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Subject: Re: Off-topic question about "mano a mano"

Author: Jorge Pichard

Date: 12:13:53 10/15/03

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On October 15, 2003 at 15:08:17, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>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 touching 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.
>

PS: You know what most people will do if somebody take their 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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