What do you call this, where are you from, and how old are you?

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Anonymous wrote:We called them both, but this reminds me of the game "Chutes and Ladders." I've been told that in England they call them chutes- is that true?

Ummm, the game is called “snakes and ladders”.

I am from Montreal and we used both terms. Chute is slide in French.

No, it is not. A chute is a waterfall. A slide is a glissoire, toboggan but everyone calls it a "glissade".
The game is called Serpents et échelles (Snakes and Ladders)

True but it is also used to describe a drop, a fall, or a slide.

A drop or a fall, yes. But a playground slide, no. I'd like you to prove me wrong. Can you come up with a sentence in which the word "chute" designates a playground slide?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We called them both, but this reminds me of the game "Chutes and Ladders." I've been told that in England they call them chutes- is that true?

Ummm, the game is called “snakes and ladders”.

I am from Montreal and we used both terms. Chute is slide in French.

No, it is not. A chute is a waterfall. A slide is a glissoire, toboggan but everyone calls it a "glissade".
The game is called Serpents et échelles (Snakes and Ladders)

True but it is also used to describe a drop, a fall, or a slide.

A drop or a fall, yes. But a playground slide, no. I'd like you to prove me wrong. Can you come up with a sentence in which the word "chute" designates a playground slide?

What are you, the French cops ? I was an Anglo in a French Quebec school, with French friends, and have my own words for things.

[Anonymous]

Slides, 38, VA

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We called them both, but this reminds me of the game "Chutes and Ladders." I've been told that in England they call them chutes- is that true?

Ummm, the game is called “snakes and ladders”.

I am from Montreal and we used both terms. Chute is slide in French.

No, it is not. A chute is a waterfall. A slide is a glissoire, toboggan but everyone calls it a "glissade".
The game is called Serpents et échelles (Snakes and Ladders)

True but it is also used to describe a drop, a fall, or a slide.

A drop or a fall, yes. But a playground slide, no. I'd like you to prove me wrong. Can you come up with a sentence in which the word "chute" designates a playground slide?

What are you, the French cops ? I was an Anglo in a French Quebec school, with French friends, and have my own words for things.

Hahaha. C'est ce que je pensais. Bonne journée!

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Anonymous wrote:We called them both, but this reminds me of the game "Chutes and Ladders." I've been told that in England they call them chutes- is that true?

Ummm, the game is called “snakes and ladders”.

I am from Montreal and we used both terms. Chute is slide in French.

No, it is not. A chute is a waterfall. A slide is a glissoire, toboggan but everyone calls it a "glissade".
The game is called Serpents et échelles (Snakes and Ladders)

True but it is also used to describe a drop, a fall, or a slide.

A drop or a fall, yes. But a playground slide, no. I'd like you to prove me wrong. Can you come up with a sentence in which the word "chute" designates a playground slide?

What are you, the French cops ? I was an Anglo in a French Quebec school, with French friends, and have my own words for things.

Hahaha. C'est ce que je pensais. Bonne journée!

Ben oui!

[Anonymous]

I called them slides as a kid as well as an adult.

I am forty-nine and grew up with metal slides.

Am from SoCal.

[Anonymous]

Slide circa grapes of wreath, 33. Moco

[Anonymous]

That’s a sliding board. The good kind that’s long extinct!

The sliding board all of our schools had. Intensely hot in summer. We’d toss sand and gravel down the slide in an attempt to not burn our legs. There’d be gravel at the bottom of the slide with a worn divot from years of children’s feet landing.

We’d chase each other at recess and the scariest was seeing a kid climb UP the slide to catch you. Great hiding place under the slide steps, too - even cooler to escape the sun for a second.

49, female, Fairfax County native

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I grew up in Maryland (outside Baltimore) calling them "sliding boards," and I'm 40. At some point that transitioned to "slides." Live in DC now.

Same as you, OP. Grew up outside of Baltimore, almost 40. Sliding board. But now I have a kid and live in NYC and I just say “slide”.

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Anonymous wrote:That’s a sliding board. The good kind that’s long extinct!

The sliding board all of our schools had. Intensely hot in summer. We’d toss sand and gravel down the slide in an attempt to not burn our legs. There’d be gravel at the bottom of the slide with a worn divot from years of children’s feet landing.

We’d chase each other at recess and the scariest was seeing a kid climb UP the slide to catch you. Great hiding place under the slide steps, too - even cooler to escape the sun for a second.

49, female, Fairfax County native

Tested DH, 50 and from Alexandria, VA. Without hesitation, he said “sliding board.”

Will be asking our 13 YO next!

[Anonymous]

Sliding board
40
From Bethlehem, PA

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Sliding board. I’m 50 and grew up in TN.

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Weird. I’ve never heard the term sliding board in my life. And I grew up in md, outside of Baltimore also. I’m in my 40s

[Anonymous]

Slide, 39, Tidewater area of VA.

However, I faintly recall hearing the phrase "sliding board" before, maybe as a kid. Not sure if I called it this as a kid or not.

[Anonymous]

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I grew up in Maryland (outside Baltimore) calling them "sliding boards," and I'm 40. At some point that transitioned to "slides." Live in DC now.

Slide. NY. 41