Quote from: keefe on October 30, 2013, 03:28:07 PM
How the hell did you know this? That has to be one of the most obscure nuggets...
I tried to play the word in Words with Friends (scrabble like app) and it wouldn't work. So then I went to Google and put in "Jew scrabble" and found the story. "J" and "W" are big letter scores and I don't like losing. ;D
Quote from: ChicosBailBonds on October 30, 2013, 04:55:57 PM
I tried to play the word in Words with Friends (scrabble like app) and it wouldn't work. So then I went to Google and put in "Jew scrabble" and found the story. "J" and "W" are big letter scores and I don't like losing. ;D
I can imagine you got some other interesting results by Googling "Jew Scrabble".....
Quote from: warriorchick on October 30, 2013, 05:35:40 PM
I can imagine you got some other interesting results by Googling "Jew Scrabble".....
Let's take a look
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=jew+scrabble
Quote from: ChicosBailBonds on October 30, 2013, 05:39:41 PM
Let's take a look
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=jew+scrabble
Mazel Tov, Chico!
Quote from: slack00 on October 30, 2013, 02:17:15 PM
November 10 and January 26 - Vander Blue v David Cubillan
Have a link to the full schedule? Going to Israel in April, I suppose there's a less than 1% chance I would get lost and step into a gym.
Quote from: ChicosBailBonds on October 30, 2013, 04:55:57 PM
I tried to play the word in Words with Friends (scrabble like app) and it wouldn't work. So then I went to Google and put in "Jew scrabble" and found the story. "J" and "W" are big letter scores and I don't like losing. ;D
Could using the word "quone" also be considered "Jew scrabble?"
Quote from: ChicosBailBonds on October 30, 2013, 05:39:41 PM
Let's take a look
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=jew+scrabble
Any polls out there to indicate that the by definition offensive "jew someone down" isn't really offensive? Don't know if you missed it but Charles Krauthammer recently came down on the side of the "words have meanings" crowd in the redskin debate. Guess he's just another PC, grievance peddling, lefty wingnut. LOL
Quote from: Lennys Tap on October 30, 2013, 08:33:40 PM
Any polls out there to indicate that the by definition offensive "jew someone down" isn't really offensive? Don't know if you missed it but Charles Krauthammer recently came down on the side of the "words have meanings" crowd in the redskin debate. Guess he's just another PC, grievance peddling, lefty wingnut. LOL
I don't know, feel free to check if there is a poll....I just find it odd that the word is not in Scrabble. Jesus was a Jew. It's a word.
I did notice Charles said to just call them the SKINS, and drop the red. His opinion. Personally, I think they should do exactly what I recommended Marquette do. Change the logo. MU keep the Warriors, change the logo. The Redskins should keep the name and change the logo....the logo can be the redskin potatoes. Problem solved.
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Another suggestion
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Quote from: BCHoopster on October 30, 2013, 03:16:14 PM
Chico, did not earlier have a chance to read the blog sent, very interesting. Thanks. Of course, goy, is a yiddish term for non-jew
This year, Vander will hear from the sidelines, "You're my Goy Blue!"
Quote from: ChicosBailBonds on October 30, 2013, 11:50:13 PM
I don't know, feel free to check if there is a poll....I just find it odd that the word is not in Scrabble. Jesus was a Jew. It's a word.
Christian is a "word," too, as are Muslim, Buddhist and Hindu.
None are allowed in Scrabble because each is a proper noun.
You can't use Charles or Missouri or Brazil or Jupiter or, for that matter, Jesus, either.
It's a rule. Every game has to have rules. The creators of Scrabble and those who have followed in the rules department decided to make that a rule. No proper nouns.
It's like saying, "You should be allowed to score a basket by shooting from under the hoop, having it go up through the bottom of the rim and then back down into the basket." No you shouldn't. Why? Because it's a rule. Why? Because it is.
Not a difficult concept here.
