ROSHAMBO

[Roy Munson]

Rock, Paper, Scissors:

It has come to my attention that this great dispute settler, negotiation tool and pure gambling game has a proper name - Roshambo.

I ask the forum what is the proper pronunciation of Roshambo? Which syllable is accented? How is the "a" in the second syllable pronounced? I truly can not rest until I discover the truth.

As always, thank you in advance for your wise and valuable input.

[Thythe]

If the name is based on this guy, then this pronunciation key would be correct, but I have no idea:

Main Entry: Ro·cham·beau
Pronunciation: "rO-"sham-'bO
Function: biographical name
Comte de 1725-1807 Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur French field marshal; commanded French force that helped Washington's Continental army defeat Cornwallis at Yorktown

[AJo Go All In]

that's right

[ElSapo]

Any of you guys going to Toronto for world championships in October?

Team D.C. gotta represent...

ElSapo

[Gamblor]

World Championships?

[ElSapo]

Yeah, RPS (rock-paper-scissors) World Championships. Believe it's $10K Canadian first prize... In Toronto. I'm hoping to head that way with a bunch of friends in my first bid for a world championship...

[Aces McGee]

If you are going to make a run at the title, may I suggest Reopened Wound as your base gambit?

-McGee

[ElSapo]

Man, Team D.C. only throws the beauracrat. Shhh don't tell.

[ftball0000]

Apparently nobody in here watches South Park, that much. If you do, think of the Ro-Sham-Bo episode that involves Cartman trying to get all of the other boys to play...

100 pts to the person that remembers Cartman's version

-Ftball

[Gamblor]

First I kick you squa' in the nuts, then you kick me squa' in the nuts, first one to fall down loses!