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To: BenLurkin

I have to ask a question that has bothered me for years -- since it's touched on in this article, I'll give it a whirl:

Americans say "checkers".
Brits say "draughts".

But is that pronounced like "drots" or "drafts"?

2 posted on 01/11/2015 1:30:50 PM PST by ClearCase_guy ("Hey, I don't appreciate your lack of sarcasm.")

To: ClearCase_guy

“Americans say “checkers”.
Brits say “draughts”.”

Drafts. :)

6 posted on 01/11/2015 1:35:40 PM PST by moose07 (The Camels have reached the parking lot. Shields up!)

To: ClearCase_guy

Wikipedia doesn’t give a pronunciation but it does tell us that it’s played on a “checkquerd board.” [sic]

9 posted on 01/11/2015 1:38:21 PM PST by Larry Lucido

To: ClearCase_guy

What we call “tic-tac-toe” is called either “naughts and crosses” or “noughts and crosses” by the Brits.

Is “naughts” pronounced the same as “noughts”? I’ve always heard it pronounced as “nawts”.

And since the Brits pronounce “draughts” as “drafts”, why wouldn’t they pronounce “naughts” as “nafts”?

14 posted on 01/11/2015 1:44:37 PM PST by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away)

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