# Hide & Seek vs. Hide & Go Seek **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 28, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hide-seek-vs-hide-go-seek/705794 "2014-11-28T00:43:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Recusant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@Recusant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Recusant)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hide-seek-vs-hide-go-seek/705794/21 "2014-11-29T00:53:15Z")
In the northern suburbs of Chicago in the late 80’s, at least, the ‘go’ wasn’t extraneous; the two were different versions of the same game. ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hide-seek-vs-hide-go-seek/705794/22 "2014-11-29T01:46:43Z")
We used to call it hide & go fish… or am I conflating my childhood recreational activities? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hide-seek-vs-hide-go-seek/705794/23 "2014-11-29T03:00:33Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > It seems like we used to blur “hide and go” into one word, so it was > Hidengo Seek (I have no idea of the spelling) > > Apparently no one else here did that? I did. But I think we used both forms: sometimes with “go”, sometimes without. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hide-seek-vs-hide-go-seek/705794/24 "2014-11-29T04:19:25Z")
Pakistan, early to mid seventies. Hide and seek. Never heard of hide and go seek until I emigrated to the U.S. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hide-seek-vs-hide-go-seek/705794/25 "2014-11-29T04:26:41Z")
there are those who hide and others that seek. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hide-seek-vs-hide-go-seek/705794/26 "2014-11-29T05:39:02Z")
It’s “Sardines” ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hide-seek-vs-hide-go-seek/705794/27 "2014-11-29T15:00:24Z")
> [@Recusant](#): > > In the northern suburbs of Chicago in the late 80’s, at least, the ‘go’ wasn’t extraneous; the two were different versions of the same game. What were the differences between the versions? ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2014, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hide-seek-vs-hide-go-seek/705794/28 "2014-11-30T13:10:45Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I’m from the same area, same time, and it was always “Hide and Seek.” Are you a West Sider? To us on the East Side, the West Side was almost as remote and strange as Kamchatka. It’s a Cleveland thing you wouldn’t understand. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hide-seek-vs-hide-go-seek/705794.md?page=1)