Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Scrabble Dictionary

CBCRadio: Scrabble Dictionary
The official Scrabble dictionary is adding nearly 3,000 new words to its pages including a handful of slang terms that have some players up in arms but as word spread at this scrabble tournament in Saskatoon... there were other emotions. We aired some tape of competitive Scrabble players at a recent tournament in Saskatoon reacting to the news that the Collins Official Scrabble Words Book -- the dictionary most commonly used in international Scrabble play -- is adding words such as Myspace, webzine, Facebook and Wiki as well as some slang such as innit --which means isn't it ... thang -- a substitute for thing and grrl, spelled g-r-r-r-l. Apparently either 2 or 3 r's are acceptable.

(The original site has a radio program where three scrabble enthusiasts comment on this addition of slang words to the dictionary.) Go there, via your computer, if you'd like to listen to it.)

For my own part, how can Myspace, Facebook and Wiki be added when they are capitalized??

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