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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------ End of FORKNI-L Digest - 18 Apr 2007 to 19 Apr 2007 (#2007-28) **************************************************************
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