On 06 Jun 06  11:50:59, Nancy Backus got back to Danny Ceppa    
   -> Re: bridge was: feeds   
      
    DC> Well, the language doesn't take long to learn!    
    DC> You can say only:     
    DC> The numbers 1 through 7    
      
      
    NB> Seems to me that you are confusing "vocabulary" with "language".  :)    
    NB> Language is the use of vocabulary in a meaningful way, that is, a way   
    NB> that conveys meaning to those who know the language...   
      
   It's still very basic!     
      
    NB> To learn the language would require not only learning the vocabulary   
    NB> (with which I am* familiar, from reading about the game for years),   
    NB> but also would require knowing enough of the game to know how to use   
    NB> said vocabulary.   
      
   Some conventions do complicate things.  But, they don't come    
   into play all that often.     
      
    DC> Explicatives directed at opponents often occurs.     
    DC> The same directed at partner generally means you'll    
    DC> need to find a new partner!     
      
    NB> Ah, yes... and besides knowing the language, being able to then play   
    NB> the cards dealt one in such a way as to incur the ire of one's   
    NB> opponents only, and not that of one's partner...     
      
   I like a friendly game with a bit of "table talk" allowable    
   between declarer and dummy.  It gets a bit dicier when the    
   defenders do that too much.     
      
   The difference is that the declare/dummy see both of their    
   hands.  And, so do the defenders, at least for dummy's and    
   their own.  Table talk gives them the advantage of "seeing"    
   3 hands.     
        
      
      
      
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