It's funny to English-speakers because when we think of marbles, we're
thinking of something like this
http://www.atoygarden.com/images/products/Marbles300.jpg


Some games are played with marbles, but since in English the go pieces are
called "stones" the concept of playing Go with marbles evokes images of
white and black marbles rolling around the board. The reporter just got
confused.

On 2/21/07, Sylvain Gelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


my favorite line:
>
> "In Go all marbles are identical..."
>

My English prevent me to understand the subtlety here.
Is there any relation to "the type of stone" meaning of marble?

Sylvain

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