Atanas_K Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 Like "apple" or like "table" ?or something quite diferent ? i know this is the name of a club (on Acol Str.?)but what the word "acol" means and what the phonetic rule is? Thank You, native English speakers ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 Short 'a', as in apple.It doesn't mean anything, as such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1eyedjack Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 I often wondered how to pronounce Gitelman - suffice it to say that I understand most people get it wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 Acol is a village in Kent. Very small village but with an active cultural life. Not sure if they have a bridge club, though.I suppose Acol Street was named after it. Ac-holt is old English for "Oak Wood" (holt related to German "Holtz"). More info on wikipedia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 I often wondered how to pronounce Gitelman - suffice it to say that I understand most people get it wrong. How about "Fred"? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thymallus Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 The name is derived from the Acol Street, in London, which was the address of the small bridge club frequented by the developers of the system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgoetze Posted August 2, 2006 Report Share Posted August 2, 2006 To be honest, it sounds a bit like "Let's play some random natural system with 4-card majors, except 1♠ might promise 5 but I wouldn't tell you, and probably a weak 1NT but you like surprises, right? Don't bother asking about our 2-level openings, as I'm not so sure myself." - so yeah, a bit like an apple, maybe red, maybe green, perhaps even yellow, and you've got to hope there's no worm inside. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atanas_K Posted August 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 Thank you all, for many years I pronounced it like "table" :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atanas_K Posted August 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 By the way, I just realized I also don't now how "SAYC" sounds :) My friends in Bulgaria tend to say it like "like" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 Ha-ha, if you pronounce "SAYC" like "cake" I guess you got confused by some sarcastic post about the Ayatollahs Correct Bidding Lessons by one of my favorite posters: "For Heaven's sayc, .... " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 (sr, duplicate post) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr1303 Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 I pronounce it: essay why see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 By the way, I just realized I also don't now how "SAYC" sounds :) My friends in Bulgaria tend to say it like "like" Borrowing from My Fair Lady: No one taught them take instead of tyke? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atanas_K Posted August 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2006 By the way, I just realized I also don't now how "SAYC" sounds :) My friends in Bulgaria tend to say it like "like" Borrowing from My Fair Lady: No one taught them take instead of tyke? The children in Bulgaria are very happy when starting school -30 letters in the alphabet, every sound has a letter, no rules, no exceptions, no SPELL-HELL :rolleyes: envious ? :D I like reading novels in English, understand when someone speaks to me, I speak so-so, but when the time comes to write ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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