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[Rath Darkblade]

We need an "Applause" icon here. Congratulations!

(Oh, wait - we do have one. Congratulations again!)

 

[Louanne Learning]

Good morning!

Even though I'm retired, the days of the week still have a certain rhythm to them. Monday does feel like the start of something.

 

[CatrionaGrace]

Sometimes Monday is one long kick start.

Sent off the page proof corrections for Book II just now. I award myself a gold star.

 

[GrahamLewis]

Do Canadian and British Scrabble sets have extra letter "u"s to account for the ones they like to stick into words like favorite and labor?

 

[Louanne Learning]

Do Canadian and British Scrabble sets have extra letter "u"s to account for the ones they like to stick into words like favorite and labor?

My game has four U tiles.

My game was a present to my husband and me back in the 1980s. It looks like this:

 

[Dee-123]

Do Canadian and British Scrabble sets have extra letter "u"s to account for the ones they like to stick into words like favorite and labor?

Cousin, the English language has a lot more to concern itself with than the addition of U's

 

[Rigor Mortis]

Those little differences let us on this side of the pond work out when AI has responded to our emails. I got one that misquoted a line in my original email but changed my spelling of offence with offense.

 

[CatrionaGrace]

That's the Scrabble set I have, too. I've always meant to make a fancy bag for the letters, but never got around to it.

 

[GrahamLewis]

My game has four U tiles.

My game was a present to my husband and me back in the 1980s. It looks like this:

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Our set has 4 also; we are, however, missing an L.

 

[CatrionaGrace]

Well, that's an L of a thing to have happen.

 

[GrahamLewis]

Well, that's an L of a thing to have happen.

Wel, we get by fine without it, amost al the time.

 

[CatrionaGrace]

Maybe you could play an L, then recycle it into the bag.

 

[Louanne Learning]

I've always meant to make a fancy bag for the letters,

My original bag unraveled years ago.
My sister-in-law (the one who I'm going to Ireland with) - and is the best present-getter ever- had a new bag made for me:

 

[JLT]

Do German Scrabble sets have a plethora of tiles with Ü and Ä and ß on them?

(And I'm sure that there are Cyrilic and Hebrew and Arabic versions as well.)

 

[Louanne Learning]

however, missing an L.

it's probably under the fridge

 

[Louanne Learning]

Wel, we get by fine without it, amost al the time.

Huge stock of replacement letters available on Amazon!

 

[CatrionaGrace]

It is trying to decide whether to rain or snow outside, my husband just left for rehearsal, and my grandson is here. This may be a fine time to drag out the Scrabble board.

 

[Louanne Learning]

It's turning colder here, but my brother and I keep playing all winter outside. I have a three-walled shanty over on the side of the yard. The firewood is stacked inside and it has a chiminea on the open side so we get the fire going and hang a bare lightbulb, run by extension cord to the house. There's room for a little table, big enough for the Scrabble board, our letters, and a couple of drinks. It's very comfortable.

 

[CatrionaGrace]

That sounds intimate and sweet. I'm envious. My son has a firewood shelter like that, but bitterly cold temperatures and regular gale force winds make it unlikely I can convince anyone to play Scrabble out there in the winter.

Email from editor came today with the final version of Book II's cover and the news that they are reprinting Book I.