Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
serie americana | carambola
English translation:
carom
Spanish term
serie americana
"armo las bolas pegadas a la banda y empezo una serie interminable de carambolas. Cada vez que fallaba volvia a armar las bolas y proseguia la serie americana."
The text goes on to say: "Esa manera de jugar me aburre. Me gusta mas de bola a bola o de lujo [see my next post!]"
So it seems that "serie americana" is more or less the same thing as "carambolas." Anybody know what the term is in English? Or explain it in Spanish? The source is Peruvian.
| 3 | carom |
David Russi
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| 4 | (long) series of caroms |
moken
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Oct 28, 2008 10:59: David Russi Created KOG entry
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Proposed translations
United States
30+ years, stopped counting...
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
carom
carambola femenino
1 (en billar) carom (inglés norteamericano), cannon (inglés británico)
Websrter's
Main Entry:1car£om
Variant:also car£rom \*kar*m also -er-\
Function:noun
Inflected Form:-s
Etymology:by shortening & alteration from 1carambole
1 : a shot in billiards in which the cue ball strikes each of two object balls
2 : a rebounding especially at an angle : a glancing off
(long) series of caroms
Some refs on this:
A mediados del siglo XIX apareció la llamada serie americana, que consiste no sólo en la carambola, sino también en preparar la siguiente. De este modo se podían conseguir largas series con sus correspondientes puntos. Los pioneros de esta innovación fueron los hermanos Cyril y Joseph Dion.
http://www.temueves.com/reportaje.asp?codi=1503§ion=1
SERIE AMERICANA, descubierta, o creada, mejor, por George Slosson, un norteafricano famoso por sus series de más de 1.000 carambolas en una sola entrada, circunstancia que antes de 18882 era prácticamente imposible. Dicen algunos autores que antes de esta marca el más renombrado billarista de la época, un tal Berger, ostentaba el increíble record de 300 carambolas por entrada.La SERIE AMERICANA está basada en la colocación en posición triangular de las bolas cerca de cualquiera de las bandas, siempre con posición dominante de la tacadora a fin de hacerlas seguir en una misma dirección a lo largo de las bandas, hasta darle una o más vueltas a la mesa.
http://es.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=2006121313164...
The actual keeping of the balls in position is called "nursing", but I haven't been able to find a specific term for the actual string or series.
nurse definition |Dictionary.com - [ Traducir esta página ]To nurse billiard balls, to strike them gently and so as to keep them in good position during a series of caroms. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, ...
dictionary.reference.com/browse/nurse - 87k - En caché - Páginas similares
Good luck!
Álvaro :O)
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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-10-22 10:19:24 GMT)
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Found a number of references using the expression "shot drills"; that might work for you. :O)
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