A new(?) solitaire game

Wilson Gray hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Tue Oct 5 18:48:45 UTC 2010


>From a computer-game site:

"Peg Solitaire is a ... board game also known as 'English peg
solitaire' or 'Senku.' "

There's a seeming disconnect between _English_ and _Senku_. Is this a
use of _English_ as in "_English_ horn"?

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-Wilson
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