-=> Quoting Danny Ceppa to Nancy Backus on 06-02-06  17:52 <=-

 DC>> I find bridge the best.  So much is said with so few words.  
 NB> Which means one has to learn the language before one can really play
 NB> the game...  :)   That could explain why I haven't made the effort yet,
 NB> besides the lack of overt opportunity...  

 DC> Well, the language doesn't take long to learn! 
 DC> You can say only:  
 DC> The numbers 1 through 7 
 DC> Clubs, diamonds, hearts, spades 
 DC> No Trump (Consider that one word!)  
 DC> double
 DC> redouble 
 DC> pass

Seems to me that you are confusing "vocabulary" with
"language".  :) 
Language is the use of vocabulary in a meaningful way, that is, a way
that conveys meaning to those who know the language...

To learn the language would require not only learning the vocabulary
(with which I am* familiar, from reading about the game for years), but
also would require knowing enough of the game to know how to use said
vocabulary.

 DC> Though not allowed in the game . . . 
 DC> Explicatives directed at opponents often occurs.  
 DC> The same directed at partner generally means you'll 
 DC> need to find a new partner!  

Ah, yes... and besides knowing the language, being able to then play the
cards dealt one in such a way as to incur the ire of one's opponents
only, and not that of one's partner...  

ttyl           neb

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