I wonder why people confuse the words capturing and eating.

There are many instances where a guy claims that he 'ate' his opponent's piece
This confusion is one of the funniest confusions in chess, according to me
I remember in my first otb tournament, my opponent made an illegal move, and i called an arbiter and said
"He made an illegal move. He was in check but he ate my horse"
Ate my horse?
How would you react if someone confuses captured with ate?

My first thoughts when I saw such a thread

arbiter: stick out your tongue and say "ahhhhhh".

Nobody in recorded history ever heard the word "capturing" and ordered the fois gras.

Well pieces can capture NOT eat,but horsey eats 'em all

@obladie said in #3:
> Nobody in recorded history ever heard the word "capturing" and ordered the fois gras.
* foie gras

Ah, I think this is due to their native language having different names for 'capturing'. For example, the Chinese word for capturing (in a board game) is literally 'eat'. It happens in other languages too and sometimes it gets carried into English

One time when my relatives were trying to teach me Go, I put the little piece in my mouth because they told me to 'eat' it.

@MohammadAayanKhan said in #1:
> There are many instances where a guy claims that he 'ate' his opponent's piece
> This confusion is one of the funniest confusions in chess, according to me
> I remember in my first otb tournament, my opponent made an illegal move, and i called an arbiter and said
> "He made an illegal move. He was in check but he ate my horse"
> Ate my horse?
> How would you react if someone confuses captured with ate?
>
> My first thoughts when I saw such a thread
Hahahahahahaha funnnnyyyyyyyyyy

@Chigerleck said in #6:
> Ah, I think this is due to their native language having different names for 'capturing'. For example, the Chinese word for capturing (in a board game) is literally 'eat'. It happens in other languages too and sometimes it gets carried into English
>
> One time when my relatives were trying to teach me Go, I put the little piece in my mouth because they told me to 'eat' it.

So if you say to a Chinese person "Eat my shorts", they will attempt to capture your underpants?

In my language, we say take and eat.

I love eating pawns for breakfast :)