Tic-tac-toe, tres en raya, gato

[irmamar]

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¡Tres en raya! What did you tell me that was the English name for this game?

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by irmamar

¡Tres en raya! What did you tell me that was the English name for this game?

Tic-tac-toe

[Greenstar]

In England we call it noughts and crosses

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by Greenstar

In England we call it noughts and crosses

My question is noughts means Tres en raya. At leas that was the meaning I found in the online dictionary.


I'd like to know the real meaning of the word

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

My question is noughts means Tres en raya. At leas that was the meaning I found in the online dictionary.


I'd like to know the real meaning of the word

This is a game. I think this has another name in your country... Angelica?

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

@Crotalito: Se llama gato.

[irmamar]

Sabía que tú lo sabías.

[Awaken]

In the US, a tie game is called a "cat game" or "cat" for short.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

@Irma:

Originally Posted by Awaken

In the US, a tie game is called a "cat game" or "cat" for short.

Aquí se dice que "se hace gato".

--¿Quién ganó?
--Nadie. Se hizo gato.

[laepelba]

Remember that the word "naught" is often used to refer to the number "0", thus "naughts and crosses", although I've never heard it called that. Only "tic tac toe"....

[pjt33]

Originally Posted by laepelba

Remember that the word "naught" is often used to refer to the number "0", thus "naughts and crosses", although I've never heard it called that. Only "tic tac toe"....

No, "naught" means "nothing". "Nought" means "zero".

[irmamar]

"Naught" in American English and "nought" in British English? That reminds me "centre" and "center" or "practice" and "practise". I never remember which word is the correct one.

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by pjt33

No, "naught" means "nothing". "Nought" means "zero".

Originally Posted by irmamar

"Naught" in American English and "nought" in British English?

No, both naught and nought are BrE, but the BrE for tic tac toe is Noughts and Crosses, (so the AmE for Nought is half of tic tac toe).

Naught means nothing, but used also to mean wickedness, hence naughty (malo, travieso) which used to be quite a strong adjective. Nought meant a thing of no value, hence zero, although naught and nought used to be interchangeable.

Bye the way, if I'm reading a number like 0.0032, I always read it as nought point nought nought three two. I never use zero. Perhaps this is just BrE

[laepelba]

I found this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naught

[Perikles]

OK - Zero can be nought in BrE and nought or naught in AmE.