Questions about Dixit

[Game Empire Chuck]

Hey Gang,
Last night I played Dixit with my family and my brother's family. Of course, my brother immediately tried to "break the game" by using clues that he thought only his wife and/or kids would get. Some clues were the names of their family friends. While this plan backfired in a spectacular fashion, my question is this: In Dixit can the story teller use clues that are proper names of non-celebrity people (liker personal friends), or foreign words knowing that only one other person speaks that foreign language? I can't see anything in the rules to stops this, but it sounds like it could be abused. What do you think?
Chuck

[Bruce]

Some people make house rules against using things that are unique to their relationship to another player. I don't. In fact, I'll tell new players to use any trick in their clue they think might help. As you noted when we discussed this in person, such tricks rarely work anyway. I think the surreal nature of the card art largely obviates any need for a specific rule.