[stylist] does anyone

[April Enderton]

Dear James,

Jim never much cared for Scrabble, but he would play anyway.  Now, after all
these years, he is getting good at it.

Don't know if you ever heard this story, but the 70s rock group, Foghat said
they got their name from a Scrabble game.  They were playing Scrabble when
all of the sudden, one of them noticed that the word foghat was on the
board. They were probably drunk or high, but anyway, I always liked that
story of how a band got its name.

At first, when I was stuck holding a C and an L at the end of the game, I
looked at oven and thought, "Wow, I could put a C in front of oven and make
coven."  Then, I got to thinking, "Hmmm, I wonder if there is a word
cloven."  And, sure enough.

Each Scrabble game has its own personality and offers new and exciting
challenges and opportunities.  My grandma was a big crossword puzzle
enthusiast.  As for me, I'll take Scrabble any day.

April
 

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of James Canaday M.A. N6YR
Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 1:00 AM
To: NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List
Subject: Re: [stylist] does anyone

dear April,
I have a scrabble set with the raised lines on the board and brailled tiles,
probably same model, about the same vintage.
unfortunately, my wife is a singer and so I don't often get to play
scrabble.  it is a wonderful game.  and English has so many interesting
words.

cloven: older english for  split or seperated.  interestingly, in the king
james Bible english, "cleave" can mean stick together or split apart.
"shall leave his father and his mother and cleave unto his wife."

my wife did however, take to poker when I taught it to her.
jc
Jim Canaday M.A.
Lawrence, KS


At 10:26 PM 1/2/2009, you wrote:
>Hi writing Friends:
>
>My husband Jim and I just finished playing a very competitive game of 
>Scrabble in which he won.  Being a person who loves language, I enjoy 
>word games and Scrabble is my favorite.  Usually, I beat him by a long
shot.
>Tonight, he beat me rather substantially.  A couple nights ago, I was 
>stuck with a C and an L at the end of the game.  Fortunately, I was 
>able to tack them on to oven to make the word cloven.  I'd never heard 
>of such a word, but I checked my dictionary and, low and behold, it was
there.
>
>We bought our braille Scrabble game around 32 years ago.  We paid 
>around $20 for it then, a fortune, we thought, but we have more than 
>gotten our money's worth out of it.  Tonight, we did a letter 
>inventory.  To our surprise, all the letters are still there.
>
>Anyone else like Scrabble?  Jim and I usually play 9-tile Scrabble 
>instead of the traditional seven tile Scrabble.  We have played as much 
>as 14 and 18-tile Scrabble.
>
>Scrabble is a great way to pass time on these cold Iowa winter days.  
>It is also a fun game to take on trips.
>
>April
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>Behalf Of ben micek
>Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 10:16 PM
>To: stylist at nfbnet.org
>Subject: [stylist] does anyone
>
>
>does anyone know of any well known blind writers? maybe i can check out 
>what they wrote . i am still hunting for ideas. Benjamin micek 
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