What is Chinese Snooker called in U.s pool terms?
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Elevated...or jacked-up.
Oh...and when you play a safe that leaves the cueing position like that, you have to look the other guy in the eye and say:
Let me know if you need a ladder.
Let me know if you need a ladder.
One time my opponent was kind enough to offer me the score sheet to boost myself up with.
that's what you will be when the opponent has played a chinese snooker on you
In Canada, we call it a Chinese hook. Much Chinese writing is read from right to left....but not always.
I have said that it should be called a ‘Hebrew hook’ because it’s ALWAYS read from right to left.
I would have thought that it was called that because it's not quite as good as a normal hook but still usable, like copies of the brands from cheap Chinese knockoffs. Like the PREOAIDR cue of safeties LOL https://www.aliexpress.com/item/329...mhyNSfLfcOBtf5qwpwMaAo3jEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
Canadian doubles in tennis is two on one side, one on the other, Chinese fire drill is just running around in confusion, etc... All are making a bit of fun of the places they are named after.
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A bit it of a modern interpretation, sir. I was familiar with ‘Chinese hook’ when ‘Made in Japan’ was the term for cheap products.....and I got that from the old timers at the hall, so it probably goes back a lot longer.
In that period, Chinese tended to be Cantonese speakers and were noted for their food.....the jokes were more about cats. The Mandarin speakers came much later with their shoddy products.
Japan eventually became noted for their excellence, rivalling Germany and Britain.
A fine thread.
The story I heard is that it is from the fact that China is on the other side of the world. Probably in some British snooker book. Seems like "Aussie snooker"" would have been more diametric.
In America, this is generally referred to as "jacked up." Slang terms you sometimes hear in New York for it is "on the roof" or "on the rooftop".
Snooker has a "spider" bridge that is sometimes very well suited for this situation, while the spider bridge is not typically found in a pool room.
Snooker has a "spider" bridge that is sometimes very well suited for this situation, while the spider bridge is not typically found in a pool room.
Geosnookery
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In Montreal we called a bridge ‘saute-mouton’ . This translates to English into what kids call leap frog’.
We would play a game on the snooker table. Place the cueball mid table halfway between end and centre table. No object ball to hit. Your opponent places a ball anywhere on the table and you have to shoot the cueball into any pockets. Then your turn to place a ball. This continues adding more balls. Of course you place balls next to the cue ball but not allowed to block it in. After a few rounds you are both having to ‘saute-mouton’ ( bridge) over balls to hit the cueball. First person to not sink the cueball loses.
Most players dislike bridging over balls but it was fun as a game.
Something I was taught decades ago that has always helped. Never adjust your bridge hand on the table. If trying a raised bridge hand and it doesn’t feel right, stand back from the table and try again. After a few tries your hand will more naturally adjust to an awkward bridging situation.
We would play a game on the snooker table. Place the cueball mid table halfway between end and centre table. No object ball to hit. Your opponent places a ball anywhere on the table and you have to shoot the cueball into any pockets. Then your turn to place a ball. This continues adding more balls. Of course you place balls next to the cue ball but not allowed to block it in. After a few rounds you are both having to ‘saute-mouton’ ( bridge) over balls to hit the cueball. First person to not sink the cueball loses.
Most players dislike bridging over balls but it was fun as a game.
Something I was taught decades ago that has always helped. Never adjust your bridge hand on the table. If trying a raised bridge hand and it doesn’t feel right, stand back from the table and try again. After a few tries your hand will more naturally adjust to an awkward bridging situation.
You guys are losing me on all this "hook" stuff. All that I can possibly add is that you DO NOT want to google "rusty hook" to find out what that is.
Yeah, I hear tree topped a lot in Philly.