Quote from: MU82 on October 31, 2013, 07:44:41 AM
Christian is a "word," too, as are Muslim, Buddhist and Hindu.
None are allowed in Scrabble because each is a proper noun.
You can't use Charles or Missouri or Brazil or Jupiter or, for that matter, Jesus, either.
It's a rule. Every game has to have rules. The creators of Scrabble and those who have followed in the rules department decided to make that a rule. No proper nouns.
It's like saying, "You should be allowed to score a basket by shooting from under the hoop, having it go up through the bottom of the rim and then back down into the basket." No you shouldn't. Why? Because it's a rule. Why? Because it is.
Not a difficult concept here.
There is also a colloquial and offensive (by definition) use of the word jew -to jew someone down, as in getting him to lower a price. Scrabble has decided not to allow the word which evidently bothers Chico. I don't think they allow the n word either, which likely offends him also.
Quote from: MU82 on October 31, 2013, 07:44:41 AM
Christian is a "word," too, as are Muslim, Buddhist and Hindu.
None are allowed in Scrabble because each is a proper noun.
You can't use Charles or Missouri or Brazil or Jupiter or, for that matter, Jesus, either.
It's a rule. Every game has to have rules. The creators of Scrabble and those who have followed in the rules department decided to make that a rule. No proper nouns.
It's like saying, "You should be allowed to score a basket by shooting from under the hoop, having it go up through the bottom of the rim and then back down into the basket." No you shouldn't. Why? Because it's a rule. Why? Because it is.
Not a difficult concept here.
Nah, foaming at mouth, faux outrage, political correctness gone amok and assumed persecution is way easier, and more fun.
Quote from: ChicosBailBonds on October 30, 2013, 11:50:13 PM
I don't know, feel free to check if there is a poll....I just find it odd that the word is not in Scrabble. Jesus was a Jew. It's a word.
You'll notice that you capitalized the word Jew....because it's a proper noun....which are not allowed in Scrabble.
Quote from: PuertoRicanNightmare on October 30, 2013, 07:59:07 PM
Could using the word "quone" also be considered "Jew scrabble?"
If your patient is a mench and gets difficult, you quone him.
Quote from: MU82 on October 31, 2013, 07:44:41 AM
Christian is a "word," too, as are Muslim, Buddhist and Hindu.
None are allowed in Scrabble because each is a proper noun.
You can't use Charles or Missouri or Brazil or Jupiter or, for that matter, Jesus, either.
It's a rule. Every game has to have rules. The creators of Scrabble and those who have followed in the rules department decided to make that a rule. No proper nouns.
It's like saying, "You should be allowed to score a basket by shooting from under the hoop, having it go up through the bottom of the rim and then back down into the basket." No you shouldn't. Why? Because it's a rule. Why? Because it is.
Not a difficult concept here.
Logic has no place here.
Please stop posting.
Quote from: The Sultan of Syncopation on October 30, 2013, 07:45:19 AM
Mark your calendars....January 12, 2014....Vander Blue v. Niv Berkowitz.
Vander, my friend, I will break you on January 12!
Quote from: MU82 on October 31, 2013, 07:44:41 AM
Christian is a "word," too, as are Muslim, Buddhist and Hindu.
None are allowed in Scrabble because each is a proper noun.
You can't use Charles or Missouri or Brazil or Jupiter or, for that matter, Jesus, either.
It's a rule. Every game has to have rules. The creators of Scrabble and those who have followed in the rules department decided to make that a rule. No proper nouns.
It's like saying, "You should be allowed to score a basket by shooting from under the hoop, having it go up through the bottom of the rim and then back down into the basket." No you shouldn't. Why? Because it's a rule. Why? Because it is.
Not a difficult concept here.
I think you missed the link I had earlier. Originally, the word was allowed in Scrabble. It was removed after a protest started by Judith Grad, an art gallery owner in 1978. Her protests were originally denied. Took almost 20 years.
