Scrabble bosses slammed over use of abusive words
August 29th, 2010 - 4:23 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 29 (ANI): Scrabble bosses have been blasted after it was found that the game allows players to use vile racist insults.
It has been discovered that several highly offensive terms - including the N word - have place in the Collins Scrabble Dictionary and on the iPhone and Facebook versions of the game that can be used by any age group, reports News of the World.
Apart from “n****r” and other abusive words for ethnic groups, crude swear words like “f***”, “c***” and “w***” are also allowed to be used in the popular board game.
A famous anti-racism charity is seeking the removal of abusive insults for the fear of their effect on kids.
“You don’t want these horrible terms interfering in a family game like Scrabble,” said Ged Grebby, of Show Racism the Red Card.
“We are trying to make sure these words aren’t used in general language or as abuse, so we’re against anything that makes them acceptable.
“They should be removed immediately,” he added.
However a spokeswoman of Scrabble’s maker Mattel said: “These words are in the English language, they are legitimate. We’re not about censoring words.” (ANI)
- Scrabble rules set to change - Apr 06, 2010
- Tory councillor Bob Frost suspended after racist comments on Facebook - Aug 19, 2011
- Mikki Nicholson spells success in UK Scrabble championship - Nov 01, 2010
- 'Colourful' transsexual wins UK Scrabble championship - Nov 01, 2010
- Edited "n-word" in 'Huckleberry Finn' stirs heated debate - Jan 06, 2011
- Popular game Scrabble turns 60 - Dec 15, 2008
- Congress leader's poem on sex worker irks women activists - Apr 16, 2011
- 'Simples', 'tweetheart' and 'fauxmance' - new additions to dictionary! - Oct 27, 2010
- Scrabble boosts children's language, speech skills - Apr 02, 2011
- Censor Board Kills Rani Mukerji’s 'Kamini' act in 'No One Killed Jessica' - Dec 16, 2010
- Rani Muherjee’s Foul Language In 'No One Killed Jessica' Creating Ripples - Dec 15, 2010
- Soon, dictionary to describe clothes like whorts, cardigowns, treggings - Sep 22, 2010
- Internet words 'bloggable' and 'scareware' enter Oxford Dictionary - Feb 24, 2011
- New Collins dictionary has text messaging guide too - Sep 09, 2009
- Luis Suarez charged by FA for racial abuse - Nov 17, 2011
Tags: age group, board game, charity, english language, facebook, family game, fear, group reports, insults, iphone, london, mattel, n word, news of the world, offensive terms, racism, scrabble, scrabble dictionary, show racism the red card, spokeswoman