X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=7.1%2Fr%2Fenable-sup%2Fdoom_ena.doc;fp=7.1%2Fr%2Fenable-sup%2Fdoom_ena.doc;h=b2c799006fcaa4f69611cfbcf35a2d5c3148f771;hb=01534a94130c1f5a3a230cf4fe18365a235ba271;hp=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hpb=7b14ba883fb1046508c44be37b4c6ba5da5feacf;p=deb_pkgs%2Fscowl.git diff --git a/7.1/r/enable-sup/doom_ena.doc b/7.1/r/enable-sup/doom_ena.doc new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b2c7990 --- /dev/null +++ b/7.1/r/enable-sup/doom_ena.doc @@ -0,0 +1,717 @@ + ENABLE vs. DOOM +ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ + +[Note: This file was included in the first edition of ENABLE, and is +mostly unchanged in ENABLE2K. In a few cases, where ENABLE2K differs +from its predecessor, the differences are noted in brackets.] + +The NSA updated "Tournament Word List" (TWL98) is to be the official +reference for tournament and club Scrabble (r) play. The operators of the +DOOM Scrabble server originally compiled this list, and it has undergone +an update by an official "Dictionary Committee". Unfortunately, this +TWL98 list remains proprietary and it is, despite promises to the +contrary, available only to a small group of insiders. Our aim in +distributing the Public Domain ENABLE list is to provide a very necessary +resource and reference to the rest of the Scrabble community. + +In spring of 1997, Mendel was approached by an individual known to us only +as Deep Glottides, offering him a number of arcane items of dubious value, +including shards of the True Cross, an edition of the Necronomicon in the +original Arabic, an exotic ebony statuette of a Mediterranean bird of prey, +and an absolutely amazing way to MAKE MONEY FAST! While he found these items +uninteresting, Mendel did accept the offer of a list of corrections to the +then-current draft of the ENABLE list, supposedly derived from the contents +of the DOOM list. Of course, we have no way of verifying the bona fides of +these corrections; the hypothesis that they are instead code words used by +the black helicopter division of the Insect Trust delegates from the Crab +Nebula cannot be ruled out. However, using highly advanced UNIX (tm) +software, we were able to reconstruct the list on which they were based. +This list proved to be a highly accurate approximation to the union of +OSPD (r) and MW10, and we consider it very likely that it is in fact a +faithful copy of the DOOM list current at that time. This file lists the +differences between that list and the ENABLE list (not including signature +words). + +The differences between the DOOM list and ENABLE fall into four categories: + +I. MW10 changes + +These words were added or removed solely on the basis of their presence or +absence in MW10. None of the listings is in any way ambiguous or suggestive +of an error in MW10. The word "coresidenttial" was not added, since it is +clearly a typographical error. + +DOOM words removed from ENABLE (MW10) + +fricandeaux (*) +kafkaesque + +(*) "fricandeaux" has been added to the ENABLE list as a signature word. +It is accepted by other dictionaries. + +non-DOOM words added to ENABLE (MW10) + +edutainment +edutainments +homeschool +homeschooled +homeschooler +homeschoolers +homeschooling +homeschools +hypoglycemics +maquiladora +maquiladoras +mediterranean +philharmonic +philharmonics +upgradabilities +upgradability +upgradable +upgradeability +upgradeable +victimologies +victimologist +victimologists +victimology + + +II. TWL98 words + +The status of these words was changed by TWL98. We anticipate these changes +will be reflected in the DOOM list, and possibly already are. Note that some +published TWL98 changes are not listed here, because these changes were +already reflected in the DOOM list as of Spring 1997 (e.g., the false word +"nonfinites" could not be removed because it was not present). Also, one +version of the TWL98 changes mandated the removal of the word "suboptimum", +which we ignored