In 1996, the word was removed from the game along with over 100 other words.
I appreciate Lenny and Guns talking of logic......that doesn't explain the word was part of the game, proper noun or no proper noun. It was removed in the third edition of the game in 1996 due to a protest. Not that hard...and yes, rules are rules and the original rules ALLOWED THE WORD.
Scrabble players were pissed. In addition to Jew being removed, so was Honky, blowjob, pissed, fart, peed, papist, etc. Another word was removed....Jesuit. I'm not making this up. Players in tournaments threatened boycotts so the president of the National Scrabble Association sought a compromise. There was the official list for the recreational players and there would be the expanded non PC list that could be used for tournaments, etc.
Google it if you wish. http://scrabble.wonderhowto.com/inspiration/controversy-changed-scrabble-0114722/
There's a National Scrabble Association? Are they the ones spying on people?
Quote from: PuertoRicanNightmare on October 31, 2013, 09:52:57 AM
There's a National Scrabble Association? Are they the ones spying on people?
They apparently are spying on Jews, Honkys and Jesuits.
I saw a TV program about the National Scrabble Tournament. And I thought those Spelling Bee kids were nerds........
Quote from: ChicosBailBonds on October 31, 2013, 09:36:44 AM
I think you missed the link I had earlier. Originally, the word was allowed in Scrabble. It was removed after a protest started by Judith Grad, an art gallery owner in 1978. Her protests were originally denied. Took almost 20 years.
In 1996, the word was removed from the game along with over 100 other words.
I appreciate Lenny and Guns talking of logic......that doesn't explain the word was part of the game, proper noun or no proper noun. It was removed in the third edition of the game in 1996 due to a protest. Not that hard...and yes, rules are rules and the original rules ALLOWED THE WORD.
Scrabble players were pissed. In addition to Jew being removed, so was Honky, blowjob, pissed, fart, peed, papist, etc. Another word was removed....Jesuit. I'm not making this up. Players in tournaments threatened boycotts so the president of the National Scrabble Association sought a compromise. There was the official list for the recreational players and there would be the expanded non PC list that could be used for tournaments, etc.
Google it if you wish. http://scrabble.wonderhowto.com/inspiration/controversy-changed-scrabble-0114722/
Life was so much better in the 1950s when you could use racial slurs in Scrabble tournaments.
Quote from: Archies Bat on October 31, 2013, 09:55:14 AM
They apparently are spying on Jews, Honkys and Jesuits.
and dont forget about Negroes
Quote from: The Sultan of Syncopation on October 31, 2013, 09:56:39 AM
Life was so much better in the 1950s when you could use racial slurs in Scrabble tournaments.
Let me google that for you..... http://lmgtfy.com/?q=definition+of+jew
Jew
jo͞o/
noun
noun: Jew; plural noun: Jews
1. a member of the people and cultural community whose traditional religion is Judaism and who trace their origins through the ancient Hebrew people of Israel to Abraham.
Let me use it in a sentence. As Vander Blue took the court, he was cheered on by many Arabs and Jews in attendance for his first game in the Israeli Basketball League. A peace accord was in site, all thanks to Vander Blue.
Quote from: ChicosBailBonds on October 31, 2013, 11:12:16 AM
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=definition+of+jew
Did you even follow the link you created? Because the definition of "jew" that it brought up was the following...the first of which is a proper noun and therefore ineligible to be used in Scrabble, the second of which is "offensive." So I think you just proved my point.
noun: Jew; plural noun: Jews
1. a member of the people and cultural community whose traditional religion is Judaism and who trace their origins through the ancient Hebrew people of Israel to Abraham.
verb offensive
1. bargain with someone in a miserly or petty way.
Quote from: TAMU Eagle on October 31, 2013, 08:20:15 AM
You'll notice that you capitalized the word Jew....because it's a proper noun....which are not allowed in Scrabble.
