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Granted that they are using English with Greek letters, in what dialect of
English are "lilacs" nonexistent? I grant your point about TOK, which I
presume is supposed to be "talk". I am more disturbed by the confusion
between Π and Ρ in words like "ΡΕΤΣ", ""Ρ_ΕΥ", "IΡΟΔΣ", and "ΝΟΡΕ" (but
"ΠΙΝ" and "ΥΑΡΝ"). And the board is indeed sideways, and the I off the
board. And does using an eta as an "h" and upsilon as a "y" really help you
learn the Greek alphabet? But I did learn something: although I don't know
whether a ΚΙΡ is a kip (1000 pounds of force) or a kir (a cocktail with
creme de cassis), it would be an acceptable word either way, and I had
never heard of either of them before.

On Tue, May 7, 2019 at 10:27 PM Ralph Hancock <[email protected]>
wrote:

> You'd have expected them play the game in Greek, not in English with Greek
> letters. Even here they've got two nonexistent words, TOK and LILAKS. There
> seems to be an attempt to spell iPod (a dubiously allowable word in
> Scrabble) but the I is off the board. Also, the board is set sideways.
> Could do much better.
>
> RH
>


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