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French Cricket (Question for the two Isabelles)
Using Google to find a site on Bordeaux wines of the Graves region, I came across the following site by accident:-
http://www.annuaires.sudouest.com/rubrique.php3?id rubrique=203
This mentions a cricket league in Aquitaine, with teams in La Brède (Gironde), Damazon (Lot et Garonne), Périgord (Dordogne) and St Aulaye (Dordogne). The page even mentions a Ligue d'Aquitaine de Baseball, Softball et Cricket (Gironde).
The French really aren't such a bad lot of people after all, if they have taken up cricket. The Entente Cordiale is safe. Or are these leagues populated by ex-pat Brits? Do you ever see cricket actually being played in France? The game is sufficiently popular in Holland that the Dutch nowadays send their national team to the world championships, to compete against the likes of Australia, the West Indies, and Pakistan. They usually do just as badly as the England Team, which is comforting. Can we expect the French to follow suit in a few years time?
Another question which has just occurred to me by accident. "Follow suit". Doesn't make sense, literally. The phrase means "do exactly the same thing", but what have suits got to do with it? Could the "suit" be from the French, "il suit" = "he follows"? Follow he follows? Maybe I have had one too many Graves.
More interesting questions tomorrow.
Richard Chambers Leeds UK.
http://www.annuaires.sudouest.com/rubrique.php3?id rubrique=203
This mentions a cricket league in Aquitaine, with teams in La Brède (Gironde), Damazon (Lot et Garonne), Périgord (Dordogne) and St Aulaye (Dordogne). The page even mentions a Ligue d'Aquitaine de Baseball, Softball et Cricket (Gironde).
The French really aren't such a bad lot of people after all, if they have taken up cricket. The Entente Cordiale is safe. Or are these leagues populated by ex-pat Brits? Do you ever see cricket actually being played in France? The game is sufficiently popular in Holland that the Dutch nowadays send their national team to the world championships, to compete against the likes of Australia, the West Indies, and Pakistan. They usually do just as badly as the England Team, which is comforting. Can we expect the French to follow suit in a few years time?
Another question which has just occurred to me by accident. "Follow suit". Doesn't make sense, literally. The phrase means "do exactly the same thing", but what have suits got to do with it? Could the "suit" be from the French, "il suit" = "he follows"? Follow he follows? Maybe I have had one too many Graves.
More interesting questions tomorrow.
Richard Chambers Leeds UK.
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[nq:1]Another question which has just occurred to me by accident. "Follow suit". Doesn't make sense, literally.
- [nq:1]Another question which has just occurred to me by accident.
- "Follow suit".
- Doesn't make sense, literally.
- The phrase means "do ...
- be from the French, "il suit" = "he follows"?
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[nq:1]Another question which has just occurred to me by accident. "Follow suit". Doesn't make sense, literally. The phrase means "do ... be from the French, "il suit" = "he follows"? Follow he follows? Maybe I have had one too many Graves.[/nq]
In trick-based card games (bridge, spades, hearts, euchre, etc.) one player leads with a card of his choice, and the other players need to "follow suit
In trick-based card games (bridge, spades, hearts, euchre, etc.) one player leads with a card of his choice, and the other players need to "follow suit
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[nq:1]Using Google to find a site on Bordeaux wines of the Graves region, I came across the following site by accident:- http://www.annuaires.sudouest.com/rubrique.php3?id rubrique=203[/nq]
Forget Google. Go to Graves. Or better, St. Emilion (I have a bottle of inexpensive Monta
Forget Google. Go to Graves. Or better, St. Emilion (I have a bottle of inexpensive Monta
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[nq:1]The French really aren't such a bad lot of people after all, if they have taken up cricket. The Entente ... as the England Team, which is comforting. Can we expect the French to follow suit in a few years time?[/nq]
The Netherlands only get to play in the World Cup if they qualify via the ICC Trophy. They won the 2001 Trophy, and thus qualified for the 2003 World Cup, along with Namibia
The Netherlands only get to play in the World Cup if they qualify via the ICC Trophy. They won the 2001 Trophy, and thus qualified for the 2003 World Cup, along with Namibia
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[nq:1]Since France also participated in the Trophy they also stood a chance of qualifying. The only thing that really stopped them was the fact that they lost all of their games![/nq]
I tell a lie. They beat Israel (by 3 wickets).
I tell a lie. They beat Israel (by 3 wickets).
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[nq:1] Maybe I have had one too many Graves.[/nq]
Quand bien même ce serait vrai, ce ne serait pas grave.
Believe me!
DA
Quand bien même ce serait vrai, ce ne serait pas grave.
Believe me!
DA
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[nq:1]Using Google to find a site on Bordeaux wines of the Graves region, I came across the following site by ... as the England Team, which is comforting. Can we expect the French to follow suit in a few years time?[/nq]
No. If the Laws don't suit them, then they will play by their own rules as they do in the EU.
[nq:1]Another question which has just occurred to me by accident. "Follow su
No. If the Laws don't suit them, then they will play by their own rules as they do in the EU.
[nq:1]Another question which has just occurred to me by accident. "Follow su
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Thus spake MM:
[nq:2]Since France also participated in the Trophy they also stood ... was the fact that they lost all of their games![/nq]
[nq:1]I tell a lie. They beat Israel (by 3 wickets).[/nq]
They'll probably be able to beat England by an innings, then.
Simon R. Hughes
[nq:2]Since France also participated in the Trophy they also stood ... was the fact that they lost all of their games![/nq]
[nq:1]I tell a lie. They beat Israel (by 3 wickets).[/nq]
They'll probably be able to beat England by an innings, then.
Simon R. Hughes
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[nq:1]The French really aren't such a bad lot of people after all, if they have taken up cricket.[/nq]
England are the Olympic Champions at cricket, but the French hold the silver medal.
(Cricket has only been in the OLympics once, in, if memory serves, 1904. Only England and France had teams in the competition.)
Graeme Thomas
England are the Olympic Champions at cricket, but the French hold the silver medal.
(Cricket has only been in the OLympics once, in, if memory serves, 1904. Only England and France had teams in the competition.)
Graeme Thomas
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[nq:2]I came across a cricket pitch in Brittany last week. Nobody was playing. But it was maintained, so I presume it gets some use.[/nq]
[nq:1]Was it of metric length?[/nq]
Sorry, Mike. I didn't anticipate your question, so I didn't measure. But they used the imperial number of stumps. At least, I presume that they do, as there was the correct number of holes. But with the French, on ne s
[nq:1]Was it of metric length?[/nq]
Sorry, Mike. I didn't anticipate your question, so I didn't measure. But they used the imperial number of stumps. At least, I presume that they do, as there was the correct number of holes. But with the French, on ne s
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