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06 June 2008 at 4:07am | IP Logged

A gentleman working for Mattel asked me if I could share this on the forum - perhaps one of our polyglot forum members could win this competition?

Mattel wrote:

I work for Mattel, the owners of Scrabble.

As a one-off, as part of our celebrations for the 60th Anniversary of
Scrabble in 2008, we're thinking of running a one day polyglot Scrabble tournament
where you can play Scrabble in a number of languages at the same time.
It's likely to be staged in Spain in October or November. There will be a
prize to the winner of approx. US $2000 and travel and accommodation expenses will be paid.

We're working on the details of the game at the moment but would like to recruit competitors
who speak a number of languages. We will then organise national competitions.

If you are interested in taking part please email me on scrabbleuk@mattel.com with your contact details,
your nationality and if different, a note of the country that you would want to represent.

Thank you
Philip Nelkon
Mattel Games

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06 June 2008 at 9:03am | IP Logged

I like playing Scrabble, but only in English... :(
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06 June 2008 at 6:01pm | IP Logged

It sounds like an excellent idea. Best of luck to any participants on our forum!
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07 June 2008 at 4:47am | IP Logged

Anyone on this forum participating??

If so, best of luck to you

Bon chance
Buena suerte
Chons da

TEL
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07 June 2008 at 11:50am | IP Logged

Professor Arguelles would destroy this competition.
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13 June 2008 at 8:11am | IP Logged

I would love to, but I fear that I'm not enough of a polyglot to have a chance.

And I guess non-roman writing systems aren't allowed…
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14 June 2008 at 1:31pm | IP Logged

Actually, non-Roman writing systems might be allowed--I've seen official Scrabble sets in Hebrew and Russian.
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14 June 2008 at 2:37pm | IP Logged

I'm not good enough for it,I think , but why not! I speak very good only German ,but I know many words in many languages...If somebody wants to take part...Write me!!

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