Here's a game for all the pedants like me out there. How many mistakes (not including the obviously wrong punctuation) can you find in the Scrabble board in the 12th June strip? There are at least three. And can you guess why the mistakes arose?
Actually, now I think about it, I'm going to change one of them now, as it is fairly silly (and easily-remedied).
Spot the Mistakes (12th June)
Well..
For one thing, there's no #'s on the tiles....
Um, sorry to say, I've never played much of the original scrabble game, just scrabble jr., so I don't really know any others...
This strip still rocks hard, though. Made me laugh and nod-nod, because... well, let's hear it for crazy intellectuals!!!
Um, sorry to say, I've never played much of the original scrabble game, just scrabble jr., so I don't really know any others...
This strip still rocks hard, though. Made me laugh and nod-nod, because... well, let's hear it for crazy intellectuals!!!
Re: Spot the Mistakes (12th June)
Did I say three? I meant four. (Cough.) But now only three again, since I added the white surround to the playing area.JimRob wrote:There are at least three.
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Sorry to ressurect an old topic, but I'm curious.
The few errors that spring to mind are probably not what you're after- the lack of scoring numbers on the tiles for one. I also don't play Scrabble enough, nor own a board to check for inconsistencies such as the board itself being the wrong dimensions in squares, the square coloration pattern is amiss, or to perhaps check and see if there's too many Qs or Xs represented.
"Requie", which I'll admit looking up, appears only in "Requiem" and similar words, not as itself. I don't have an unabridged or an OED handy, however... (I did, however, read The Professor and the Madman, does that count?)
I'm also unfamiliar enough with the rules as pertaining to abbreviations and apostrifications, or even whether slang is allowed.
So what are the three and what was the fourth?
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The few errors that spring to mind are probably not what you're after- the lack of scoring numbers on the tiles for one. I also don't play Scrabble enough, nor own a board to check for inconsistencies such as the board itself being the wrong dimensions in squares, the square coloration pattern is amiss, or to perhaps check and see if there's too many Qs or Xs represented.
"Requie", which I'll admit looking up, appears only in "Requiem" and similar words, not as itself. I don't have an unabridged or an OED handy, however... (I did, however, read The Professor and the Madman, does that count?)
I'm also unfamiliar enough with the rules as pertaining to abbreviations and apostrifications, or even whether slang is allowed.
So what are the three and what was the fourth?
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Fourth was a lack of white border around the board. (Judging from what JimRob said)
Third was a lack of scores on the thingymibobs.
Second was Requie ( tried 3 dictionarys, didn't come up in any, and yes, I don't have any work to do right now ^.^ )
First was Contumelx, which as far as I can see, is not a word... Unless there's more I can't see which is a distinct possibility seeing as I haven't a clue how big a scrabble board's supposed to be...
Well, that's just my two farthings on the matter...
Third was a lack of scores on the thingymibobs.
Second was Requie ( tried 3 dictionarys, didn't come up in any, and yes, I don't have any work to do right now ^.^ )
First was Contumelx, which as far as I can see, is not a word... Unless there's more I can't see which is a distinct possibility seeing as I haven't a clue how big a scrabble board's supposed to be...
Well, that's just my two farthings on the matter...
It's meant to say 'contumely', which is a word, even though it stopped being used in about 1850.
'Requie' is indeed a non-word; when I was drafting out the word, I didn't take into account the size of the board, so the 'm' was chopped off. The other mistake is (I think) 'mano', which is Italian, not English.
My Dad has a Czech scrabble set; it's probably the most difficult form of Scrabble in the world, as the Czech alphabet as about forty letters (including accents).
'Requie' is indeed a non-word; when I was drafting out the word, I didn't take into account the size of the board, so the 'm' was chopped off. The other mistake is (I think) 'mano', which is Italian, not English.
My Dad has a Czech scrabble set; it's probably the most difficult form of Scrabble in the world, as the Czech alphabet as about forty letters (including accents).
Czech Scrabble? Intriguing. I might actually play Scrabble if I can get a set in Cyrillic. Anyone know if such a thing exists, and where I might get it?JimRob wrote:It's meant to say 'contumely', which is a word, even though it stopped being used in about 1850.
