Four letter words only...

ReligionX · Post by **ReligionX** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 12:05 pm

Arigatomina wrote:easy

Simultaneous Post! AGH! In that case, I'll change my word to:

Yelp.

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 12:07 pm

jubjub2 · Post by **jubjub2** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 12:13 pm

Fall_Child42 · Post by **Fall_Child42** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 12:21 pm

BlaCk_PeArL_27 wrote:godix nvm..... "_"

xena

But it is not in the dictionary.

and therefore against the rules.

We are actually still on "X"

as Xena is not a word.

Arigatomina · Post by **Arigatomina** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 12:24 pm

xray ;p

Fall_Child42 · Post by **Fall_Child42** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 12:24 pm

Fall_Child42 wrote:
BlaCk_PeArL_27 wrote:godix nvm..... "_"

xena
But it is not in the dictionary.

and therefore against the rules.

We are actually still on "X"

as Xena is not a word.

Actually Wait, Let's let Oto handle this one, as he is the linguist.

Are proper names "words"?

Tsunami Jones · Post by **Tsunami Jones** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 12:38 pm

Not according to Scrabble!

Fall_Child42 · Post by **Fall_Child42** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 12:40 pm

that's what i was going by, but I am now really curious ... what are the properties that make something a word or not a word.

Tsunami Jones · Post by **Tsunami Jones** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 12:53 pm

Merriam-Webster wrote:2 a (1): a speech sound or series of speech sounds that symbolizes and communicates a meaning usually without being divisible into smaller units capable of independent use (2): the entire set of linguistic forms produced by combining a single base with various inflectional elements without change in the part of speech elements b (1): a written or printed character or combination of characters representing a spoken word <the> — sometimes used with the first letter of a real or pretended taboo word prefixed as an often humorous euphemism <the> <we> (2): any segment of written or printed discourse ordinarily appearing between spaces or between a space and a punctuation mark c: a number of bytes processed as a unit and conveying a quantum of information in communication and computer work

Fall_Child42 · Post by **Fall_Child42** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 1:29 pm

BlaCk_PeArL_27 wrote:Must be words that can be meaningful or it has on the dictionary.

Well I have now come to the conclusion that yes Propernames can be classified as words, however this rule says that it must cary meaning.

Proper names have caused many problems for the philosophy of language, but as John Stewart Mill has said ""A proper name [is] a word that answers the purpose of showing what thing it is that we are talking about but not of telling anything about it".

therefore I contend that although "Xena" is a word, it does not carry any meaning, nor is it in the dictionary, and thus Shall not be accepted as an official entry to this game. for it is against the rules.

We are still looking for a four letter word that begins with "X"

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