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Backnin the day, when people wanted to assure others that they werenquoting from an expert, they would say the phrase, “According tonHoyle…”
Backnin the day, when people wanted to assure others that they werenquoting from an expert, they would say the phrase, “According tonHoyle…”n
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nAndnthis phrase was used whether people were discussing a new law or artnhistory, the rules of a card game or mathematical theories.
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nWhonwas this guy Hoyle? And how did he know so much about all sorts ofnthings?
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Well,nEdmond Hoyle, who was born in the 1600s and died on this date inn1769, was probably not an expert in so many different things;nhis name just became part of a phrase used to quote from experts ofnany name.
Well,nEdmond Hoyle, who was born in the 1600s and died on this date inn1769, was probably not an expert in so many different things;nhis name just became part of a phrase used to quote from experts ofnany name.n
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nButnhe was a bit of an expert on the rules of card games. He was paid tontutor members of high society on the game of whist, and he began tonpublish his rule book for Whist. Eventually his publisher alsonprinted Hoyle’s rule books for piquet, chess, quadrille, backgammonnand brag. At first each set of game rules was sold separately, innthin phamphlet-like printings, eventually all the rules were combinedninto one games rule book. Even today, many games rule books havenHoyle’s name on the cover (even though he did not write them).
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nHoyle’snname was so linked to games, especially card games, that he became ancharter member of the Poker Hall of Fame in 1979—even though pokernhadn’t yet been invented during his life!
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nCelebratenHoyle by playing card games!
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Herenis a huge index of card games rule!
Herenis a huge index of card games rule! n
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nThis resource for card games rules is much smaller, but the games havenbeen chosen as favorites with kids.
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nAndnhere is a free site where kids can play card games online.
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nAlsonon this date:
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nNut Spas in Russia
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nAnniversary of a phone call from space to ocean depths