Possibly no surprise that Scrabble players are the last holdout against political correctness in language, with the US brand owner, Hasbro, looking to remove 80 words - like ******, **** and **** - from their dictionary.
Players think this is a terrible idea across the world and are (quite rightly, in my view) resisting the change and are going to stick with the current state of affairs, where racial slurs and foul language is allowed.
Personally, there's nothing like having a game of Scrabble against a sweet old lady and starting the game with a swear word for a woman's genitals, so it sits there in the centre for the whole game.
Scrabble has always allowed impolite words and the fact that some of those words upset some people is no reason to ban them.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainmen...ffensive-words
The current world champion in both English and French is a Kiwi, of course.
Players think this is a terrible idea across the world and are (quite rightly, in my view) resisting the change and are going to stick with the current state of affairs, where racial slurs and foul language is allowed.
Personally, there's nothing like having a game of Scrabble against a sweet old lady and starting the game with a swear word for a woman's genitals, so it sits there in the centre for the whole game.
Scrabble has always allowed impolite words and the fact that some of those words upset some people is no reason to ban them.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainmen...ffensive-words
The current world champion in both English and French is a Kiwi, of course.
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