# \[GAME\] a **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 23, 2014, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267 "2014-08-23T02:58:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 20
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/381 "2014-09-01T13:11:27Z")
**X** -cuse us, etv, but the thread title is **“A”** , not “A, Limited to one-liners and short posts because some people are also watching tennis and golf while eating corned beef and cabbage and may not have the time to compose a longer post”. :D:D ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/382 "2014-09-01T14:32:35Z")
**Y** es, a palindromic haiku: Yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, Yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, Yay, yay, yay, yay, yay. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/383 "2014-09-01T15:59:43Z")
Zero problem with your haiku Prof. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/384 "2014-09-01T16:45:32Z")
**A** ny reason why we’re restricting ourselves to the Latin alphabet? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/385 "2014-09-01T17:01:14Z")
Because most Dopers are unfamiliar with the Cyrillic alphabet. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/386 "2014-09-01T17:05:31Z")
**C** omprehension would be difficult, and В Г Ґ Д looks funny. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/387 "2014-09-01T17:25:38Z")
**D** ope Law says all posts must be in English. I was mildly reprimanded for posting “my hovercraft is full of eels” in Russian. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/388 "2014-09-01T17:30:39Z")
English HAS become the world’s dominant language. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/389 "2014-09-01T18:00:38Z")
**F** rench used to be, and Latin before that, and before that it was Greek. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/390 "2014-09-01T18:06:34Z")
**G** oing back further in history, it was uggamuh mogguh and pictures. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/391 "2014-09-01T18:12:32Z")
**H** as Esperanto ever been dominant? ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/392 "2014-09-01T19:00:58Z")
I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/393 "2014-09-01T19:04:03Z")
Jewish people use Hebrew. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/394 "2014-09-01T19:05:22Z")
**K** rakens use a complex form of sign language. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/395 "2014-09-01T19:08:54Z")
**"L** eviathanese", I think it’s called. ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/396 "2014-09-01T19:12:53Z")
Morse Code would not work well on this message board. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/397 "2014-09-01T19:15:09Z")
or **N** ay would Igpay Atinlay. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/398 "2014-09-01T19:27:55Z")
**O** rwellian Doublespeak is double plus ungood. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/399 "2014-09-01T19:46:43Z")
Props to Cheshire. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/400 "2014-09-02T04:29:19Z")
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