Devonshire slang may be used in Scrabble
SCRABBLE lovers could soon be racking up double-digit scores with Devon words like quaazy, zowpig and gleanies.
The words are among a selection of English regional terms being considered for inclusion in the official Scrabble dictionary by bosses of the popular board game.
Quaazy is a Devon word meaning unwell and zowpig is an old name for a woodlouse, while gleanies is a term for a guinea fowl.
As new words emerge, often at the cost of traditional dialects, Scrabble said it is keen to bring some older, endangered words back to the attention of the next generation.
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Experts approached regional word societies across the UK to encourage them to submit words on the brink of extinction.
The terms will become officially playable when they are included in the next edition of the Collins Scrabble Dictionary.
Competitors taking part in Sunday's Scrabble National Championship in London have backed the move.
Comments
by josdave
Sunday, November 04 2012, 10:46AM
“I gave up Scrabble after being continually beaten by a friend who had a booklet containing a long list of two letter words most of which I had never heard of and I got fed up quering them. To introduce local dialect in the dictionary would put me right off. I liked it when it was just the accepted English dictionary words but now it has got so competetive with some people that the fun has gone out of it.”
by shipmateron
Sunday, November 04 2012, 9:14AM
“The epilignium of this gonaplicationary article is aerodenominatory to say the very least.”
by MissAnthrope
Sunday, November 04 2012, 8:55AM
“Scrabble brings out the worst in people and is best avoided. Life is too short.”
by Nevman
Saturday, November 03 2012, 7:18PM
“Until somebody challenges a word, asctty, and then how do you check?”
by asctty
Saturday, November 03 2012, 6:17PM
“Unless playing in a formal competition, friends can decide whatever words they want to be allowed, slang, colloquial, or what! Its mainly a game for fun after all?”
by willems
Saturday, November 03 2012, 3:10PM
“That's Scrabble ruined then.”
by Nevman
Thursday, November 01 2012, 6:07PM
“I know the Herald has only a passing familiarity with the English language, but these words are Devonshire dialect, not "slang".”