[blml] Is this a psych?

[Alain Gottcheiner]

At 10:39 14/04/2007 +0200, Herman De Wael wrote:

>This is not a psyche. It is an asking bid. The correct explanation of
>this bid should be "partner, please tell me more about your hand". If
>it is described as "strong asking relay" then that is a wrong
>explanation. It is up to the environment to decide whether or not the
>explanation "asking" is synonimous or not with "strong and asking".

And even more so in Flanders, where many understand "forcing" (as in e.g. 
forcing NT response) as "strong relay", with silly dialogs ensuing, like :

- but you said it was forcing !
- it was ; by the way, I answered.
- he hasn't a forcing in his hand !
- who decides this ?

Perhaps this has to do with the fact that, in ancient bridge, "forcing" 
could mean "game force", like in "forcing 2-bids".

Best regards

    Alain