[PhilKing]

Cyberyeti, on 2014-April-04, 09:16, said:

I believe the suits have the same names in Australian and English

Strewth! It's all changed since I was there then ...

[helene_t]

pran, on 2014-April-04, 11:13, said:

Surfe it does.
And how do you bid over your partner's Multi opening when you have a strong hand so you expect a fair chance for at least game except if partner happens to have 6 hearts (even with as much as 11 HCP). In that case you reckon that there will be only 9 tricks.

then I would have responded 2he. 2nt means we are in game opposite any maximum

[blackshoe]

Bad_Wolf, on 2014-April-04, 15:28, said:

In NZ and Australia (BTW the language is pronounced 'Strain' )

I thought it was "strine" or perhaps "stryne" but I'm a 'Murrican, so what do I know?

[Chris3875]

My thought process on the day was that the initial 3H bid showed 6 hearts and lower end of the "weak" scale, whereas the attempted change to 3D was showing 6 spades and the higher end of the "weak" scale. If there had been no UI (the attempted change of bid), I seriously doubt that South would have bid on to 4H as she held only 13 points and I saw it more as giving partner an opportunity to correct her misbid. Apparently North had forgotten their system and was initially transferring to spades with the 3H bid.

[helene_t]

Not all 13 points are equal but yes, if pass is a logical alternative then south has to pass