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My English major skills crushed the girl in Bananagrams.

Dennis G. Jerz / 16 Aug 2017

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My English major skills crushed the girl in Bananagrams. (Wildcard? You mean quitter tile!)

16 Aug 2017 in Games, Language, Personal.

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2 thoughts on “My English major skills crushed the girl in Bananagrams.”

  1. Lisa Hommel Lisa Hommel says:
    17 Aug 2017 at 10:16 am

    Ouch.

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  2. Tiiu J Robison Tiiu J Robison says:
    18 Aug 2017 at 1:55 pm

    My older granddaughter is probably about half a year younger than “The Girl.” She was probably 12 years old the last time that I played Bananagrams with her. Trounced me EVERY TIME!!! Since English was my third language (and I learned it from a textbook), I had always assumed my skills were pretty good…

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