[blml] Terms

[Wayne Burrows]

On 19/12/06, raija <mustikka at charter.net> wrote:
>
> Natural
> Artificial
> Conventional
> Non-conventional
>
> Any other terms in this "group of terms" ?
>
>
> The current thread Convention that was started by John Probst prompts me to
> bring this up. It seems to me (of course I am feeble enough of mind that I
> could have misunderstood) that some people here consider Conventional to be
> the opposite of Natural.  IMO that is not true, e.g. fit jumps.
>
> Is there an authoritative description of each of those terms?
> Convention is defined in the Laws, but the others?
>
>
> Peace on earth to all blml'ers.
>
> Raija
>
>

Treatment is another term that is used.

Part of the problem IMO is that convention has a precise definition in
the laws but a different everyday usage.  At times this has been
quasi-official with for example the ACBL in the past regulating weak
twos as conventions.

Wayne