[blml] Definition of the term "Natural"

[gesta at tiscali.co.uk]

Grattan Endicott<gesta at tiscali.co.uk
[also grandeval at vejez.fsnet.co.uk]
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marvin French" <mfrench1 at san.rr.com>
To: "blml" <blml at rtflb.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 10:36 PM
Subject: Re: [blml] Definition of the term "Natural"


> 
> 
> Why are they defining "natural" instead of "conventional" in
> a publication entitled "ACBL General Convention Chart"?
> Because they want to outlaw the bidding of three-card major
> suits, which they don't like, even though the Laws say it's
> okay.
> 
+=+ I argued that the successive attempts to define 
'conventional' had been so messy and unsuccessful 
that we should adopt an inverse approach. We would 
define what was not conventional so that everything 
outside of that definition was to be deemed conventional.
       I do not recall that the laws use the word 'natural':
it is used in some regulations.and it is for their authors 
to define their use of the word. (Can anyone remind me
of the existence of the word 'natural' in a law?)
                                  ~ Grattan ~   +=+