Aotearoa / New Zealand @lemmy.nz FloofahNZ @lemmy.nz 2mo ago

Kiwi Crowned French Scrabble Champ, Doesn't Speak French

uk.news.yahoo.com Kiwi Crowned French Scrabble Champ, Doesn't Speak French

A New Zealand man has won the French language Scrabble championship, despite not speaking French. Nigel Richards triumphed over Schélick Ilagou Rekawe, from French-speaking Gabon, in the final in Louvain, Belgium, on Monday. Richards’ friend Liz Fagerlund, former president of the New Zealand Scrab...

très bien

EDIT: This article was originally from 2015, my mistake in posting it now.

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Guy made it his mission to beat the French using their own language while still refusing to speak it.
- I can't think of anything more French!
I thought this sounded familiar. The article is from 2015!
- Wow, my error not seeing the article date, sorry about that. It popped up on my feed this am. Better look more carefully in the future.
  
  Haha all good, an interesting story none the less. It's been over 9 years, think he speaks French yet?
Nigel Richards. Check out Will Anderson's youtube channel, he covers pro scrabble matches in the style of chess commentary, and he has a lot of videos featuring Nigel
Searle would say he's brainless.
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