http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/play-suduko-online.html Science Blog from Freelance Science Writer David Bradley Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:25:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/play-suduko-online.html/comment-page-1#comment-480 sciencebase Thu, 27 Apr 2006 14:28:10 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/play-suduko-online.html#comment-480 I hadn't bothered looking before, but the name Sudoku is apparently a short form of a Japanese phrase that means literally "digits must remain single". It is a trademark of Japanes puzzle publisher Nikoli. Other Japanese publishers refer to the puzzle as Nanpure (Number Place, which is what it is known as in the US), which was its original title. I suspect that the name Sudoku having caught on in the UK and Europe mean would make it very likely that the name will become generic in the way that aspirin and hoover did. I hadn’t bothered looking before, but the name Sudoku is apparently a short form of a Japanese phrase that means literally “digits must remain single”. It is a trademark of Japanes puzzle publisher Nikoli. Other Japanese publishers refer to the puzzle as Nanpure (Number Place, which is what it is known as in the US), which was its original title. I suspect that the name Sudoku having caught on in the UK and Europe mean would make it very likely that the name will become generic in the way that aspirin and hoover did.

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