Hi Dark, Interesting. We have regional language changes here as well in terminology. For example in Ohio we will ask for a glass of pop. In other places in the US the same thing is called a soda, a coke, a soft drink, and it all depends on where you are from in the US. In fact, in some places people say soda as sodi. Anyway, given the evidents of a drafts board from the 1600's it is possible drafts is an older name for checkers. I'll look up the history and see if I can track down the diference in name change.
Dark wrote: > Hi tom. > > There are actually many differences betwene us and Uk english in > general, ---- and not just in words used, but also in some forms of grammar > as well. > > I once tried to write a story completely in us English, and was amazed at > the amount of stuff I needed to change in my usual vocabulary, ---- Eg, > using "in back" where I would normally use "behind" > > And that's even before we get into specifically regional phrasiology. where > I originally come from in the Midlands for example, nearly any sort of sweet > is referred to as a tuffy. > > to get on to Checkers vs Draughts though, well a quick checkers of Wikipedia > (hahaha,), didn't turn up any useful info annoyingly about the name change, > though apparently draughts boards from the 16th century have been found, so > I wonder if it's got a slightly older origen? > > the only other relevant fact that occurs to me (though it might be a > coincidence), is that Checkers court, usually just known as Checkers, is a > house in Aylesbury which is the Prime Minister's official country residence. > Or this could just be completely random! > > Beware the Grue! > > dark. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
