Braille Scrabble Set

See the pictures below of a Braille scrabble set belonging to +Dalene De Beer 's parents

Thanks Steve :-)

People & Place Names

Most of the names listed below are probably familiar to you - but did you know they are all allowable in Scrabble?

FAMOUS NAMES

Actors
ANN BAXTER, JACK BENNY, CAROL BURNET, FONDA (HENRY, PETER and JANE),
MEL GIBSON, PAUL HOGAN, JOHN GOODMAN, GENE HACKMAN, GENE KELLY,
JAMES MASON , GINGER ROGERS

Writers and artists
ALBEE, BROWNING, CAPOTE, CHRISTIE, COLLINS, DICKENS, JOHN DONNE, JEAN GENET, HOMER, HENRY JAMES, JUVENAL, SCHILLER, JOSEPH TURNER

Politics
AMIN, JIMMY CARTER, OLIVER NORTH , QUISLING, THATCHER

Historical figures
BECKET, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, RALPH IZARD , JESUS, JOHN PAUL JONES, JUDAS,
NED KELLY, ZAPATA

Science
BUZZ ALDRIN, RUTH BENEDICT, MARIE CURIE, ALBERT EINSTEIN, FARADAY, FERMI,
GILBERT, GRAHAM, JOSEPH HENRY, HERTZ, LORD KELVIN, NEWTON, ROENTGEN, MAX WEBER

Sport
BEN HOGAN, MIKE JORDAN, CARL LEWIS, COREY PAVIN, SAM SNEAD, MARK SPITZ

Christian names
ABIGAIL ALBERT AMELIA ANN ANNA AVA BARBIE BASIL BEN BENJAMIN BENNY BERTHA
BERYL BETH BETTY BILLIE CARL CELESTE CICELY CLARENCE CLINT COL COLIN CRAIG
DAGWOOD DEB DEBBY DEXTER DITA DREW EBENEZER ERIC ERICA FRITZ GEMMA GLORIA ISABEL ISABELLA ITA
JAMES JANE JEAN JEFF JENNY JESSIE JILL JOE JOHNNIE JOHNNY JOSEPH JUDY KELVIN
LEX LIONEL MADGE MARCEL MARG MARGE MARIA MARTIN MAVIS MAX MOLLY MORRIS MURRAY
NEDDY NELLY NELSON NOEL NORMA NORMAN OLIVER OTTO PAM PATRICK PAUL PEGGY PERRY POLLY PORGY
REX ROMA RUTH SAM SEAN SOPHIA STEVEN SYLVIA TAMMY TED TERRY TIMOTHY TOBY TOMMY
VANESSA VERONICA VICTORIA WALLY WILLY

PLACE NAMES

Countries
ANGOLA BOLIVIA BRAZIL CANADA CHAD CHILE CHINA CONGO CYPRUS GAMBIA GREECE GUINEA
JAPAN JORDAN MALI MOROCCO NIGER PANAMA RUSSIA SPAIN TONGA TURKEY WALES ZAIRE

Cities and towns
BERLIN BRISTOL FLORENCE GENOA GENEVA HAMBURG MADRAS OXFORD TRIPOLI WATERLOO

Regions
ALASKA CAYMAN ISLANDS GALILEE HOLLAND KASHMIR KLONDIKE RIALTO RIVIERA SAXONY SILESIA TEXAS

Rivers
COLORADO RHINE RHONE SEINE

Nationality
AFGHANI ARABIC CHINESE DANISH DUTCH ENGLISH FLEMISH FRENCH GERMAN GREEK MONGOL SCOT SIAMESE WELSH

My Scrabble Weekend - Day 1

4 November 2011

I feel so lucky and blessed to have friends (and family) that share my love for scrabble. It took 34 years, but finally I have scrabble-peeps. Yes a 'nerd-herd' but seriously social. And also thank you to the Vos-Family for your little paradise in Pearly Beach.



We kicked off the scrabbling with two games:

Mia vs Lidia and

Ilse vs Willy-John vs Tania (the Mathys rivalry)

Our mascot: Sir Spongebob Scrabble Pants officiating the tournament.



Lidia has to get the award for most improved in terms of time taken to play. The girl was a "Speedy Gonzalez" compared to her usual pace. Awesome stuff Lids.

Well her new found speed also translated into a win.

Game Scores:

Lidia - 393

Mia - 226

On the other side of the table, the Mathyse were intensely taking each other on. The fierce competition obvious in their defensive playing style. The name of the game was: ‘Boycott!!!!’



Well the victor of the epic battle was the young warrior – Sir Willy-John. (his skill still amazes me – raw talent)

Game Scores

            Willy-John – 223

            Tania – 206

            Ilse – 144 (la loser)



Ilse was an early fader or maybe just a bad loser and went to bed early. Mia felt her young brain had had enough for the day and just watch the Masters of the game play two more games for the evening.



Games Scores

	Tania	Lidia	Willy-John
Games 1	194	149	177
Game 2	149	245	182

Clearly I shouldn’t play after 1am. But totally enjoyed. As long as I can play scrabble, I am a happy chappy.



Can’t wait for today’s games. I am going to channel my scrabble awesomeness.