A Conversation for Snooker
How to say snooker?
Sea Change Started conversation Jun 18, 2003
Snooker seems an improbable word to my American eye, and calls to mind a hairnet with hooks, or a children's book sticky with jam. 
Does the double 'o' in it rhyme with 'moon', or with 'book'?
How to say snooker?
Mu Beta Posted Jun 19, 2003
Ah, now this is something of a thorny subject, and something I could well have written about.
Us English wot invented the game, would pronounce the 'oo' as in 'moon'. However, Americans - who have a nasty habit of mucking about with the language - use the term 'snooker' frequently in pool games to describe a 'hidden' ball, and will insist on pronouncing it as in 'book'.
I'm guesing, unles you want to look strangely out of place at your local pool hall, you should adopt the latter pronunciation.
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How to say snooker?
Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jun 19, 2003
What, "snucker"? How odd... Sounds like a cross between sneaking around and sniggering...
How to say snooker?
Mu Beta Posted Jun 19, 2003
You've obviously never listened to Sid Waddell's co-commentaters during the Mosconi Cup. They say it exactly like that.
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How to say snooker?
Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jun 20, 2003
B, I don't even know what the Mosconi Cup *is* - a pool competition I assume?
How to say snooker?
Mu Beta Posted Jun 21, 2003
It is. Pool's equivalent of the Ryder Cup - US versus Europe.
Only, unlike the Ryder Cup, we usually get whupped by the Yanks.
How's the new house?
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How to say snooker?
Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jun 24, 2003
So far sadly lacking an internet connection 
In fact, we haven't unpacked the PC yet. Apart from that, fine cheers ,
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How to say snooker?
- 1: Sea Change (Jun 18, 2003)
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- 3: Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences (Jun 19, 2003)
- 4: Mu Beta (Jun 19, 2003)
- 5: Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences (Jun 20, 2003)
- 6: Mu Beta (Jun 21, 2003)
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