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Mattel changes Scrabble rules for the first time -- (link)

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Apr 6 '10, 07:19

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Let there be proper nouns! (www.telegraph.co.uk)

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Stolen from elsewhere: They need to introduce the dollar sign so you can play "Ke$ha". -- nm - Reagen Apr 6, 07:51 1
- Use a blank. -- nm - Dano Apr 6, 08:13
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- technically it's true. I mean, they're wrong, but people were debating it. -- nm - Reagen Apr 6, 07:43 4
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    - It's the first paragraph - it's supposed to hook you into reading the rest of the article, not be factually accurate -- nm - Roger More Apr 6, 07:51 2
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        It's a lifestyle story for entertainment - and look at the other popular stories on the Telegraph's website that this story is competing against - Roger More Apr 6, 07:59
- Exactly -- nm - SyrDragon Apr 6, 07:40
- Lazy journalism. But I expecty people have debated about whether words like 'john' or 'zen' are proper nouns or not -- nm - Roger More Apr 6, 07:40 1
  - iirc, john is acceptable, Zen is not. -- nm - znufrii Apr 6, 07:42
In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics! And we use the rules of Scrabble that I was raised with! -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 07:27 8
- ooh, do you accept QI as a word? my best friend pretty much refuses to acknowledge it. -- nm - Andie Apr 6, 07:28 7
  - "QI" has saved my Q multiple times. -- nm - Dano Apr 6, 08:16
  - if it's in the dictionary ... -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 07:31 4
    - It's in the Scrabble dictionary. -- nm - mara Apr 6, 07:31 3
      - the NEWer Scrabble dictionaries. but if Bery is going by the rules he grew up with it, it isn't. - Andie Apr 6, 07:34 2
        
        This sounds like a scam to sell more Scrabble dictionaries -- nm - Roger More Apr 6, 07:46
        
        I didn't say the scrabble dictionary specifically. :) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 07:35
  - Doesn't sound like a best friend to me. nm - Dignan Apr 6, 07:29
ugh. -- nm - znufrii Apr 6, 07:23
this displeases me. -- nm - Andie Apr 6, 07:23
Next: IM slang. nm - Dignan Apr 6, 07:23 5
- Fear Denise1234. -- nm - Reagen Apr 6, 07:24 4
  - kthxbye - triple word score. nm - Dignan Apr 6, 07:26 3
    - tacks a "ROF" on in front of your "LOL" - prayformojo Apr 6, 07:28 2
      - OMG. - Beryllium Apr 6, 07:31
      - *adds a Z* nm - Dignan Apr 6, 07:30
Sacrilege. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 6, 07:21
"Y" has become a lot more valuable. -- nm - Reagen Apr 6, 07:20

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