Jenna Rose Robbins

In some African countries, Scrabble isn’t just a board game, it’s a government-endorsed sport, a source of national pride that sees cash-poor countries jetting their top Scrabble athletes around the world to international competitions. And that persistence is paying off. Former French colonies are starting to make the French sweat. For the third year in [...]

With the upcoming Beijing Summer Games (auspiciously beginning on 8-8-08), China’s hot to trot out preparations for its upcoming world party. Not only has the Forbidden City undergone extensive renovations, but now Chinese menus are getting a facelift. Being the grammar Nazi that I am, I find menu typos more often than not, on menus [...]