Dear Fellow Scrabble Players, All these variations have a right to exist, and people can certainly choose to associate with and play with whomever they like and should not be pilloried for that. For me, the most fun is to beat Russian friends while playing Scrabble with them in Russian. That really upsets people.
Best, Derek Bloom On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 12:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send Expat mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Expat digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Expat List listing- Scrabble (Geoff Miller) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 09:46:00 +0100 > From: Geoff Miller <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Expat List listing- Scrabble > To: The Moscow Expat List <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > 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/ > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://www.lists.ru/pipermail/expat/attachments/20091103/bde3818b/attachment-0001.html > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > > > End of Expat Digest, Vol 61, Issue 7 > ************************************ >
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