Saturday, April 29, 2006
Za anyone?
Saw an artical in the paper today about how the Official Scrabble Dictionary has included the "za," as in a slang term for pizza. The reporter called an Italian pizzaria in New Jersey and asked them if anyone had ever ordered "za" and they said no, they had never heard of it. Have any of you guys? I think they just made this word up to make the game more exciting. And they added the word "qi" for the energy that flows through the body according to Chinese medicine. I have always seen this word written as "chi." Come on people, if you can't handle having a z or q left on your rack at the end of a game of scrabble maybe you should play something else.
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I think "za" was in the "Official Preppy Handbook". Remember that book you had? Back in the 80's? One time a boyfriend asked me if I wanted to get some "za". I think he had read the same book. And dude open up your 7th chakra and let the prana in- you can say "chi" or you can say "qi", as in "qi gong".
Kissy McGay
Thank you for commenting, Kissy, (IF that is your real name), it is good to know that someone other than my brother reads this. I am opposed to za and qi, however. I plan to play a lot of scrabble at the beach this summer and I would rather loose the twenty-two points than play the za. Someone has to stand up for the English language!
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