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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 Re: Scrabble #4723 09/07/00 02:39 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Is it difficult, for one who is bilingual, to remember which language set you're playing with, and therefore which words are "foreign" and illegal? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Scrabble #4724 09/07/00 03:57 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 R RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah R Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 > Is it difficult, for one who is bilingual, to remember which language set you're playing with, and therefore which words are "foreign" and illegal? The people I play Scrabble with, it's difficult to remember which is legal, foreign or otherwise in one language - but that's because they are all cheats ! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Scrabble #4725 09/07/00 04:19 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky The people I play Scrabble with...are all cheats ! Learned from you, did they? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Scrabble #4726 09/07/00 05:28 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 218 Mountain West, USA B Brandon enthusiast Brandon enthusiast B Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 218 Mountain West, USA The people I play Scrabble with are all cheats ! Long live the awesome power of the bluff. And bluffing isn't cheating. The Scrabble creators took this into account when they established a penalty for challenging a word and losing the challenge. It's tough to bluff true wordsmiths (which is why I'd never play tsuwm). One must have excellent wordsmithing skills for both the offensive and defensive positions of the game. Bluff, another word we owe to those Dutch settlers. Brandon Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Scrabble #4727 09/07/00 07:34 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 46 Canada A apples + oranges newbie apples + oranges newbie A Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 46 Canada >>Is it difficult, for one who is bilingual, to remember which language set you're playing with, and therefore which words are "foreign" and illegal? I don't get confused when I play English scrabble. I've never played Polish scrabble, but I don't think I'd have difficulty with it. Maybe it's because English and Polish are such different languages, but I suppose it's because I have always kept, or tried to keep, the two languages separate. "A sobering thought: what if, at this very moment, I am living up to my full potential?" JANE WAGNER Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,810 Members9,187 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Karin, JeffMackwood, artguitar, Jim_W, Rdbuffalo 9,187 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 748 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 15 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,852 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,944 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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