I wonder why people confuse the words capturing and eating.

WARNING, THIS JOKE MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR HARRY POTTER AND THE SOCERER'S STONE

Real life: Eat!
Harry potter: Destroy!

@AOOP09 said in #9:
> In my language, we say take and eat.

Same...

I usually say took
like he took my pawn

Both have no difference...win, lose or draw... that's something

I like eating pieces like it's 30 repasts per day.

I note that @MrPushwood seems to be confused about French spelling.

@FC-in-the-UK said in #17:
> I note that @MrPushwood seems to be confused about French spelling.

So you admit that the thumbs down means "disagree"...like I said. LOL.

In Italy it is very common to hear "eating a piece" instead of "capturing a piece". I have personally learned "eat" first.

If you think about it, when a piece captures another and this one is removed from the board or it literally disappears in an online game, it reminds of the movement that macrophages perform when they incorporate bacteria or other threats to the organisms.
This is called phagocytosis, which derives from Ancient Greek word "phago", which means "to eat". en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phago-