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<font size=3>At 07:29 PM 7/8/03 -0400, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Yes, but under the name (and rules)
of rock-paper-scissors-match. We<br>
New Yorkers were real sophisticated, after all. (We could also
argue<br>
about why e.g. match really does burn rock, etc.)<br>
</blockquote>Just FYI<br>
In Hawai`i the game is called Jan Ken Po, and one chants [j^n kEn@ po]
'out you go', showing your choice on 'po'. I believe the words are
originally Japanese, but I haven't checked on that.<br><br>
^ = caret, E = epsilon, @ = schwa<br><br>
Geoff</font><br>
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