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Why are we copying pool?

Postby Raziel

Yesterday, I heard one of the commetators say that Ronnie 'dished up'. We used to say 'cleared up'. Doesn't 'dish up' imply putting something out rather than clearing it away?

Also, commentators now say 'race to four' instead of 'best of seven'.

When we play the World Championship, I expect they will be saying the final is a 'race to eighteen'.

This is pathetic and I don't like it. >-(

Re: Why are we copying pool?

Postby HustleKing

Bank shots, caroms and bridges are the other terms I could think of being used

Re: Why are we copying pool?

Postby Raziel

HustleKing wrote:Bank shots, caroms and bridges are the other terms I could think of being used


Yes, that's true. I have heard them use those terms as well.

Next we will be hearing that a screw shot with right hand side is a 'draw' shot with right hand 'english'.

I really don't like them doing this. What do you think of it?

Re: Why are we copying pool?

Postby SnookerFan

Raziel wrote:Yesterday, I heard one of the commetators say that Ronnie 'dished up'. We used to say 'cleared up'. Doesn't 'dish up' imply putting something out rather than clearing it away?

Also, commentators now say 'race to four' instead of 'best of seven'.

When we play the World Championship, I expect they will be saying the final is a 'race to eighteen'.

This is pathetic and I don't like it. >-(


I think I heard race to seven once or twice, but not very often. I've never heard anybody in snooker say; "Dish Up" to mean clearing up. Which commentators said that?

Re: Why are we copying pool?

Postby SnookerFan

Iranu wrote:Jimmy says “he done the dish” quite a lot.



Dan-cat wrote:Dish up has been used in snooker since the 80s.



It's possible that I've heard it and forgotten as I didn't know what it meant. I don't watch a lot of pool.
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Re: Why are we copying pool?

Postby badtemperedcyril

Eddie Charlton used to use a lot of what we might call “American” pool terminology when he was commentating. He’d generally say “draw” instead of screw, also “end rail” instead of top cushion.

Re: Why are we copying pool?

Postby SnookerFan

I once watched a pool match when they were talking about Dry Breaks and Wet Breaks. (I think.)

What does that mean?

Re: Why are we copying pool?

Postby SnookerFan

Dan-cat wrote:
SnookerFan wrote:I once watched a pool match when they were talking about Dry Breaks and Wet Breaks. (I think.)

What does that mean?


Dry break is when you don't make a ball.


What?

Re: Why are we copying pool?

Postby Juddernaut88

SnookerFan wrote:
Dan-cat wrote:
SnookerFan wrote:I once watched a pool match when they were talking about Dry Breaks and Wet Breaks. (I think.)

What does that mean?


Dry break is when you don't make a ball.


What?


When you don't pot a ball off the break off.

Re: Why are we copying pool?

Postby SnookerFan

Juddernaut88 wrote:
SnookerFan wrote:
Dan-cat wrote:
SnookerFan wrote:I once watched a pool match when they were talking about Dry Breaks and Wet Breaks. (I think.)

What does that mean?


Dry break is when you don't make a ball.


What?


When you don't pot a ball off the break off.


Tut.

Pool is a rubbish game.

Re: Why are we copying pool?

Postby Juddernaut88

SnookerFan wrote:They should all use the Mark Williams break off.


It would be a foul in pool though.

Re: Why are we copying pool?

Postby SnookerEd25

Dan-cat wrote:Pool is brilliant. I'm a cue sports floozy


Me too, have you seen Pin Billiards, Dan? Its fascinating...

Re: Why are we copying pool?

Postby Deewee

Dragonfly wrote:As long as they don't start saying its hill hill to mean we are going to a decider

Hey, that's their best term!

Re: Why are we copying pool?

Postby Dan-cat

SnookerEd25 wrote:
Dan-cat wrote:Pool is brilliant. I'm a cue sports floozy


Me too, have you seen Pin Billiards, Dan? Its fascinating...


Bar billiards you mean, with the upturned mushrooms? I never worked that game out

Re: Why are we copying pool?

Postby SnookerEd25

Dan-cat wrote:
SnookerEd25 wrote:
Dan-cat wrote:Pool is brilliant. I'm a cue sports floozy


Me too, have you seen Pin Billiards, Dan? Its fascinating...


Bar billiards you mean, with the upturned mushrooms? I never worked that game out


No, Pin Billiards. Prominent in Russia & Scandinavia I believe. Table, I think is 10x5, pockets optional. There is a series of Pins set up in the middle of the table & points are scored by knocking them over in various combinations. There is some footage on YouTube & I first saw it on EuroSport when a live football match was postponed due to bad weather, they used it as a fill-in. Strangely hypnotic, I found it...