As someone who is a native Engllish speaker and loves Scrabble I would never dream of joining a group the was asking for high-scoring players as I would not want to spend an evening arguing over whether some obscure three letter Urdu word is allowable.
2009/11/2 Emin Aliev <[email protected]> > Not true... not really feeling "snubbed" here! > Spent most of my adult life in the US, never learned to play the mean game, > so don't really care... :-) > > - Emin > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Anna Razumnaya <[email protected]> > *To:* The Moscow Expat List <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Mon, November 2, 2009 9:24:38 PM > *Subject:* Re: Expat List listing- Scrabble > > Why not just ask for high-scoring players? There're lots of non-native > speakers with foreign college education who love Scrabble and play a mean > game. I am currently in Cambridge so I have no stake in joining the group, > but I can see why Russian "expats" who are on this list because they've led > most of their adult lives abroad would feel snubbed... I don't see why a > low-scoring native would be preferable to a fluent foreign player who > averages, say, 250 points a game. > > AR > > > > On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 10:26 AM, wab3 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello Andrea, >> >> I understand your request for native english speakers only for your >> Scrabble evening, I agree that it will be a lot less confusing and a quicker >> moving game if every third or fourth word is not challenged by a player >> whose spelling skills may be less than those of a native english speaker. >> Don't waiver, set your own parameters for your evening get togethers, the >> discrimination comment is false, without merit and quite honestly, none of >> his business, if he does not like it he need not ask to join your group. >> >> Bill B >> >> On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 1:55 AM, Andrea Wine <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> Four of us have a twice-a-month evening Scrabble game going but want to >>> add to the group. Native English speakers only. For info, pls contact me by >>> email. >>> Andrea Wine >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> Keep your friends updated— even when you’re not signed >>> in.<http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/social-network-basics.aspx?ocid=PID23461::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-xm:SI_SB_5:092010> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Expat mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat >>> http://www.expat.ru/forum/ >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> "All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to >> remain silent." .... Thomas Jefferson >> >> "Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused >> to licentiousness." .... George Washington >> >> "Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security >> will deserve neither and lose both." .... Benjamin Franklin >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Expat mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat >> http://www.expat.ru/forum/ >> > > > > -- > Anna Razumnaya > The Editorial Institute at Boston University > 143 Bay State Road > Boston, MA 02215 > > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ >
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