Re: A simple question.

[Eugen DEDU <dedu@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Christian Bauer wrote:
> 
> Hello
> 
> Mousheng Xu wrote:
> 
>           Is there some standard of computer go?
>           Such as: Usually people use A B C D E F G H (??????) J
>      K L M N O P Q R S T to denote horizontal axis of the board,
>      why no " I " appear?
>      <<<<
>      I guess it's because "I" is a pronoun.
> 
>      >>>>
> 
> I think, this is not the reason. I've seen Boards with A B C D E F G H
> I K L M N O P Q R S T. That means, it is an I or is an J. Maybe, it is
> because I and J could easily be confused?
> ' I ' is only in english a pronoun and has no meaning in other
> languages. In all other Boardgames, which have big boards (bigger than
> 9x9) it is a standard to take only one of the two letters ' I ' or ' J
> ', too. This is therefore not only a usual practice in Go.
> 
> Im happy, if anyone knows the exact reason.

Hi!

In a Romanian book about GO, the author, Gheorghe Paun (a person devoted
to logical games) said that the reason "I" doesn't appear is the
confusion with J.  And I think it's a good reason: think of the players
who write their games on a championship.  If within a normal text you
have difficulties to distinguish between I and J, in a game it is much
more difficult...

By the way, I think there is no connection between GO and English, so
the fact that "I" is a pronoun is not a reason at all.

Eugen