On Mar 21, 8:22 am, al <a...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Jan 27, 11:13 pm, "John (Z R) L" <low...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:> Hi Al, I
ne=
ver ever made any trip to China, or Ningbo for that matter.
> > I was trying to translate Tom's scans with the aid of various Chinese
> > websites in the past because I have no background knowledge of any of
> > this stuff.
>
> > [..]
> [..]
This is a quote, from Sloperama FAQ, repeated here.
"Friends when playing this game would each draw a Poetry piece and
then complete the phrase by making a short poem right on the spot for
"fun".
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Each of the 11 words plus 4 FLOWERS can make many poetic phrases.
To me there might be a kin****p between Poetry pai and mahjong.
Can anyone comment or add anything here?
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A second part of that quote:
"Later on again, "Poetry Pai" was used for playing a tricks game
(eg Bridge) among the intelligent/literate. I have absolutely no idea
how this works (no explanation anywhere)."
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John, you said "e.g. Bridge" . How sure are you on that. What did you
mean by "a tricks game"? Could it have been possibly trick-forming and
NOT trick-taking?
Bridge is a trick-taking game. Mahjong maybe said is a trick-MAKING
game.
TAKING or MAKING, that's the question.
Where can one search further into the question? I believe that TRAIL
is of critical im****tance in the history of mahjong.
> [..]
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Cheers........al
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