Again, read the link. The word was outlawed not because it was a proper noun. It was in the game for decades, and removed in the 3rd edition due to protest.
There are a number of words that are proper nouns that are allowed in scrabble that have multiple uses.
cliff (a proper noun and also a regular noun)
ben
baker
bob
chico ;D
dale
tommy
timothy
ted
100's of others
etc, etc
Incidentally, Jesuit was allowed back in after it was taken out. They were for it before they were against it and before they were for it again.
I just hope the newscasters stop using the word jew moving forward to describe people of the jewish religion, it is so upsetting.
What exactly are you arguing Chicos? That "jew" cannot be used in an offensive way? Or that Scrabble shouldn't have allowed these PCers to change their game so words like "jew" and "n*gger" are perfectly acceptable?
In either case, in a Scoop filled with Dumb Chicos Arguments, this is the Dumbest, Most Chicos-est Ever.
Quote from: The Sultan of Syncopation on October 31, 2013, 11:29:20 AM
What exactly are you arguing Chicos? That "jew" cannot be used in an offensive way? Or that Scrabble shouldn't have allowed these PCers to change their game so words like "jew" and "n*gger" are perfectly acceptable?
In either case, in a Scoop filled with Dumb Chicos Arguments, this is the Dumbest, Most Chicos-est Ever.
Can we get Hoopaloop to weigh in on this?
Quote from: PuertoRicanNightmare on October 31, 2013, 09:52:57 AM
There's a National Scrabble Association? Are they the ones spying on people?
Apparently so, even
allegations of spying on the pope. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/30/nsa-vatican_n_4177882.html
No wonder the word papist was removed by these guys. Bastards!
You guys are being real stingy and hook nosed about these Scrabble rules.
Quote from: The Sultan of Syncopation on October 31, 2013, 11:16:40 AM
Did you even follow the link you created? Because the definition of "jew" that it brought up was the following...the first of which is a proper noun and therefore ineligible to be used in Scrabble, the second of which is "offensive." So I think you just proved my point.
noun: Jew; plural noun: Jews
1. a member of the people and cultural community whose traditional religion is Judaism and who trace their origins through the ancient Hebrew people of Israel to Abraham.
verb offensive
1. bargain with someone in a miserly or petty way.
Yes, I did. Some words have multiple meanings. This is why the news refers to people of the Jewish faith as....Jews. Non offensive. A term that is used every day.
Secondly, as has now been said probably 5 times, in this particular case proper noun has NOTHING...NADA...ZERO to do with it. The word was accepted for many years, only to be removed after one woman's protest. The proper noun argument is wrong in this case. That is NOT why it was removed. I'm happy to provide the link AGAIN as to why it was removed....not because it was a proper noun.
I just hope Vander is keeping up on all this when he is in Israel, playing scrabble with some Jewish people. It could get him in trouble.
Quote from: ChicosBailBonds on October 31, 2013, 12:34:50 PM
Yes, I did. Some words have multiple meanings. This is why the news refers to people of the Jewish faith as....Jews. Non offensive. A term that is used every day.
Secondly, as has now been said probably 5 times, in this particular case proper noun has NOTHING...NADA...ZERO to do with it. The word was accepted for many years, only to be removed after one woman's protest. The proper noun argument is wrong in this case. That is NOT why it was removed. I'm happy to provide the link AGAIN as to why it was removed....not because it was a proper noun.
I just hope Vander is keeping up on all this when he is in Israel, playing scrabble with some Jewish people. It could get him in trouble.
He would be a better Scrabble player if he had completed his education.
What the hell happened in here? What am I reading?
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Some folks are overly PC. Point well taken (is 'citizen' still allowed?). But i gotta say, Scrabble is a private company, if they wanna remove words, then so be it, their choice, their company.
If you dont like it, boycott the game.