since the word is clearly present in MW10, and this change +was not confirmed by other accounts of TWL98. + +DOOM words removed from ENABLE (TWL98) + +alkalosises +anopheleses +antiradars +antishocks +antismokes +antisolars +antitumors +antiwomen +arterites +arteritises +beachwears +cacoetheses +cafetoria +chlorosises +cocksfeet +da +dei +des +enterites +fluorosises +footwears +franglaises +gastrites +gastritises +glossites +glossitides +halitosises +hanguls +heterosises +hybridomata +impatienses +interflowed +interflowing +interflows +interfolded (*) +interfolding (*) +interfolds (*) +interzones +kev +knitwears +laminites +laminitides +lezes +licenti +literatuses +lycopodia +menswears +multilanes +multipaths +multipoles +neckwears +nephrosises +nightlives +nonanimals +nonbuyings +noncakings +noncareers +nonchurches +noncounties +nondeserts +nonedibles +nonenergies +nonexempts +nonfossils +nonghettos +nongrowths +nonimpacts +noninjuries +nonkoshers +nonleagues +nonlivings +nonmarkets +nonrubbers +nonrulings +nonsexuals +nonspeeches +nontariffs +outerwears +overwearied +overwearies +overwearying +parotites +parotitides +phlebites +phlebitises +playwears +postfaults +predinners +preflights +premarketed +premarketing (*) +premarkets +prereturned +prereturning +prereturns +prereviewed +prereviewing +prereviews +preseasons (*) +prestricken +prestrikes +prestriking +prestruck +presummits +pretraveled +pretraveling +pretravelled +pretravelling +pretravels +proptosises +rainwears +reticulums +retinitises +sauterneses +sclerosises +silicosises +sinusites +sinusitides +skiwears +sleepwears +straphanged +strid +suboptima +subvisuals +superriches +supersizes +swimwears +synovites +synovitides +teniasises +testatrixes +townwears +trapeziums +ultralefts +ultrariches +underwears +utriculuses +vaginites +vaginitides +vin +vins +von +womenkinds +zamindaries +zemindaris + +(*) These words are present in the ENABLE list as signature words. +Despite their rejection by TWL98, they appear to us to be reasonably valid. +Note that "premarketing" is actually listed in MW10. + +[ENABLE2K lists "premarketing" as a base word, not a signature word, as +it has become clear that the statement that TWL98 removed it was simply +an error. ENABLE2K also lists "vaginitides", based on its appearance +in the Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary.] + +non-DOOM words added to ENABLE (TWL98) + +acervulus +aerobrake +aerobraked +aerobrakes +aerobraking +anthelion +anthelions +anthodium +antimycin +antimycins +backdropt +backstab +backstabbed +backstabs +bassett +bassetts +bedsit +bedsits +booklouse +bronchium +caldarium +calyculus +chalazion +chalazions +chemo +chemos +cocaptained +cocaptaining +cocksfoots +cocounseled +cocounseling +cocounselled +cocounselling +cocultured +coculturing +cofeatured +cofeaturing +cohostessed +cohostessing +copartnered +copartnering +copresented +copresenting +copresents +credendum +ctenidium +cubiculum +declaw +declawed +declawing +declaws +epicedium +esthetics +ferretings +finalise +finalised +finalises +finalising +flabellum +gallamine +gallamines +gammadion +gelsemium +gelsemiums +gynaeceum +gynaecium +hospitium +ignorami +iller +illest +imaginaries +latte +lattes +lepidotes +lezzes +louvred +lycopodiums +macadamia +macadamias +maglevs +malleolus +mazaedium +microbrew +microbrews +misstricken +misstriking +misstruck +nightlifes +nonmutants (*) +oasthouse +oasthouses +overcleaned (*) +overcleaning (*) +overcleans (*) +overdried (*) +overdries (*) +overdriven (*) +overdriving (*) +overdrove (*) +overdrying (*) +overlighted +petrale +petrales +phelonion +phelonions +photostatted +photostatting +pineals +platyfish +platyfishes +pocketsful +ponderosa +ponderosas +premixt +preshrunken +pterygium +pterygiums +pyrolize +pyrolized +pyrolizes +pyrolizing +redtail +redtails +retiarius +rhytons +samaritans +sarmentum +scintillae +septarium +sevruga +sevrugas +sextarius +silkies +slaphappier +slaphappiest +sleepover +sleepovers +smoothes +spaetzles +sporozoon +starfruit +starfruits +superfirms +superhyped +superhyping +supermini +superminis +sympodium +technicals +teniases +trapezii +treenware +treenwares +tricyclics +trihedron +trihedrons +trochilus +trochlears +unguentum +unhealthier +unhealthiest +unsell +unselling +unsells +unsightlier +unsightliest +vestigium +voguer +voguers +whinging +yellowfin +yellowfins + +(*) Accounts of the TWL98 changes varied concerning these words. They were +described as both added and removed. Since they were not present as of +Spring 1997, and since they all seemed to be perfectly valid inflections, we +added them to the ENABLE list. + +[In ENABLE2K, the words "bassett" and "bassetts" were dropped; their +inclusion was based on an error in MW10 which has now been corrected. +Similarly, the words "starfruit" and "starfruits" have been removed from +the latest edition of MW10, and should be removed from the main ENABLE +word list the next time it is revised.] + + +III. "also called" words + +These words are words shown in italics in MW10 entries for other words. +TWL98 legitimizes these words, even though it only catalogued those shorter +than 10 letters. + +non-DOOM words added to ENABLE (also called) + +buffalofish +buffalofishes +colorpoint +colorpoints +cyclicalities +cyclicality +diamondbacks +dolphinfish +dolphinfishes +ellipticals +exponentials +greaseproofs +handyperson +handypersons +hypoglossals +incandescents +largemouth +largemouths +maidenhair +maidenhairs +parainfluenza +parainfluenzas +photomultiplier +reflectivities +reflectivity +scissortail +scissortails +smallmouth +smallmouths +streetlamp +streetlamps +trigeminals +tsutsugamushi + +[In ENABLE2K, the implied plural of "tsutsugamushi", "tsutsugamushis", +was also added.] + + +IV. Interpretations + +One of the dirty secrets of Scrabble (tm) is that the official source for +resolution of word validity, MW10, is incapable of resolving all such +questions. The primary reason for this is the MW10 practice of including +lists of words starting with a particular prefix, such as anti- or non-, +without providing part of speech information. This makes it impossible to +decide, on the basis of MW10 alone, whether "antitakeovers", for example, is +a valid word or not. + +To resolve such questions, it is necessary to go to other sources, such as +the Hasbro Scrabble (tm) CD-ROM and other dictionaries, and then to use good +judgment and "word sense" to decide. (The Random House Unabridged dictionary +proved especially helpful here, since it provides similar word lists having +a large intersection with the MW10 lists, and also provides part of speech +information.) In many cases, our judgment on these questions disagreed with +that of the compilers of the DOOM list. Can we claim that our judgments were +always correct? Well, of course we can. That's called "marketing"! More +realistically, we claim we have considered each putative word on its merits, +and have always tried to make a careful and thoughtful decision. At the very +least, we hope we have avoided absurdities such as the abominable +"nonpolices" and "ultrariches" (words rightly rejected by TWL98, but +accepted by the Hasbro CD-ROM and, in the case of "ultrariches", by the DOOM +list as well). + +For each word listed below, we explain our rationale for accepting or +rejecting the word. Note that no words are listed where we reached the same +conclusions as the DOOM list, but be assured that these words were examined +as carefully as those where there was disagreement. + + +DOOM words removed from ENABLE (interpretations) + +antitakeovers + An obvious nonsense word, despite acceptance by Hasbro CD and RH + Unabridged. +beautifuler + Not listed in MW10, accepted by the Hasbro CD. This word + proved very controversial. MW10, in its introduction, does not + claim to list all -er and -est forms, only those whose spelling + might be in doubt. So its absence from MW10 does not, in itself, + prove it invalid. But I claim the following: (a) No