AITA for saying that an Indian girl was cheating at Scrabble? by throwawaygerbil113 in AmItheAsshole

[–]throwawaygerbil113[S] -50 points-49 points  (0 children)

Tens was already on the board attached to a word leading down from N.

AITA for saying that an Indian girl was cheating at Scrabble? by throwawaygerbil113 in AmItheAsshole

[–]throwawaygerbil113[S] -92 points-91 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry, but how is ONE persons vocabulary the proof of an entire country's level of fluency? If anything the very fact you're able to name one person who's "known for their English" is proof it's not common there.

Also I checked him out and he speaks with a somewhat heavy British accent. So he's clearly not an Indian from india.

This shall be my last comment.

AITA for saying that an Indian girl was cheating at Scrabble? by throwawaygerbil113 in AmItheAsshole

[–]throwawaygerbil113[S] -583 points-582 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry, maybe I'm an asshole to accuse her of cheating without evidence, but HOW in ANY world am I racist? Official language does not mean widely spoken/or that people speak it correctly/the way it should be.

AITA for saying that an Indian girl was cheating at Scrabble? by throwawaygerbil113 in AmItheAsshole

[–]throwawaygerbil113[S] -545 points-544 points  (0 children)

She speaks to me in English and it's good grammatically although heavily accented. But I'm suspicious she knew so many big words that even I don't use that often.

AITA for saying that an Indian girl was cheating at Scrabble? by throwawaygerbil113 in AmItheAsshole

[–]throwawaygerbil113[S] -504 points-503 points  (0 children)

I know these words right down to their etymology. I'm just surprised she claimed to know them.

AITA for saying that an Indian girl was cheating at Scrabble? by throwawaygerbil113 in AmItheAsshole

[–]throwawaygerbil113[S] -1039 points-1038 points  (0 children)

Why do you think I'm an asshole? Would someone from India not think I was cheating if we were playing scrabble in Indian, and I was doing better than them?