[blml] "board" vs. "deal" (opinion poll)

[John (MadDog) Probst]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alain Gottcheiner" <agot at ulb.ac.be>
To: "Bridge Laws Mailing List" <blml at amsterdamned.org>
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 1:38 PM
Subject: Re: [blml] "board" vs. "deal" (opinion poll)


Sven Pran a écrit :
>> I believe the difference between "board" and "deal" becomes clearer if 
>> you
> >consider tournaments where at the same time several copies of the same 
> >board
> >are in use. "Deal" then refers to how the 52 cards are split between the
> >four hands as the result of a dealing process while "board" refers to 
> >each
> >individual physical implementation of this deal.
>
>AG : Quite so. And this means cancelling a board (because it's fouled)
>isn't the same thing as cancelling a deal.
>There is indeed a good reason for this distinction, especially for
>Platonician TDs  ;-)

who believe that a board is an instance of a deal., ok. Do we foul a board, 
or foul the deal? There's no question the deal is fouled, is there?
As I said earlier, if the Japanese for "deal" is stretched in the Japanese 
mind, then a better translation would be "board". Nigel endlessly goes on 
about clarity, with good reason, and that must take over-riding precedence. 
John

>Best regards

 >  Alain

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