dictionary + that I have been able to check lists this form, and (b) if a + single-word comparative form of beautiful exists, it would be + "beautifuller". (If one looks at the -ful words in OSPD for + which a comparative form is listed, one finds they all double + the "l".) Finally, I note that neither the DOOM list nor the + Hasbro CD lists the putative superlative "beautifulest". (While + English has the occasional word with a superlative but no comparative, + I'm unaware of any examples of the opposite sort.) Mendel feels + that there is a tradition of accepting this word, and recalls + having seen arguments for it, though he cannot reconstruct them. + Accordingly, "beautifuler" (and the implied "beautifulest") have + been added to ENABLE as signature words despite the impossibility + of justifying them on the basis of MW10. + [During the research for the second edition of the ENABLE2K + Supplement, two additional facts about "beautifuler" turned up. + First the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary (NI3) lists it, as + well as the corresponding superlative; this is doubtless the original + justification for including the word in the DOOM list. Additionally, + the fourth edition of the American Heritage dictionary notes its + existence as "obsolete" and, interestingly enough, spells it with a + double "l".] + +endocardites + Rejected based on OSPD's listing of "carditises" as the only + plural of "carditis". Since "carditis" is not listed by MW10, + the OSPD listing seems to be the best information available on + pluralization of words with this root. +endocarditides + See "endocardites". [ENABLE2K allows "carditides", a plural listed + by the MW Medical Dictionary. MW Medical does not, however, list + "endocarditides", so this word remains removed.] +enterocolites + Rejected based on OSPD's listing of "colitises" as the only + plural of "colitis". Plurals such as this one present a difficult + problem. Based on MW10 alone, one would admit this plural, since + OSPD gives no explicit pluralization, and the general -itis entry + allows -ites and -itides as well as -itises. However, OSPD shows + only the plural "colitises" for "colitis". OSPD was compiled by + Merriam-Webster, and presumably would have included "colites" and + "colitides" if they were legitimate. Therefore, we have decided + to follow the lead of OSPD in such cases. +enterocolitides + See "enterocolites". +gastroenterites + Rejected based on TWL98's removal of the root form "enterites". +heterozyogises + Rejected based on OSPD's listing of "zygoses" as the only plural + of "zygosis". See "enterocolites". +homozygosises + See "enterocolites". +hyperhidrosises + See "enterocolites". OSPD shows only the plural "hidroses" for + "hidrosis". +loungewears + Rejected due to TWL98's condemnation of all -wears plurals. +lymphadenites + See "enterocolites". OSPD shows only the plural "adenitises" for + "adenitis". +lymphadenitides + See "enterocolites". +myelofibrosises + See "enterocolites". OSPD shows only the plural "fibroses" for + "fibrosis". +myocardites + See "endocardites". +myocarditides + See "endocardites". +nonghettoes + TWL98 removes "nonghettos" on the grounds that "nonghetto" is not + a noun. So "nonghettoes" has to go too. +otosclerosises + Rejected due to TWL98's rejection of the root form "sclerosises" +pericardites + When OSPD and MW10 appeared to be in conflict about the plurals of + diseases (see "endocardites"), other sources were consulted. Actually, + very few sources *could* be consulted, since virtually no one other + than a few crazed Scrabble (tm) players believes that diseases even have + plurals. However, the Merriam-Webster Unabridged does accept them. + Though it was not helpful for any other of the troublesome disease + words, MW Unabridged does show "pericarditides" as the only plural of + "pericarditis". Since this was an explicit entry, we decided it + overrode the implications of both MW10 and OSPD, and accordingly + included only "pericarditides" in ENABLE. +pericarditises + See "pericardites". +saccharomyceses + Supposedly the plural of "saccharomyces". MW10 defines two other + -myces words, both of which have plurals identical to the singular + form. Also, American Heritage shows "saccharomyces" as unchanged + in the plural. Accordingly, we made a judgment call that this + unnatural-looking plural is an error, and removed it from the + ENABLE list. +scaramouchs + Rejected as an obvious offense to the English language, since the + "ch" in scarmouch is a soft ch, not a hard one as in "oligarch". +schmaltzier + Not listed by MW10, but accepted by the other major American + dictionaries. Added to ENABLE as signature word. +schmaltziest + See "schmaltzier". +sportswears + Rejected due to TWL98's condemnation of all -wears plurals. +tenosynovites + Rejected based on TWL98's rejection of the root form "synovites". +tenosynovitides + See "tenosynovites". +ultrarights + Accepted by the Hasbro CD, but removed from ENABLE by analogy with + "ultralefts", which is rejected by TWL98. +vulvovaginites + Rejected based on TWL98's rejection of the root form "vaginites". + + +non-DOOM words added to ENABLE (interpretations) + +antefixae + This word is given explicitly as a plural of "antefix" by MW10. + OSPD and MW Unabridged reject this plural, and give "antefixa" + in its place (as does American Heritage). This may be evidence + that "antefixae" is erroneous. Nevertheless, not having the + resources or experience to second-guess Merriam-Webster on this + point, we decided to take MW10 at face value, and added "antefixae" + to the ENABLE list. [The Encarta(r) dictionary confirms "antefixae" + as a valid plural of "antefix". However, as a plural not listed in + OSPD, we treat "antefixae" as a new MW10 word, rather than as an + OSPD word.] +anticolonials + Accepted by RH Unabridged, rejected by the Hasbro CD. Judgment + call. +antisubversives + Judgment call. +begirting + This word is given explicitly as the present participle of "begird" + by MW10. OSPD and MW Unabridged (and American Heritage) instead + give a more regular "begirding". Again, possibly an error in MW10. + Not being expert in the conjugation of archaic verbs, once more we + have put our trust in the scolarship of MW10 and accepted "begirting". + [The 1999 edition of MW10 removes "begirting". Accordingly, we have + removed it from ENABLE2K.] +chlorenchymata + A plural of "chlorenchyma", by virtue of the MW10 -enchyma entry. +interboroughs + Accepted by both RH Unabridged and the Hasbro CD. +interurbans + Accepted by both RH Unabridged and the Hasbro CD. +interworkings + Accepted by the Hasbro CD. +interwrought + Past tense of "interwork", accepted by RH Unabridged, rejected + by the Hasbro CD. Accepted as clearly implied by MW10. +nonalcoholics + Accepted by both RH Unabridged and the Hasbro CD. +nonchemicals + Accepted by both RH Unabridged and the Hasbro CD. +noncomplyings + Accepted by both RH Unabridged and the Hasbro CD. +noncompounds + Accepted by the Hasbro CD. +nondiabetics + Accepted by the Hasbro CD. +nonperishables + Accepted by both RH Unabridged and the Hasbro CD. +overlighting + TWL98 adds "overlighted", implying that "overlighting" is also valid. + Also, the OSPD entry for "overlit" implies the existence of the verb + "overlight". +parenchymata + A plural of "parenchyma", by virtue of the MW10 -enchyma entry. +precomputers + Accepted by the Hasbro CD. +predischarged + Accepted by RH Unabridged, rejected by the Hasbro CD. Judgment call. +predischarging + See "predischarged". +presentencings + Accepted by the Hasbro CD. +ultraheated + Accepted by the Hasbro CD. +ultraheating + See "ultraheated". +ultraheats + See "ultraheated". +ultraradicals + Accepted by both RH Unabridged and the Hasbro CD. + + +--- +Scrabble is a trademark of the Milton Bradley Co., Inc. +The OSPD is a trademark of the Milton Bradley Co., Inc. +Encarta is a trademark of the Microsoft Corp. +UNIX is a trademark of AT & T. + + + + +---Alan Beale