Re: wanna add the next word?
Posted by futari on 2007/8/27 23:12:14
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Hi Glotynn, I agree that the word "bugs" is plural in number, but when we say "Let's play (the game of) bugs!", we are referring to the party game called "bugs"; it's the NAME OF THE GAME, though no real bugs, perhaps, are involved in the course of playing.
==> "Bugs" (or "How Many Bugs?") is a party game about observation where players try to guess how the game actually works. If done well this simple and fast game can keep its participants guessing for quite some time.
http://www.answers.com/topic/bugs-game-2
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==> "Snaps" is a trick game, often played at parties. It requires two people who understand the game rules and a number of others, namely, those who are to be tricked. The object of the game is for those who do not understand the rules to work out how the game is played.
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==> "Hearts" (also Black Lady, Chase the Lady and Black Maria [1]) is a trick-taking card game for three or more players; the version for four is perhaps the best known, since the game is often included with Microsoft Windows.
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==> "Nines" is a trick-taking game played with a standard deck of 52 playing cards. Nines is played by three people, and the object is to lower your score from 9 to zero.
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glotynn wrote:
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futari wrote:
Like "snaps", "sevens", "hearts", "nines", "spoons", "craits", and "pits", "bugs" is just one of those casual names for one of those fun games.
Hope this could serve as an answer to your question, Glotynn.
Hi Futari,
Such game names as snaps, sevens, hearts, nines, spoons, craits, and pits would aso be deemed unsuitable to fit the rules of this game because these words mean nothing other than the simple plurals.
How many bugs are in the jar? ← Obviously 'bugs' is a plural.
Hi Glotynn, I agree that the word "bugs" is plural in number, but when we say "Let's play (the game of) bugs!", we are referring to the party game called "bugs"; it's the NAME OF THE GAME, though no real bugs, perhaps, are involved in the course of playing.
==> "Bugs" (or "How Many Bugs?") is a party game about observation where players try to guess how the game actually works. If done well this simple and fast game can keep its participants guessing for quite some time.
http://www.answers.com/topic/bugs-game-2
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==> "Snaps" is a trick game, often played at parties. It requires two people who understand the game rules and a number of others, namely, those who are to be tricked. The object of the game is for those who do not understand the rules to work out how the game is played.
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==> "Hearts" (also Black Lady, Chase the Lady and Black Maria [1]) is a trick-taking card game for three or more players; the version for four is perhaps the best known, since the game is often included with Microsoft Windows.
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==> "Nines" is a trick-taking game played with a standard deck of 52 playing cards. Nines is played by three people, and the object is to lower your score from 9 to zero.
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