[Lingtyp] Non-compositional words for “rock-paper-scissors"

[Hartmut Haberland]

If nobody else has pointed this out yet, here is from the English Wikpedia:
“The name Rochambeau, sometimes spelled roshambo or ro-sham-bo and used mainly in the Western United States, is widely believed to be a reference to Count Rochambeau, who, according to a widespread legend, played the game during the American Revolutionary War. This legend is clearly untrue as all evidence points to the game first becoming known in the United States no sooner than sometime during the 1930s. It is unclear why exactly this name ended up being associated with the game, with hypotheses ranging from a slight phonetic similarity with the Japanese name jan-ken-pon to the presence of a statue of Rochambeau in a certain Washington, D.C. neighborhood.”
Hartmut

Fra: Hartmut Haberland
Sendt: 4. maj 2022 13:16
Til: 'JOO, Ian [Student]' <ian.joo at connect.polyu.hk>; LINGTYP <lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org>
Emne: SV: Non-compositional words for “rock-paper-scissors"

Dear Ian
There a lot of variants in German (like Stein, Schere, Papier; Schere, Stein, Papier; Schnick, Schnack [!], Schnuck; Fli, Fla, Flu; Pi, Pa, Po; Ching, Chang, Chong; Klick, Klack, Kluck; Stein schleift Schere ‘stone sharpens scissors’; Schnibbeln; Knobeln; Schniekern). Note that these are mostly nonsense words (NB Schnack, not Schanck), except of course Stein, Schere, and Papier. Many of them I have never heard, they may be regional. Knobeln is actually a verb and denotes a broader activity: deciding an issue (like who is to pay a bill in a pub) by a random or semi-random procedure such as throwing a coin. (https://www.wikiwand.com/de/Schere,_Stein,_Papier) Note that at least in the version I know is not ‘paper covers stone’ but ‘paper wraps stone’. Hartmut

Fra: Lingtyp <lingtyp-bounces at listserv.linguistlist.org<mailto:lingtyp-bounces at listserv.linguistlist.org>> På vegne af JOO, Ian [Student]
Sendt: 2. maj 2022 16:30
Til: LINGTYP <lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org<mailto:lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org>>
Emne: [Lingtyp] Non-compositional words for “rock-paper-scissors"

Dear all,

I’m making a list of non-compositional words for the rock-paper-scissors game or similar games.
In other words, I’m looking for words for “rock-paper-scissors” that do not consist of words for “rock”, “paper”, and “scissors”, or any other meanings, such as German Schnick Schanck Schnuck, Thai bpao ying choop, etc.
I would much appreciate it if you could share with me any words for this game or its kind that do not consist of meaningful words.

From Korea,
Ian
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