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::Ditto Robert. You can't have a game of 'marble'. The 's' is significant here. [[User:Derek Harkness|Derek Harkness]] 10:46, 7 November 2007 (CST) | ::Ditto Robert. You can't have a game of 'marble'. The 's' is significant here. [[User:Derek Harkness|Derek Harkness]] 10:46, 7 November 2007 (CST) | ||
:::The Elgin Marbles are construction material: I don't think Elgin ever played with them:-) --[[User:Martin Baldwin-Edwards|Martin Baldwin-Edwards]] 11:31, 7 November 2007 (CST) | :::The Elgin Marbles are construction material: I don't think Elgin ever played with them:-) --[[User:Martin Baldwin-Edwards|Martin Baldwin-Edwards]] 11:31, 7 November 2007 (CST) | ||
== Origin of the word== | |||
I have a feeling that the Romans played marbles with marbles made out of marble... So, the description "made of glass" is only for modern ones. Can someone find out? --[[User:Martin Baldwin-Edwards|Martin Baldwin-Edwards]] 11:34, 7 November 2007 (CST) |
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Marble the stone
This page needs some sort of branching or differentiation between glass marbles and marble the stone (as in Cararra marble, marble counter tops, etc.. Maybe singular Marble (the building material) and plural Marbles (the glass game pieces) would be enough. Roger Lohmann 08:57, 7 November 2007 (CST)
- Actually, I think it's okay as Marbles. The construction material would be Marble with no s. --Robert W King 09:00, 7 November 2007 (CST)
- Ditto Robert. You can't have a game of 'marble'. The 's' is significant here. Derek Harkness 10:46, 7 November 2007 (CST)
- The Elgin Marbles are construction material: I don't think Elgin ever played with them:-) --Martin Baldwin-Edwards 11:31, 7 November 2007 (CST)
- Ditto Robert. You can't have a game of 'marble'. The 's' is significant here. Derek Harkness 10:46, 7 November 2007 (CST)
Origin of the word
I have a feeling that the Romans played marbles with marbles made out of marble... So, the description "made of glass" is only for modern ones. Can someone find out? --Martin Baldwin-Edwards 11:34, 7 November 2007 (CST)
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