chinese whispers

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von chinese whispers im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch: (Oyunlar) Kulaktan kulağa oyunu; (Oyunlar) (Çoğul isim) Kulaktan kulağa oyunu

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von chinese whispers im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: Anything resembling this particular game, for instance a verbal misunderstanding; A game for several players in which a phrase is whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, the phrase often being unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred, to humorous effect by the time it reaches the last person and is compared with the original phrase; (Oyunlar) (plural noun treated as singular) A game in which a message is distorted by being passed around in a whisper; (Oyunlar) Chinese whispers or Telephone is a game in which each successive participant secretly whispers to the next a phrase or sentence whispered to them by the preceding participant. Cumulative errors from mishearing often result in the sentence heard by the last player differing greatly and amusingly from the one uttered by the first. It is most often played by children as a party game or in the playground. It is often invoked as a metaphor for cumulative error, especially the inaccuracies of rumours; the passing of information from one person to another, and then to others, when the information gets slightly changed each time