In chess notation, why do we use 'N'?
Seems like it would be easier to just use 'H' for horsey. Where does N come from anyways?
Posted Sep 14, 2023, 9:05 PM UTC
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N comes from the Ultrafrench dialect of the Tamil-Icelandic creole. It is written <nepassant>, meaning horse.
It is just historical value.
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Holy hell
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New definition just dropped
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Actual dictionary
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Rabbit ass
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Google “en nepassant
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nigget
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Come from k"N"ight
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A serious response on r/AnarchyChess? Unacceptable
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Excuse me, what is a 'knight' I checked the whole English dictionary, and there's no word like that.
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It's because of the invisible k. Due to knight being spelled with such an invisible k, it's on the invisible page at the back of the dictionary.
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J for jumper
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N? I've been using H this whole time!
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Dude, you need to work for c*ess.cum and fix it for them.
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Google king