Rock, paper, scissors, match!
What does "match" mean? "Let's compare"?
What does "match" mean? "Let's compare"?
Rock, paper, scissors, match!
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Please tell us where you found this sentence and in what context it was used.
In Seinfeld, the TV show.
Sorry for that. I thought that was the usual way you play this game to settle a dispute.
I would say it means "show yours", but all we ever said when I've played it was "One, two, three".
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That's all I've ever said, or would say.
Hmm. We always say 1-2-3-go!
But you still formed the same rock-, paper- and scissor-shaped hands, and followed the same rules?
Definitely four in my household. Like Andygc, I say 1-2-3-go!
Absolutely. This seems to be a Western US thing, according to Wikipedia, and, although there is speculation about the origin of this variant, no one really knows. Like everything one learns on the playground, it seemed absolute and unquestionable at the time, and I am now surprised that it's a regional oddity.
Rock paper scissors - Wikipedia
This Wikipedia article says it started in China a couple thousand years ago, moved to Japan, and moved to the west around 1900. It says that "ro-sham-bo" is a reference to Count Rochambeau, who assisted the US in the revolutionary war.
This Wikipedia article says it started in China a couple thousand years ago, moved to Japan, and moved to the west around 1900. It says that "ro-sham-bo" is a reference to Count Rochambeau, who assisted the US in the revolutionary war.
Yep, and it also says that that is probably a false etiology for "ro-sham-bo," since "Rock paper scissors" did not exist in the US during that period. Keep reading...
In which season and episode did was this line said, and who said it?
Sorry, I forgot which season. I'll tell you next time I watch the episode. I only remember it's Kramer and Mickey who are playing the game.
I watch or listen to Seinfeld every day. Most of my English comes from watching the show. 😊
That's interesting.😊 But our version is " rock, scissors, cloth", and which beats which is the same.
Seems to be called this in the following app: Rock Paper Scissors Match RPSM
"Match" is one of the choices? 🤔
No idea - don't know the app so I don't know how the game is played. However, I would think it's the virtual equivalent to "1-2-3 go" or the other variations that seem to exist.
I don't have the app, either. But I just checked the introduction (description?) of the app. It says "Match beats paper."
I don't have the app, either. But I just checked the introduction (description?) of the app. It says "Match beats paper."
That would add a fourth element. The 'rules' are "Rock breaks/blunts scissors, scissors cut paper, paper wraps rock." "Match" following "paper" would win because "Match burns paper", but then it's back to the top and in rock vs. match rock would win because "Rock crushes match"... I think.
I grew up with "Rock, scissors, paper" and "One, two three!"