Re: [announce] Invented Languages magazine

Eugene Oh wrote:
>Then again, it'd be like playing crossword with a dictionary/thesaurus by
>your side. Not so much challenging as tedious! Though the idea is
>appealing.
>Perhaps for just one conlang?
One could play Conlang Scrabble, either in a single language, or allow any
word from any conlang (not too big a phonology, please).  Has anyone tried
"international" Scrabble, where any foreign word (in Roman chars.) is
allowed?? (The various official Scrabble dictionaries do contain lots of
unfamiliar foreign words)

I was just told that ESPN is airing a spelling bee, and that some poor kid
flubbed on "festschrift"-- seems to me that allowing rather specialized
foreign words in a US contest is not nice. I didn't hear that word until I
was in grad. school, already in my 30s :-)

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