Farkling/farggling

[Laurence Horn]

At 5:32 PM -0500 7/8/03, Anne Rogers wrote:
>Well, I only know it as Rock-Paper-Scissors, but apparently on one of the
>reality shows this week, two participants made fun of another participant
>because she didn't know what farkling was, apparently another name for
>R-P-S. I couldn't find anything in the ADS archives about farkling or farkle
>-- is this a regionally based name for R-P-S, or perhaps age-related? In
>Massachusetts in the 70s and 80s, it was always Rock-Paper-Scissors; I've
>never heard any other name.
>
>Has anyone else farkled?
>
>Anne

Yes, but under the name (and rules) of rock-paper-scissors-match.  We
New Yorkers were real sophisticated, after all.  (We could also argue
about why e.g. match really does burn rock, etc.)

Larry