[Freeciv-Dev] Re: [FreeCiv-Cvs] dwp: Changed terrain special named "Game" to "Game A...

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Artur Biesiadowski <abies@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Maybe somebody which really knows english should make a statement, but
> until then, my opinion.

You people make this far too hard on yourselves.  Dictionary
definition attached.

> I know (at least thought I know) what 'game' means - it is generic name
> for animals you can hunt. This surely includes all deers, elks, mooses
> etc - I'm not sure what with racoons/birds etc.

Correct.

> There is also a expression 'big game' (tied to animals, not rulette).
> 
> So I think word 'game' would be generally perfect for this resource,
> except problem with translation.

Presumably the translators know what context they are in anyway?

"animal hunted for food or sport" is probably the most apt match.

5 definitions found

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Game \Game\, a.
     1. Having a resolute, unyielding spirit, like the gamecock;
        ready to fight to the last; plucky.
  
              I was game . . . .I felt that I could have fought
              even to the death.                    --W. Irving.
  
     2. Of or pertaining to such animals as are hunted for game,
        or to the act or practice of hunting.
  
     {Game bag}, a sportsman's bag for carrying small game
        captured; also, the whole quantity of game taken.
  
     {Game bird}, any bird commonly shot for food, esp. grouse,
        partridges, quails, pheasants, wild turkeys, and the shore
        or wading birds, such as plovers, snipe, woodcock, curlew,
        and sandpipers. The term is sometimes arbitrarily
        restricted to birds hunted by sportsmen, with dogs and
        guns.
  
     {Game egg}, an egg producing a gamecock.
  
     {Game laws}, laws regulating the seasons and manner of taking
        game for food or for sport.
  
     {Game preserver}, a land owner who regulates the killing of
        game on his estate with a view to its increase. [Eng.]
  
     {To be game}.
        (a) To show a brave, unyielding spirit.
        (b) To be victor in a game. [Colloq.]
  
     {To die game}, to maintain a bold, unyielding spirit to the
        last; to die fighting.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Game \Game\, a. [Cf. W. cam crooked, and E. gambol, n.]
     Crooked; lame; as, a game leg. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Game \Game\, n. [OE. game, gamen, AS. gamen, gomen, play, sport;
     akin to OS., OHG., & Icel. gaman, Dan. gammen mirth,
     merriment, OSw. gamman joy. Cf. {Gammon} a game,
     {Backgammon}, {Gamble} v. i.]
     1. Sport of any kind; jest, frolic.
  
              We have had pastimes here, and pleasant game.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     2. A contest, physical or mental, according to certain rules,
        for amusement, recreation, or for winning a stake; as, a
        game of chance; games of skill; field games, etc.
  
              But war's a game, which, were their subject wise,
              Kings would not play at.              --Cowper.
  
     Note: Among the ancients, especially the Greeks and Romans,
           there were regularly recurring public exhibitions of
           strength, agility, and skill under the patronage of the
           government, usually accompanied with religious
           ceremonies. Such were the Olympic, the Pythian, the
           Nemean, and the Isthmian games.
  
     3. The use or practice of such a game; a single match at
        play; a single contest; as, a game at cards.
  
              Talk the game o'er between the deal.  --Lloyd.
  
     4. That which is gained, as the stake in a game; also, the
        number of points necessary to be scored in order to win a
        game; as, in short whist five points are game.
  
     5. (Card Playing) In some games, a point credited on the
        score to the player whose cards counts up the highest.
  
     6. A scheme or art employed in the pursuit of an object or
        purpose; method of procedure; projected line of
        operations; plan; project.
  
              Your murderous game is nearly up.     --Blackw. Mag.
  
              It was obviously Lord Macaulay's game to blacken the
              greatest literary champion of the cause he had set
              himself to attack.                    --Saintsbury.
  
     7. Animals pursued and taken by sportsmen; wild meats
        designed for, or served at, table.
  
              Those species of animals . . . distinguished from
              the rest by the well-known appellation of game.
                                                    --Blackstone.
  
     {Confidence game}. See under {Confidence}.
  
     {To make game of}, to make sport of; to mock. --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Game \Game\ (g[=a]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gamed} (g[=a]md); p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Gaming}.] [OE. gamen, game?en, to rejoice, AS.
     gamenian to play. See {Game}, n.]
     1. To rejoice; to be pleased; -- often used, in Old English,
        impersonally with dative. [Obs.]
  
              God loved he best with all his whole hearte At alle
              times, though him gamed or smarte.    --Chaucer.
  
     2. To play at any sport or diversion.
  
     3. To play for a stake or prize; to use cards, dice,
        billiards, or other instruments, according to certain
        rules, with a view to win money or other thing waged upon
        the issue of the contest; to gamble.

From WordNet (r) 1.6 [wn]:

  game
       adj : willing to face danger [syn: {gamy}, {gamey}, {gritty}, 
{mettlesome},
              {spirited}, {spunky}]
       n 1: a single play of a game; "the game lasted 2 hours"
       2: a contest with rules to determine a winner; "you need four
          people to play this game"
       3: an amusement or pastime; "he thought of his painting as a
          game that filled his empty time"; "his life was all fun
          and games"
       4: animal hunted for food or sport
       5: the equipment needed to play a game; "the child received
          several games for his birthday"
       6: the score needed to win a game; "he is serving for the game"
       7: informal terms for your occupation; "he's in the plumbing
          game"; "she's in show biz" [syn: {biz}]
       8: the flesh of wild animals that is used for food
       v : place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?" "I'm betting
           on the new horse" [syn: {bet on}, {back}, {gage}, {stake},
            {punt}]


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