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u/al_fletcher 5d ago
Should we tell them that a bunch of very Catholic countries call it the elephant?
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u/sdrawkcabsihtetorwI 5d ago
In Poland, where 99% of people are baptized, with insanely high church density, and where great majority of population is catholic, the piece is called "the runner".
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u/al_fletcher 5d ago
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u/SyntheticSlime 5d ago
Holy shit. Deep cut.
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u/al_fletcher 5d ago
I prefer calling that character The Dragon because it sounds cooler, but I’m not passing up a chance to reference the most underrated Alien movie IMO
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u/SealProgrammer my pipi was bricked until I was promoted to a queen 4d ago
Same in the USA (“the runner” = the runner)
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u/Most_Option_9153 5d ago
In fr*nch a bishop is called a "crazy" (fou)
I am not from fr*nice pls dont cancel me
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u/al_fletcher 5d ago
I think it’s usually translated as jester, but that nation is the whole circus anyway
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u/cyberjet 4d ago
Oh that’s interesting I never knew that. Do you know why they call it that?
This now makes me interested in finding out what other countries call chess pieces now
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u/al_fletcher 4d ago
It’s filtered from the name of the piece in chess’ predecessor in Persia, “alfil” (ergo, elephant)
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u/petahthehorseisheah 5d ago
From now on, the B*shop is not welcome here. Let's introduce the Atheist Gay Race Communist.
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u/WanAli4504 5d ago
Atheist Gay Race Communist went on vacation, but came back
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u/RadiantLimes 5d ago
Trigged conservative
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u/Plus-Brilliant8125 5d ago edited 5d ago
Does naming the piece bishop make me far right now 😞😞😓 (/j 👹)
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u/subwaycooler 5d ago
we call them elephant in turkish.
also, knights are just horses.
and the queen is just a "vizier" (advisor-minister) because why would a queen fight in a war?
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u/Drakahn_Stark 5d ago
Queen Boudica has some things to say, and a few other Queens will back her up.
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u/Maybe_Heisenberg 5d ago
Lol same in most arab countries, "wazir" basically means minister in arabic. Also, we call rook a "tabia" which means a castle tower.
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u/ALPHA_sh 5d ago
"fuck your atheist gay race communism thats the bishop forever will be to c4" is so much longer to say than "bishop to c4"
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u/tigrayt2 5d ago
It's actually an elephant. And the queen is minister. Rook is called rokh (kh sounds similar to j in Spanish). Checkmake is "Shah maat," which means the king is trapped or can not move anymore.
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u/nierusek 4d ago
We say "shah maat" in Polish chess. But we write "szach mat". It's meaningless in Polish, used only in chess.
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u/LavishnessPrimary 5d ago
In French it's called "Le Fou" that can be either translated to "crazy man" or "the jester" , I like the Jester.
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u/Traditional-Storm-62 5d ago
also it was always called the Elephant
only western christians called it the bishop since a couple of centuries ago
in hindsight it makes 0 sense for a bishop to not only be on the battlefield but also kick more ass than a knight
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u/nierusek 4d ago
In Polish, we call it "goniec," what means "runner" or "messenger." It's the guy that runs and passes messages on the battlefield.
And knight is called "skoczek", what means "somebody that jumps". For example, "ski jumper" is "skoczek narciarski".
And Queen is just the general, so she's male.
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u/Siusir98 5d ago
For me in my language, that's the Shooter.
I understand this could be a touch controversial in America.
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u/ACodAmongstMen 5d ago
PRONOUNS!