By Lynn Roff
We were in the SPAZA shop. “SIES, JONG, these tomatoes are VROT.” said my OUMA who was cutting them on a KIAAT board, making BREDIES.
“ISIT, VROU?” asked my OUPA, rolling his r because he has a BREI (or BREY). He stood there with his KAAL BOEP sticking out of his too [...]

Posted on June 3rd, 2007 by Barry
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FE, JA, KI, ZA, AGS, AHI, AKA, ALF, APO, APP, AUA, AUE, BES, BOI, BRU, CAA, CAG, CAZ, DEG, DIF, DOF, DOY, DUH, ECO, EDS, EMO, EVO, EXO, FAA, FAE, FEG, FES, HOM, IGG, IWI, JAI, JOL, KAK, KIS, LOU, MEE, MIC, MYC, NEG, ONO, ONY, OUS, PAV, PLU, REO, SAV, SIF, SIK, SOM, TEC, [...]

Posted on February 20th, 2007 by dylan
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From the ABSP website:
Collins Official Tournament and Club Word List

I am pleased to announce that the ABSP will be changing to the new Collins Official Tournament and Club Word List on 15th May 2007.
This date allows a little over two months from the publication of the book on 5th March to its [...]

Posted on February 18th, 2007 by Barry
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How many times have you been stuck at the end of a game with just the Z and two blanks? And all those times haven’t you just wished for a word like ZZZ?
Or, when you’re ordering pizza, wished that there could be a word that would make the chore of pronouncing both syllables of the [...]

Posted on February 7th, 2007 by Barry
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Not all proper names are off limits – if you know their lowercase counterpart.
By Kathryn Wilkens
The Christian Science Monitor
What do these people have in common? Bill Gates, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Tony Blair, Faith Hill, Laura Bush, Lance Armstrong, Nelson Mandela, and Sally Ride?
Give up? The first names of all these famous people have a lowercase [...]

Posted on February 7th, 2007 by Barry
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