Author: Arnold Gove
Date: 02:13:01 11/03/05
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On November 03, 2005 at 04:31:12, Tony Nichols wrote: >On November 03, 2005 at 02:46:54, Arnold Gove wrote: > >>If the verb is "sac" it should be "sacing" or even "saccing." There is no >>justification for "sacking." Where do you get the "k" from to form "sacking"? In >>fact sacking (as in plundering) actually means the _opposite_ of sacrificing. > >Hello Arnold, > > I have seen it written both sacking and sac'ing. Sacking has many meanings - >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack. >Regards >Tony Yes, "sacking" has many meanings, but sacrificing isn't one of them, at least not in the link you provided, nor in the standard dictionaries. Still, chess is our game, so if we want to use "sacking" to mean sacrificing as far as chess is concerned, that's up to us. PS What are your favourite piece sacs? Cloth or plastic?
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