To asterisk or not to asterisk? by: Derek, aka Word-Buff
Hi there Tony,
I have given the issue of asterisks much thought...
The problem is, this site is not just devoted to Scrabble, it now has a large contingent of Crossworders and a growing number of Spelling Bee contestants, as well as readers from other games/puzzles/competitions.
That's why I chose the name 'Word-Buff' rather than 'Scrabble-Buff ;-)
Asterisks all over the place in a Spelling Bee article, or general item like a newsletter, would be really annoying and confusing to the non-Scrabble readers (not to mention the further issue of distinguishing which official Scrabble dictionary a word is in!).
My practice at the moment is to only use the asterisk in articles that are clearly devoted to Scrabble. As I have tried to organize the site by category (e.g. Scrabble Guide, Crossword Guide, etc.) this should work pretty well I'd have thought, although there may be a few tricky crossover articles.
Thanks for bringing it up though Tony. It's caused me a headache or two, and I'd be interested in hearing what others think about the dreaded *.
Cheers
Derek
May 25, 2010 Rating
asterisk needed by: Tony Kalayzich
Those words from the Webster's third International that are not from our scrabble canon ought to be asterisked.There could be up to nine words there. It would stop Michael Vnuk inputting and verifying if they are playable in Scrabble. I wonder if people know that the most expensive jam in the world is barleduc ?Whats interesting here is that it is in the dictionary as bar-de-luc. These hyphens were misinterpreted from the American College Dictionary by the American Dictionary committee who put together OSPD 1 cheers Tony k
May 25, 2010 Rating
Trust Michael Vnuk by: Hanne
... to get in first ... I was about to ask you wheher *getost was an acceptable alternative spelling in a non-Scrabble dictionary, or a Norwegian one ...after all, a Danish goat is a Ged, and Danish cheese is Ost .....so maybe the Norwegians, whose cheese it is after all, use a T ...I know not ...
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