Talk:Marbles

Marble the stone

This page needs some sort of branching or differentiation between glass marbles and marble the stone (as in Cararra marble, marble counter tops, etc.. Maybe singular Marble (the building material) and plural Marbles (the glass game pieces) would be enough. Roger Lohmann 08:57, 7 November 2007 (CST)

Actually, I think it's okay as Marbles. The construction material would be Marble with no s. --Robert W King 09:00, 7 November 2007 (CST)

Ditto Robert. You can't have a game of 'marble'. The 's' is significant here. Derek Harkness 10:46, 7 November 2007 (CST)

The Elgin Marbles are construction material: I don't think Elgin ever played with them:-) --Martin Baldwin-Edwards 11:31, 7 November 2007 (CST)

Origin of the word

I have a feeling that the Romans played marbles with marbles made out of marble... So, the description "made of glass" is only for modern ones. Can someone find out? --Martin Baldwin-Edwards 11:34, 7 November 2007 (CST)

I wondered about this. It seems to me I have heard/read about marbles made of wood and other things, too. But I don't know fer definite sure. Aleta Curry 14:49, 7 November 2007 (CST)

Image workspace

• http://flickr.com/photos/everythingisaspoon/5545617/
• http://flickr.com/photos/mariaboismain/373186211/
• http://flickr.com/photos/travelinlibrarian/223307126/ - Those are not real kids! --Robert W King 18:11, 7 November 2007 (CST)
• http://flickr.com/photos/steev/20962850/
• http://flickr.com/photos/28481088@N00/350139161/

See bibliography

I was amazed to find the range of works available on marbles, some very scholarly from archeology, even linguistics. One work says it well: "Marbles: Ancient Art & Modern Play". Check 'em out! Stephen Ewen 02:26, 8 November 2007 (CST)

Bottom line: this could be a surprisingly scholarly article that could model the strengths of CZ, if we approach it right. Stephen Ewen 02:50, 8 November 2007 (CST)