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Useful abbreviations wdp etc where do I find the bridge shorthand?

#61 User is offline   gwnn 

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Posted 2012-July-05, 02:05

often people use GOSH when they see me declare even though I did not double and bid a suit. What does that mean?
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Posted 2012-July-06, 03:32

IIRC = ?
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Posted 2012-July-06, 03:43

IIRC, it means "if I recall correctly".
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  Posted 2012-October-20, 13:18

how do i get emotions to show when i play. would really like to use them if i knew how weezer11
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Posted 2012-October-21, 23:11

The BBO chat software only knows a couple of emoticons: :) for smile, :( for frown.

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Posted 2012-October-21, 23:35

and the wink ;) ; )
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Posted 2012-October-21, 23:38

it knows 6 emoticons (the web version) and just 2 the older software:

: ) for smile :)
: ( for sad face :(
; ) wink ;)
: P tongue out :P
: D grin :D
: $ blush :$

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Posted 2012-November-12, 21:56

CHO = ?

(seen this in a few threads)
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Posted 2012-November-12, 22:25

Sitting between my RHO and my LHO is my CHO (Center Hand Opponent).
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Posted 2012-November-13, 05:52

View PostZelandakh, on 2012-January-09, 06:56, said:

1. ODR = offensive to defensive ratio
2. POS = pos = positive
3. SF = semi-forcing, but I suspect you mean SP = semi-positive
4. DN = double negative


Pos has a more common meaning lol
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Posted 2012-November-13, 06:47

View PostJLOGIC, on 2012-November-13, 05:52, said:

Pos has a more common meaning lol

Usually seen when I put dummy down :)
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Posted 2013-January-24, 23:18

View Postbridgecat2, on 2010-July-29, 09:03, said:

How do I use the card symbols in a chat ???? what are the short cuts ???

Short cuts for suits can be written by pressing exclamation mark immediately followed by first letter of suit. Short cut for suit symbols are as under:
!+S for Spade;
!+H for Heart;
!+D for Diamond;
!+C for Club
Here "+" means to type the letter (small or capital)without space.
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Posted 2013-January-25, 10:08

View Postilumi3, on 2013-January-24, 23:18, said:

Short cuts for suits can be written by pressing exclamation mark immediately followed by first letter of suit.

Welcome to the forums, ilumi3. But this question was already answered 3 years ago, there's no need to answer it again.

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Posted 2013-June-28, 22:00

Why is partner often referred to as "pd"?
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Posted 2013-June-28, 23:54

Probably an abbreviation of the Southern pronunciation "Padner"
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Posted 2013-June-29, 01:36

View Postgwnn, on 2012-July-05, 02:05, said:

often people use GOSH when they see me declare even though I did not double and bid a suit. What does that mean?

Nobody ever answered this, Good One Suited Hand.

Why is partner often referred to as "pd"?

Also often Pard and I presume short for that.
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Posted 2013-June-29, 08:04

View PostAntrax, on 2013-June-28, 23:54, said:

Probably an abbreviation of the Southern pronunciation "Padner"


I think it's more accurately spelled "podnah". :) It's most often simply abbereviated "p" as in "wdp", but "p" by itself can be ambiguous, so when the mood strikes we add the other hard consonant in "pard" to clarify.
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Posted 2013-June-29, 09:12

View PostCyberyeti, on 2013-June-29, 01:36, said:

Nobody ever answered this, Good One Suited Hand.

Why is partner often referred to as "pd"?

Also often Pard and I presume short for that.

It was just a joke. People say gosh because I'm bad at declaring.

Pard comes from the Dutch word for horse (paard) because some bridge players have the social skills of one.

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Posted 2013-June-29, 09:42

Pard, P, or pd are more polite than CHO.
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Posted 2013-June-29, 19:13

I think it's from the Wild West pronunciation "pardner", as in "Howdy, pardner".

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