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If chess was invented today you'd have a subreddit full of losers whining about how en passant is unbalanced and the king should have the queen's moveset. (hexbear.net)

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[–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

It gets a pass, cuz we anglicized it well enough

Here are some other French words that are anglicized well enough to be an English word of its own

Eg. war, guard, sturdy

If it was a cringe word like "rendez-vous" (showing all yourselves), castling would be ewww

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 8 points 2 days ago

Most war terms in English came from French on account of being conquered by the French via war