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Woman Claims Nintendo Scrabble Game is Teaching Profanity

Posted by samzenpus on from the go-f*ck-yourself-and-your-triple-score dept.

A mother is complaining that a game she bought her son to improve his vocabulary is instead teaching him inappropriate language. Tonya Carrington, 36, gave her son the Nintendo version of Scrabble and was horrified to discover that the virtual opponents in the game were laying down words containing crude slang and abuse. Mrs Carrington tried out the program for herself on her sons DS console and was shocked when her "opponent" laid down the word "t*ts." The next word the computer offered was "f*ckers," which it defined as "a slang word for chavs." "Ethan is doing really well with English at school, so I decided to get this to help boost his vocabulary — but obviously not like that," she said. It's tragic that her son was exposed to that kind of mind-warping language, which I'm sure as a nine-year-old boy he has never heard on the playground.

9 comments

  1. Hmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I knew exactly what website was going to be the source by the style of the language.

    Do we actually have any evidence that this is in fact a true story and not just circulated to get some sales for Fleet Street's finest?

    1. Re:Hmm by CRCulver · · Score: 1

      Is it common for Nintendo to release games in a separate UK English version? Anything whose major market was the US wouldn't have the word "chav" in it. That causes me to doubt the story.

  2. I, for one, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Welcome our new profanity abusing robotic overlords.

  3. Sure he knew the words from before by Crizp · · Score: 1

    A nine-year old doesn't hear that on the playground? Come on. My aunt worked in kindergarten a few years ago and the kids would spout of stuff like "cunt", "bitch" and "homo bastard" &c. when they didn't get their way, fully comprehending what they were saying.

  4. Pink DS by taris_kah · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I'm more concerned that the kid has a pink DS (not that there's anything wrong with that.)

    1. Re:Pink DS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Then why are you concerned?

        --Male who owns a pink DS

    2. Re:Pink DS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You don't get any better theft protection than having a pink DS. Same goes for laptops.

  5. just wait... by mcfatboy93 · · Score: 1

    till college. Thats how we played scrabble there.

    --
    Its not my fault, someone put a wall in my way.
  6. Ethans response by Wandering+Robot · · Score: 2, Insightful

    " You fuckers need to get your tits off my ds. Hows that for vocab mom?"