Why does everybody call ponds "pawns" ?

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I'm still pondering this . .

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sigh

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Dude, they're called juicers, not pawns or ponds, learn chess man!

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1m4g1n4ryt4ct1x wrote:

Pawns --> Ponds --> Prawns --> ? ? ?

juicer

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'ponds' were named from the moats that surround kings, queens & knights in their 'castles'... back in the mists of time when bishops were called by their original moniker:  'archers'.

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pawn- a person used by others for their own purposes.