FORKNI-L
Digest - 18 Apr 2007 to 19 Apr 2007 (#2007-28)
Thu, 19 Apr 2007
There are 3 messages totalling 58 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. tic-tac-toe & Virginia Tech
2. tic-tac-toe
3. Nick & Schanke Playing Tic-Tac-Toe in DTKY
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Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 08:09:08 -0400
From: "Phillips, Tim" <Tim.Phillips@s.......>
Subject: Re: tic-tac-toe & Virginia Tech
> In the digest of Apr 16-17, Amy asked about tic-tac-toe and what
> Canadians call it.
> My grandmother always tried to correct me, telling me it was
> "Naughts and Crosses".
I have a distant memory that "naughts and crosses" is an english
name for Tic-Tac-Toe.
I remember calling it "Xs and Os" as a kid.
It could be that the various phrases are "nothing more" than
expressions of generational slang terms...
Tim
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Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:18:31 +0930
From: Dorothy <jennii35@i.......>
Subject: tic-tac-toe
I have a distant memory that "naughts and crosses" is an english
name for Tic-Tac-Toe..
It's the name we use in Australia also, naughts and crosses
Dot
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Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 08:59:15 -0600
From: Angela Gottfred <agottfre@t.......>
Subject: Re: Nick & Schanke Playing Tic-Tac-Toe in DTKY
> What is the usual Canadian expression for the markings in tic-tac-toe?
In Western Canada, anyway, we call it tic-tac-toe, and one person plays X and
the other plays O. I've only ever heard of naughts and crosses in the British
context. But it's a big country, I suppose in Ontario they might call them
naughts and crosses.
Your humble & obedient servant,
Angela Gottfred
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End of FORKNI-L Digest - 18 Apr 2007 to 19 Apr 2007 (#2007-28)
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