http://www.word-detective.com/2008/02/bingo/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/02/bingo/comment-page-1/#comment-34305 wink bingo sister sites Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:35:14 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/02/12/bingo/#comment-34305 Valuable information. Lucky me I discovered your site unintentionally, and I'm stunned why this coincidence didn't happened earlier! I bookmarked it. Valuable information. Lucky me I discovered your site unintentionally, and I’m stunned why this coincidence didn’t happened earlier! I bookmarked it.

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2008/02/bingo/comment-page-1/#comment-25393 Bionca Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:49:44 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/02/12/bingo/#comment-25393 bingo comes from someone winning the game and they yelled out BINGO ! bingo comes from someone winning the game and they yelled out BINGO !

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2008/02/bingo/comment-page-1/#comment-17555 Marky Thu, 05 May 2011 12:48:01 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/02/12/bingo/#comment-17555 I have read of the beano story and this one about bing+o before. But I like the story on the 2nd comment here about the Chinese players better. It also adds a funnier aspect to the origin of the word. I have read of the beano story and this one about bing+o before. But I like the story on the 2nd comment here about the Chinese players better. It also adds a funnier aspect to the origin of the word.

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2008/02/bingo/comment-page-1/#comment-14308 Babylon Sat, 05 Mar 2011 07:46:49 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/02/12/bingo/#comment-14308 The word bingo comes from Cantonese language when foreigners and Chinese were playing games (not bingo) and the Chinese wanted to know who was the winner. They would shout 'bingo? bingo?' which means 'where and who is the winner?'. Foreigners have interpreted this as meaning 'I won the jackpot'. The word bingo comes from Cantonese language when foreigners and Chinese were playing games (not bingo) and the Chinese wanted to know who was the winner. They would shout ‘bingo? bingo?’ which means ‘where and who is the winner?’. Foreigners have interpreted this as meaning ‘I won the jackpot’.

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2008/02/bingo/comment-page-1/#comment-137 bingo Mon, 05 May 2008 22:06:44 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/02/12/bingo/#comment-137 What I've read the word bingo came out of a woman playing Beano (the former name of bingo) who got so excited that instead of yelling beano she yelled BINGO!! True or not - I'm not sure :D What I’ve read the word bingo came out of a woman playing Beano (the former name of bingo) who got so excited that instead of yelling beano she yelled BINGO!! True or not – I’m not sure :D

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