We asked for, and received, a Swedish Scrabble set for Chrimbo. Having played Scrabble since I was 12, I found it nearly impossible to play in another language.
That said, we did get a combined score of 571. Pretty standard, though in the two weeks following we got a more respectable 700 and something. I even managed to get all my letters out on a triple-word score with “nuddades.”
For those having difficulty learning English, this site can lend a helping hand.
Woo-hoo! Scrabble last night came to a record-breaking 760.
This with the help of 3 seven-letter outings : cotting, adulates and surgers.
Played last night and, despite a terrible draw of letters for us both, managed to get a respectable 600 something.
New word : rakee
As Jo is well aware, this is a brandy of Turkey and the Balkans, distilled from grapes or plums and flavored with anise. Also spelt raki.
Found out that avgas is also in the dictionary. It means aviation gas. How I love similarities, sometimes.
First of all, I know my English grammar is far from perfect. I’m still having problems with the comma, though the rules are reasonably easy. However, I literally cringe (with a certain smugness) at simple mistakes, especially when it comes from sources that should know better e.g. the media.
In England recently we saw the following headlines for the local paper:
Of course, any right-minded member of the public understands that the jury were told about a murdered farmer, but without a comma after murdered it seems like a murdered jury were told of the farmer. I suppose it would help if the verb and the adjective were not the same word. Perhaps those people who decide on such matters should strike the adjective form and replace it with something less confusing for journalists.