http://pdberger.com/qi-za/ A British freelance writer living in New York Wed, 17 Nov 2010 23:48:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://pdberger.com/qi-za/comment-page-1/#comment-1478 pdberger Tue, 17 May 2005 18:10:33 +0000 http://pdberger.com/?p=271#comment-1478 William. Not only do I stand corrected but I am in awe of your geekness. What a shame you were so thoroughly crushed last night by my bingos! William. Not only do I stand corrected but I am in awe of your geekness. What a shame you were so thoroughly crushed last night by my bingos!

]]> http://pdberger.com/qi-za/comment-page-1/#comment-1477 William Tue, 17 May 2005 18:04:28 +0000 http://pdberger.com/?p=271#comment-1477 It should be noted that the words QI and ZA were not actually banned, but considered foreign in American English, and therefore excluded, until now. The Official Scrabble Player's Dictionary actually does ban words that the committee consider offensive, like "JEW" and "TWAT". These words were included in the first and second editions of the OSPD, but removed in the third and now fourth editions, which are described as being "for recreational and school use", but not for tournament. Fortunately the offensive words are listed in the Official Word List, without definition. It should be noted that the words QI and ZA were not actually banned, but considered foreign in American English, and therefore excluded, until now. The Official Scrabble Player’s Dictionary actually does ban words that the committee consider offensive, like “JEW” and “TWAT”. These words were included in the first and second editions of the OSPD, but removed in the third and now fourth editions, which are described as being “for recreational and school use”, but not for tournament. Fortunately the offensive words are listed in the Official Word List, without definition.

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