Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version nyu B notes v1.5 12/10/84; site csd2.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!teddy!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!csd2!agrawal From: agrawal@csd2.UUCP (Mukul Babu Agrawal) Newsgroups: net.games Subject: --0<-< HANG THE MAN WHO WROTE HANGMAN Message-ID: <2920001@csd2.UUCP> Date: Wed, 16-Jan-85 01:29:00 EST Article-I.D.: csd2.2920001 Posted: Wed Jan 16 01:29:00 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 20-Jan-85 00:37:05 EST Organization: New York University Lines: 12 To all people interested in hangman : It seems that the words used in 'hangman' are taken randomly from the online 'directory' of words,basically collected for editing text.This directory contains words which,while probably useful for editing scientific texts,is nothing short of STUPID when used for hangman purposes.It contains words which are not proper English at all, like,swingless,polypropelene,ada,etc.It is utterly useless trying to decipher these words.The library for hangman should contain PROPER ENGLISH WORDS which anyone knowing proper English can make out. DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO CREATE A SPECIAL DIRECTORY OF NORMAL ENGLISH WORDS AS AN INPUT TO HANGMAN ?????????????????