"Rock paper scissors" vs. "Rock scissors paper"

[Scot LaFaive]

I also go with RPS (grew up in west central WI), but I'm more interested in Roshambo. Maybe it's just a sign of my lack of cultural, but the only time before now that I had heard of Roshambo was on an episode of South Park. There it was a game of two guys kicking one another in the groin until one gave in. Yes, very cultured. I had never heard of it as another name for RPS until today. I must say that I'd prefer to play the RPS version...
 
Scot LaFaive



> Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 17:33:47 +0000> From: james.callan at COMCAST.NET> Subject: "Rock paper scissors" vs. "Rock scissors paper"> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> > ---------------------- Information from the mail header -----------------------> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>> Poster:       James Callan <james.callan at COMCAST.NET>> Subject:      "Rock paper scissors" vs. "Rock scissors paper"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------> > I realized the other day that, while I almost always call the game "rock scissors paper," it's far more popularly known as "rock paper scissors." (I know Google results aren't gospel, but 58,700 vs. 2,000,000 is a victory of several significant decimal places. Plus, the game's World Society uses Rock Paper Scissors.)> > Is there any regional variation in which order people use for the 3 elements of this game, or is this just my own quirk?> > Bonus question: is "roshambo" (450,000 ghits) a recent retitling of the game, or have people grown up calling it that for decades? I first heard the term a few years ago.> > James Callan> neologasm.com> > ------------------------------------------------------------> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
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