@divegeester said8 Ball Pool, Snooker, 9 Ball etc.
What do you class as being “billiards”?
Does it matter?
@divegeester saidPray tell?
Only in as much as none of those games are in fact “billiards”.
Really?
I was using the billiards term because I won against a Brit.
I assumed our North American Pool was called Billiards over there.
08 Jan 23
@divegeester saidLiar
Only in as much as none of those games are in fact “billiards”.
bil·liards
/ˈbilyərdz/
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noun
any of various games played on a billiard table in which cues are used to strike balls against each other or into pockets around the edge of the table. In North America the term encompasses games such as carom billiards, English billiards, and pool.
a game played on a billiard table with pockets, in which cues are used to strike three balls and points are made by caroms, pocketing an object ball, or caroming the cue ball into a pocket. In the UK, Australia, and other countries, the game is known simply as 'billiards'.
plural noun: English billiards
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@booger saidBilliards is a game on a table two no pockets and 3 balls.
Apparently I was right about Billiards...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_billiards
That's the page you were looking for.
Pool is the same as American pool but in England they usually play 8 ball and the rules are different. Table is smaller, balls are smaller, pockets are smaller. 9 ball is fun though.
In Spanish they use the term billar for pool which obviously translates to billiards but that's because they're smart enough not to have one word with two different meanings.
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09 Jan 23
@booger saidTake it to L’Académie de Carom Billiard, Spanky!
Stop deviating from my point!! 😡
I posted this late to avoid the Rusty shenanigans and all I'm getting is shenanigans!!
09 Jan 23
@trev33 saidOver here Billiards means a pool table where we can play any game that the table allows. 😐
Billiards is a game on a table two no pockets and 3 balls.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_billiards
That's the page you were looking for.
Pool is the same as American pool but in England they usually play 8 ball and the rules are different. Table is smaller, balls are smaller, pockets are smaller. 9 ball is fun though.
In Spanish they use the term billar f ...[text shortened]... billiards but that's because they're smart enough not to have one word with two different meanings.