On: You can't win the game, it exists only to destroy your mind

[sphericalgames]

Win vs Beat

A lot of people fall into this trap.

When someone beats me at a game, they most likely say "I've won you." as oppose to "I've beaten you." The former implies I'm the prize.

I've fallen into this trap myself plenty of times and do wonder if messages like "You win ...." enforces this mistake.

[maaarghk → sphericalgames]

Not only do I fail to see the relevance to this link, but I've never heard anyone say "I've won you" in my life, and I doubt I ever will, because that is a stupid thing to say.

[erikb → maaarghk]

I just suppose English is not his native language. There might be languages where someone says "I've won you"

[codyb → erikb]

Like when they auction off dates with fire fighters.

[lotharbot → maaarghk]

my fourth grade students said it all last year. (Most of them were not native English speakers.)