In article <6517mkF2d3at5U1@mid.individual.net>, Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> wrote: bill van <billvan@shawcanada.ca> wrote: In article <qKSdneSUJK0AqnbanZ2dnUVZ_ufinZ2d@speakeasy.net>, No, the rules were consistent, they just allowed for cheating under certain circumstances. It was kind of like politics in that regard. Ah, but those words you think of as examples
In article <Xns9A77DD4EE9E61944818cac31cddd2466d@207.115.33.102>, groo <afcagroo@gmail.com> wrote: bill van <billvan@shawcanada.ca> wrote: In article <yqidnV-UodlcFW_anZ2dnUVZ_urinZ2d@speakeasy.net>, huey.callison@gmail.com wrote: bill van <billvan@shawcanada.ca> wrote: Boron Elgar <boron_elgar@hotmail.com> wrote: One of the tricks is to examine
On Apr 1, 1:41 am, bill van <bill...@shawcanada.ca> wrote: In article <8d0af7dd-aa3c-49a4-a079-ee058db9c...@n58g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>, "Richard R. Hershberger" <rrhe...@acme.com> wrote: On Mar 31, 3:10 am, Peter Boulding <p...@UNSPAMpboulding.co.uk> wrote: On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:46:17 GMT, bill van <bill...@shawcanada.ca> wrote in <billvan-2003C4.18461530032
Peter Boulding wrote: On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:02:27 -0800, Ulo Melton <meltdown@sewergator.com> wrote in <8vetu39v6fdtdqvmmih8h8jhfj8l20p8mo@4ax.com>: Now, here's my beef with the dictionary. I'm sitting here at Scrabulous with the letters "EXILING" in my tray. There's a perfectly good "S" to hang them on. "EXILINGS". It works for me but not for the Scrabble dictionary. "BEATINGS"
Opus the Penguin wrote: [NOTE: Cross-posted to alt.fan.cecil-adams and alt.usage.english. I'm reading this in alt.fan.cecil-adams.] I understand both sides of the argument on the Scrabble dictionary. I agree that if a word is in any standard dictionary as an English word, it counts. But it seems to spoil the game when people study a dictionary to learn collocations of
