Nintendo Scrabble Game Drops the F-Bomb

<h4><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/12/08/nintendo-scrabble-game-drops-the-f-bomb.aspx">Posted by Jeanne Sager</a><br></h4> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.babble.com/CS/members/JeanneSager.aspx"><br></a> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/2008/12/08-15/scrabble.jpg"><img src="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/2008/12/08-15/scrabble.jpg" alt="" align="right" border="0" height="213" hspace="4" width="237"></a> First it was the word &quot;tits.&quot; The Nintendo Scrabble game offered the eight-year-old boy two definitions: a garden bird or an informal word for female breasts. A garden variety mistake? Not when you consider the game&#39;s next choice.&nbsp;</p><p>Ethan Carrington&#39;s handheld Nintendo DS spit out the word &quot;f**kers&quot; to win at Nintendo Scrabble - the f-bomb was worth a triple word score.&nbsp;</p><p>Before giving birth to my daughter, this would have cracked me up (OK, it still did, but I promise I shook my head in appropriate disgust while clutching my stomach). The rating on the game was for three and up, and well, I have a three-year-old now. So you&#39;ll excuse me my prudishness in agreeing with Tonya Carrington - this game has got to go. The English mother bought the game for her son because he enjoys English; she thought it would boost his vocabulary. Only she was thinking more Webster&#39;s, less salty sea sailor.&nbsp;</p>The thing is, he&#39;s probably heard the words on the bus. But in a game Mom and Dad bought? One that&#39;s meant to act as a teaching tool? <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/12/08/nintendo-scrabble-game-drops-the-f-bomb.aspx">Click Here for the Response from the Game&#39;s Maker</a><br><br>Related Stories:<br><h4><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/12/05/no-the-vagina-doesn-t-heal-up-and-close-from-disuse.aspx" target="_blank">No, the Vagina Doesn&#39;t &#39;Heal Up and Close&#39; from Disuse</a></h4><h4><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/12/04/mix-rap-with-kid-s-shows-and-whaddya-get.aspx" target="_blank">Mix Rap With Kid Shows and Whaddya Get?</a></h4><h4><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/12/06/mom-writes-b-ch-on-fourth-grader-s-forehead.aspx" target="_blank">Mom Scratches &#39;B**ch&#39; on Son&#39;s Face with Crayon</a></h4><br>