X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?p=deb_pkgs%2Fscowl.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=current%2Fr%2Fenable%2Fmw10add.doc;fp=current%2Fr%2Fenable%2Fmw10add.doc;h=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hp=5940a4425972ee34bc726087beb8d27d80d218f0;hb=b13ea8a082364672c6de2b010e558211ff52ec9a;hpb=01534a94130c1f5a3a230cf4fe18365a235ba271 diff --git a/current/r/enable/mw10add.doc b/current/r/enable/mw10add.doc deleted file mode 100644 index 5940a44..0000000 --- a/current/r/enable/mw10add.doc +++ /dev/null @@ -1,65 +0,0 @@ - THE MW10ADD WORD LIST -ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ - - -The Merriam-Webster's Collegiate dictionary, tenth edition, generally -referred to as MW10, is by far the most significant English dictionary for -the American Scrabble (r) player. It is the only source for long words -(more than 8 letters) permitted in tournament Scrabble play. Additionally, -it is one of the source dictionaries from which OSPD (r), the authority for -short words in tournament play, was compiled. It should be noted that, -even though the name MW10 is cited as if it defined a unique reference, -revisions of MW10 are printed regularly, generally with a number of new -words added each printing. But because the OSPD is also published by -Merriam-Webster, OSPD has done a far better job of tracking changes to -MW10 than for any other of the source dictionaries. (We have identified -over 4000 words from the other source dictionaries eligible for but -omitted from OSPD. The ENABLE2K supplement includes the file OSPDADD.LST, -which lists these words, together with eligible words from the Encarta (r) -World English Dictionary, which is not an OSPD source dictionary.) - -Despite the above, we have identified about 250 words listed in or implied -by the 1999 edition of MW10 which are not in OSPD or, as far as we can -tell, in the TWL98 list which governs tournament Scrabble play. These -words have all been added to the ENABLE WORD.LST; additionally, we have -listed them in the file MW10ADD.LST. These words fall into three classes. - -One class is composed of words which have been added to MW10 since -1998. This includes words like "ecoterrorist", "velociraptor" and "tyiyn" -(a currency unit of Kyrgyzstan). We feel safe in predicting that whenever -the official word list for tournament Scrabble is revised, whether via a -revision of OSPD or a TWL200x replacing TWL98, these words will be on it. - -Another class of MW10ADD.LST words is made up of words which have been in -MW10 for some time, but which appear to have been overlooked in the -assembly or maintenance of OSPD. Most of these words are plurals of nouns -which are listed by OSPD as adjectives, such as "gnostics" and "modernes". - -The third class of words is potentially more controversial. This list -consists of plurals implied by MW10, but not listed in OSPD or, as far as -we can tell, in TWL98. Examples of such words are "inions", "archentera" -and "testatrixes". These words were identified as part of a larger -effort to identify plurals omitted from OSPD and TWL98, which is discussed -in excruciating detail in the file PLURALS.DOC in the ENABLE2K supplement. -It is also worth mentioning that very few of these plural forms are -explicitly listed in MW10, and therefore that the validity of some or all -of them is open to debate. This is in contrast to the words in the first -two classes, for which the evidence is unequivocal. - -Because of the importance of MW10 to the serious Scrabble player, we -believe the inclusion of all these words in the ENABLE2K WORD.LST to be -completely justified. However, they are of course not yet considered -acceptable in tournament Scrabble play. Users of ENABLE who would prefer -to exclude these words can easily do so using the MAKELIST utility in the -ENABLE2K supplement, the UNIX comm command, or, in the worst case, a text -editor. - - ---- -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. - - - ---Alan Beale