "VA VA VOOM"

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                                      jrp32 @Pangloss last edited by

                                      @pangloss, I believe that Lexulous is using the CSW19 (Collins Dictionary) now.

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                                      • Mistertoad
                                        Mistertoad last edited by

                                        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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                                          A Former User @Mistertoad last edited by

                                          @mistertoad I used it in UK play today

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                                          • Mistertoad
                                            Mistertoad @Guest last edited by

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

                                            Words starting with C.png

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