'Requie' is indeed a non-word; when I was drafting out the word, I didn't take into account the size of the board, so the 'm' was chopped off. The other mistake is (I think) 'mano', which is Italian, not English.
My Dad has a Czech scrabble set; it's probably the most difficult form of Scrabble in the world, as the Czech alphabet as about forty letters (including accents).
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So... Wait, that's five mistakes? o.O
*cracks open the dictionarys* ( - yes, my dictionarys crack when I open them. )
Oh no, that's 4, well, three mistakes now. Mano is indeed a word;
"A hand-held stone or roller for grinding corn or other grains on a metate."
I thought it was a word. Still, best to check, and I've checked 'em all o.O
And I thought contumelx was supposed to be 'contumely' but an X in there is a bit unforgiveable... ^.^
*cracks open the dictionarys* ( - yes, my dictionarys crack when I open them. )
Oh no, that's 4, well, three mistakes now. Mano is indeed a word;
"A hand-held stone or roller for grinding corn or other grains on a metate."
I thought it was a word. Still, best to check, and I've checked 'em all o.O
And I thought contumelx was supposed to be 'contumely' but an X in there is a bit unforgiveable... ^.^
No, it's definitely a Y. That it looks like an X is beside the point.
Yep. Versions for various languages, including Russian, are available. You'd have to get the specific language you wanted, as the point scores and tile distributions are different. And I'd guess you could order them direct from MB, but you might have to pay a bit for international postage from the country in question.ScottE wrote:Czech Scrabble? Intriguing. I might actually play Scrabble if I can get a set in Cyrillic. Anyone know if such a thing exists, and where I might get it?
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Crap... I should have noticed that... >sigh< the powers of the leaving party, or the alchol to be more specific...
For some wierd reason the powers of the brain (mine at least) always seem to associate with the lower case letter, so, sorry about that. If it was a lower case 'y' (slanted lowe bitty) I may have caught on quicker. Sorry. I'm guessing it's something along the lines of that how many 'E's are in the piece of text puzzle, for some wierd reason most people didn't count the capitals... or was that Lower Cases?... ARRR! Head... Brain... Bad...
*returns to crying softly with a pillow over his head*
I'm so so SO screwed on Monday...
For some wierd reason the powers of the brain (mine at least) always seem to associate with the lower case letter, so, sorry about that. If it was a lower case 'y' (slanted lowe bitty) I may have caught on quicker. Sorry. I'm guessing it's something along the lines of that how many 'E's are in the piece of text puzzle, for some wierd reason most people didn't count the capitals... or was that Lower Cases?... ARRR! Head... Brain... Bad...
*returns to crying softly with a pillow over his head*
I'm so so SO screwed on Monday...
I wouldn't consider one of them being a non-english word as a "mistake", personally.
In the recent Scrabble championships- yes Virginia, there is such a thing- the winner used, as I recall, a Thailandic slang word, an eighteenth-century Japanese deity's name, and... something Norwegian, as I recall.
I suppose it depends on the rules. If it's merely a provable-to-exist word... well heck, then why not allow "kwyjibo", which was used three times in a Simpsons episode?
Czechoslovakian Scrabble? One presumes the bag contains somewhat more Zs and Vs than an American one...
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In the recent Scrabble championships- yes Virginia, there is such a thing- the winner used, as I recall, a Thailandic slang word, an eighteenth-century Japanese deity's name, and... something Norwegian, as I recall.
I suppose it depends on the rules. If it's merely a provable-to-exist word... well heck, then why not allow "kwyjibo", which was used three times in a Simpsons episode?
Czechoslovakian Scrabble? One presumes the bag contains somewhat more Zs and Vs than an American one...
Rennen
Seems that MB neither imports nor manufactures nonegnlish versions of Scrabble anymore, so my only hope is finding it used somewhere.JimRob wrote:Yep. Versions for various languages, including Russian, are available. You'd have to get the specific language you wanted, as the point scores and tile distributions are different. And I'd guess you could order them direct from MB, but you might have to pay a bit for international postage from the country in question.ScottE wrote:Czech Scrabble? Intriguing. I might actually play Scrabble if I can get a set in Cyrillic. Anyone know if such a thing exists, and where I might get it?
Aaand eBay is not likely to be it anytime soon. A set from 1954 is (as of this wiritng) at $71. Feh.
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