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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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Please, what is this game called, if it exists in your country ?

Hello!

Please I need to know what this game - if it is played, exists in other countries such as U.S.A or England - is called .I will try to explain it: Two rows are made and the persons in these rows stay one in front of the other. Then a volunteer has to pass over (I mean he has to pass in the middle of these rows which form a kind of a 'corridor' in a fast way/running ,while the persons that are in these rows start slapping/hitting him, of course in a slight way because it's an entertainment moment, not a fight. In fact I suppose we can't call it a 'game', but I would say an entertainment moment that can take part of another game such as: race to the board in which students have to run and write on the board the correct answer. So, e.g., the 'game' I have just quoted could be used before students answer questions on the board. In my language this 'game' is called "Corredor Polonês", but I really don't know if the correct translation into English is "Polish Corridor". Is it ?

Thanks for the help.
  

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Running the gauntlet. It used to be used in the military as a form of corporal punishment. From the French gant (glove).

  • Running the gauntlet.
  • It used to be used in the military as a form of corporal punishment.
  • From the French gant (glove).
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Running the gauntlet. It used to be used in the military as a form of corporal punishment. From the French gant (glove).
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Thanks a lot, Philip!

Best wishes.

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