Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 12:08:17 10/15/03
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On October 15, 2003 at 11:36:28, Roy Eassa wrote:
>On October 15, 2003 at 03:16:12, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>
>>On October 14, 2003 at 23:47:21, Slater Wold wrote:
>>
>>>Means squat, but just FYI:
>>>
>>>10'+10" - P4 3Ghz - 256MB HT - Ponder off - fritz7.ctg
>>>
>>> 1 2 3 4 5
>>>1 List 504 **** ½101 ½11½ ½½1½ 11½½ 11.0/16
>>>2 Ruffian 1.0.5 ½010 **** ½½11 ½½½½ 1½11 10.0/16
>>>3 smarthink ½00½ ½½00 **** 01½½ 11½1 7.5/16
>>>4 Crafty 19.03 ½½0½ ½½½½ 10½½ **** 0½½0 6.5/16
>>>5 Tao 5.4 00½½ 0½00 00½0 1½½1 **** 5.0/16
>>
>>By just one point, now you need to match List 504 versus Ruffian 1.0.5 in a
>>match of at least 15 games, Mano a mano. Or better yet what about matching List
>>504 versus Fritz 8, Shredder 7, Chess Tiger 15 etc....
>>
>>Pichard
>
>
>Completely off topic question: most people use "mano a mano" to mean "man to
>man" but I've always thought it originally was intended to mean "hand to hand".
>Am I just prejudiced because I took some Spanish classes as a child, or is that
>correct?
It depend how you use it in the context, for instance in Boxing Mano a Mano
doesn't mean that they are holding or toching hands but, so there you can
interpret it as man to man. Just like in English when you refer to an Eye for an
Eye doesn't mean that if you take off my eye I will rip your Eye off.
Mano a mano is Spanish for "hand to hand." Since hand-to-hand combat
typically pits two individuals against each other, the expression is often
understood to, but doesn't literally, mean man to man.
Pichard
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