Just throwing this out there. Maybe Jew (proper) was never accepted. And now jew (common) is not after the protest.
Quote from: ChicosBailBonds on October 31, 2013, 12:46:05 PM
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Chicos, Are you aware that keefe has hacked your account?
Quote from: ChicosBailBonds on October 31, 2013, 12:34:50 PM
Yes, I did. Some words have multiple meanings. This is why the news refers to people of the Jewish faith as....Jews. Non offensive. A term that is used every day.
Secondly, as has now been said probably 5 times, in this particular case proper noun has NOTHING...NADA...ZERO to do with it. The word was accepted for many years, only to be removed after one woman's protest. The proper noun argument is wrong in this case. That is NOT why it was removed. I'm happy to provide the link AGAIN as to why it was removed....not because it was a proper noun.
I just hope Vander is keeping up on all this when he is in Israel, playing scrabble with some Jewish people. It could get him in trouble.
Just so I'm sure you're clear on this. The proper noun Jew which refers to a race of people was never allowed, because proper nouns are by definition illegal in Scrabble. The word that was accepted was the offensive by definition small j jew, as in "to jew someone down". It's like ni##er, as in "ni##er pile on Chico, a 50s common expression that has ceased to be part of civilized conversation. Probably not accepted in Scrabble either, which for some reason annoys or perplexes you.
If you are looking for a way to use those Pesky "Z"s, I did just discover that the word "lez' is acceptable.
Quote from: warriorchick on October 31, 2013, 01:26:31 PM
If you are looking for a way to use those Pesky "Z"s, I did just discover that the word "lez' is acceptable.
:)
Quote from: MerrittsMustache on October 31, 2013, 09:09:00 AM
If your patient is a mench and gets difficult, you quone him.
The patient could be a shiksa
what the unnatural carnal knowledge is this thread about?
IBTL
Quote from: MerrittsMustache on October 31, 2013, 11:32:38 AM
Can we get Hoopaloop to weigh in on this?
Don't forget RBSC, BMA, Brad, etc....the whole gang.
Quote from: warriorchick on October 31, 2013, 12:55:58 PM
Chicos, Are you aware that keefe has hacked your account?
Keefe and I are the same person......or so some think
Quote from: ChicosBailBonds on October 31, 2013, 06:18:47 PM
Keefe and I are the same person......or so some think
Really?
Quote from: warriorchick on October 31, 2013, 12:40:05 PM
He would be a better Scrabble player if he had completed his education.
Plus his jump shot would have improved
Quote from: Lennys Tap on October 31, 2013, 12:56:14 PM
Just so I'm sure you're clear on this. The proper noun Jew which refers to a race of people was never allowed, because proper nouns are by definition illegal in Scrabble. The word that was accepted was the offensive by definition small j jew, as in "to jew someone down". It's like ni##er, as in "ni##er pile on Chico, a 50s common expression that has ceased to be part of civilized conversation. Probably not accepted in Scrabble either, which for some reason annoys or perplexes you.
I've given you the links, multiple times. It's amazing to me you keep putting out these questions.
The game was invented in 1948. From 1948 until 1996, jew was allowed in the game. Nothing to do with a proper noun. The game of scrabble has NEVER allowed capitalized words. A proper noun is capitalized. So, again, you are wrong.
In 1996, they changed it...for some versions. The UK version, still allows jew, the US\Canada version does not. The tournament version worldwide allows it, the home version does not.
Why? Because of Ms. Grad's 18 year campaign to have it removed succeeded.
Just so you are clear....again. Or just read the multiple links that clearly outline this for you.
Really, not hard.
Don't eat a pulled pork sandwich with a beer while playin' Scrabble.
Quote from: 4everwarriors on October 31, 2013, 08:30:52 PM
Don't eat a pulled pork sandwich with a beer while playin' Scrabble.
Don't eat a pulled pork sandwich with a beer while playin' Scrabble and setting up a new athletic conference