gardenmom5 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 I didn't know there was disagreement about what this is called until my niece posted something on her FB page. It's getting rather heated - mostly from one or two people, but still . . . . So - give me a wider group to poll from with which to give me data to share. If you're a lefty - would you please leave your response in the comments. That's now been brought into it too . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 I have *never* heard it in any other order than R P S. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ailaena Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Lefty (mostly), Rock, paper, scissors. maybe it’s regional? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forty-two Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 (edited) 25 minutes ago, gardenmom5 said: If you're a lefty - would you please leave your response in the comments. My oldest dd is a lefty, and she calls it "rock, paper, scissors," as does my lefty ds. My righty middle dd and I also call it "rock, paper, scissors". None of us have heard it any other way. Offhand I'd think family/friend/regional influence affects the name more than handedness. Edited March 25, 2021 by forty-two Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Just now, happi duck said: I have *never* heard it in any other order than R P S. Me either. I am a righty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kassia Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 I'm a lefty and I've only heard it rock, paper, scissors. Also, I've lived in two different states if that makes any difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinRTX Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 I'm right handed and so is my husband. Between us we have lived in 2 countries(other than US) and at least 12 states. We have always heard rock paper scissors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lecka Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 We lived somewhere that the kids had additional hand motions -- one of them was "snake." It was still called rock, paper, scissors. One of the other ones was either "water" or "waterfall." There were extra ones and they beat different things, and one of them was like a "wild card" thing that could beat almost everything else, but you weren't supposed to do it very often. Maybe it was "fire" or "fireworks," something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Whoa, somebody take a screenshot! 30 responses with 100% agreement! I have heard it differently in other languages though. 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Rock Paper Scissors - though I've also heard "Ro sham bo" sometimes, and occasionally the exceptionally geeky (thank you, Big Bang Theory) Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 8 minutes ago, SKL said: I have heard it differently in other languages though. In Chinese we call 石头(rock), 剪刀(scissors),布(cloth) In SE Asia, we called it scissors, paper, stone when saying in English regardless of left or right handed. There is a quora thread on this https://www.quora.com/Do-you-call-it-Paper-Rock-Scissors-Rock-Paper-Scissors-or-Roshambo ”Do you call it Paper Rock Scissors, Rock Paper Scissors, or Roshambo?” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 In English it's called Rock, Paper, Scissors or Roshambo. In Japanese it's called Jankenpon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 UK: RPS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 The *only* other thing I've ever heard it called is Rochambeau. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 By the way, one of the pleasures of my life is watching my identical twins play rock paper scissors against each other. I've seen them throw the same thing for round after round many times. Once they threw the same thing like twenty times in a row or something. 3 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 I should have added "other" to my vote because I've also heard it called Roshambo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 also, Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted March 25, 2021 Author Share Posted March 25, 2021 I have to wonder about the people insisting it's paper, rock, scissors . . . . I had never heard it called that before. I looked it up - it originated in Han Dynasty china. translated to "rock paper scissors". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 The first year we went to the Davidson Summit (summer gathering for families of kids who are profoundly gifted) I sat in awe watching my kid and four others play a very elaborate, suddenly changing version of RPS. It may have started out with Lizard and Spock, but it didn't end there. It was just so cool to watch my kid, who usually was the exception to the rule, with others who were all on the same wavelength. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 9 minutes ago, gardenmom5 said: I have to wonder about the people insisting it's paper, rock, scissors . . . . I had never heard it called that before. I looked it up - it originated in Han Dynasty china. translated to "rock paper scissors". I think they must be trolling. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted March 25, 2021 Author Share Posted March 25, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Farrar said: I think they must be trolling. except one is nieces's dh, and the other is her sgt.(? I think, sounded like someone from work.) hm - other niece's dh says it that way too. I think it is a location specific idiosyncrasy. Edited March 25, 2021 by gardenmom5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReader Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 2 hours ago, gardenmom5 said: I have to wonder about the people insisting it's paper, rock, scissors . . . . I had never heard it called that before. I looked it up - it originated in Han Dynasty china. translated to "rock paper scissors". I wonder if it's b/c that's alphabetical order....? And I wonder if there is another meaning to the acronym or something also that they are insinuating (maybe??)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcat Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 I haven't read the comments. Rock, paper, scissors. I've never heard it referred to in any other way, not even on TV or in the movies. I'm a lefty. Off to read the comments to see what being a lefty might have to do with it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcat Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 4 hours ago, SKL said: Whoa, somebody take a screenshot! 30 responses with 100% agreement! I have heard it differently in other languages though. 79 in total agreement now! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebcoola Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 It's rock paper scissors never heard it any other way unless you count rock paper scissors lizard spock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katilac Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 4 hours ago, Farrar said: The *only* other thing I've ever heard it called is Rochambeau. Aaaaand, now I'm singing Hamilton. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
math teacher Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Rock, paper, scissors-always. That's what my first graders are saying as well, and I didn't teach it to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillStanding Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 I had to say out loud in my native tongue first "Pedra, paper, estisores"😄 but I agree with everybody else: Rock, paper, scissors. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 1 hour ago, katilac said: Aaaaand, now I'm singing Hamilton. You are not alone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not_a_Number Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 I don't think I've ever seen a poll be this unanimous before!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 I'm actually a little concerned about this unprecedented poll. How do we know that we won't open up some hole in the universe or something? Can I change my vote? 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsheresomewhere Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Rock Paper Scissors Or in my house, we use the geeky version ( thank you Big Bang theory) Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted March 26, 2021 Author Share Posted March 26, 2021 2 hours ago, Not_a_Number said: I don't think I've ever seen a poll be this unanimous before!! I had a previous poll that was, people were freaking out then too. it was some woman on an ASD support board screeching about how offensive and derogatory the term "kidlet" was for special needs kids. I don't remember what she was likening it too - but no one on the ASD board, or here, knew what she was talking about. 2 hours ago, Tanaqui said: I'm actually a little concerned about this unprecedented poll. How do we know that we won't open up some hole in the universe or something? Can I change my vote? it's happened before. it was fine. The world didn't end. Makes me think of The Mikado, and Koko: I consulted the Attorney General, the Lord Chief Justice, the Master of the Rolls, the Judge Ordinary, and the Lord Chancellor. They're all of the same opinion. Never knew such unanimity on a point of law in my life! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSmomof2 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Lefty—rock, paper, scissors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Sorry I had to come and mess up your perfect score. I grew up with scissors paper rock and that seems to be common enough in Australia that there’s a cafe and other things named that. With the Rock Paper Scissors version turning up in TV shows etc it seems to be changing for the next generation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Damn. Hive unanimous. You know what a unicorn that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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