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| Jim Jones |
Posted: 8/12/2007 10:53:36 PM UTC |
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# 001 |
Level: 34
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| I lost a game of Scrabble over this, so I'm asking you fellars. I always thought a proper noun was: a noun that is the name of a specific individual, place, or object.
And since "Jains" can describe any group of adherents to Jainism it was therefore a common noun, although still capitalized by some obscene convention. The argument of my opponents was that "Jains", "Christ" and "Islamists" were all capitalized in the dictionary, so they all must be proper nouns. A counter-point to this was that there are other words which are derived from a proper noun that sometimes are and sometimes aren't capitalized, Christlike or draconian, for example, so their argument was silly and I was right. Anyway, I'd like some kind of excuse for why I lost, or even the truth, as horrible as that might be. So anyone know? |
| The Twilight |
Posted: 8/12/2007 11:07:48 PM UTC |
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# 002 |
Level: 41
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| Proper nouns describe particular entities: the United States, Jesus Christ, the Necronomicon. Because "Jains", whatever the hell that is, is not the name of something specific, it is not a proper noun. As a rule of thumb, capitalization is a convention of style, not a factor in grammar, so don't use that as a grammatical argument.
also how does the lexical category of a word affect scrabble plz
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| Kenri of the Yuri |
Posted: 8/12/2007 11:46:58 PM UTC |
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# 003 |
Level: 43
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| n. A believer or follower of Jainism.
lrn2dictionary.com
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| The Twilight |
Posted: 8/13/2007 12:43:52 AM UTC |
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# 004 |
Level: 41
New Moderator
| That much is obvious. What Jainism is is less obvious. Crazy Indian religions and all that.
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| Jim Jones |
Posted: 8/13/2007 2:14:08 AM UTC |
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# 005 |
Level: 34
Elite
| Proper nouns are not allowed in Scrabble. |
| Eel |
Posted: 8/13/2007 5:38:14 AM UTC |
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# 006 |
Level: 44
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| Since when?
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| Kenri of the Yuri |
Posted: 8/13/2007 5:44:12 AM UTC |
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# 007 |
Level: 43
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| ...Since always?
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| Eel |
Posted: 8/13/2007 10:26:24 PM UTC |
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# 008 |
Level: 44
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| I always use those in Scrabble... I'm a cheater!
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| Link Dude |
Posted: 8/14/2007 12:20:24 AM UTC |
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# 009 |
Level: 7
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| CHEATER!
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| The Twilight |
Posted: 8/14/2007 1:42:09 PM UTC |
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# 010 |
Level: 41
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| That's a stupid rule.
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| Kenri of the Yuri |
Posted: 8/14/2007 10:29:52 PM UTC |
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# 011 |
Level: 43
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| How is it a stupid rule? If that rule weren't there, people could play, like, "Kqrrjiw" and say that it's a name, so it's allowed. <_<
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| The Twilight |
Posted: 8/15/2007 12:35:46 AM UTC |
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# 012 |
Level: 41
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| That's silly. For people names, use a naming dictionary. For other Proper Nouns, use an encyclopedia. Hell, even Google works as a reference. "Kqrrjiw" gets zero hits.
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| Eel |
Posted: 8/15/2007 2:30:42 AM UTC |
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# 013 |
Level: 44
DSB Moderator
| Unless you play against me. I hit cheaters. Except myself.
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