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TH03 
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| re: Trivia question from the bar last night (Posted on 1/24/13 at 8:33 pm to WG_Dawg)
Um google says hockey, buddy
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TH03
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| re: Trivia question from the bar last night (Posted on 1/24/13 at 8:33 pm to WG_Dawg)
That's wrong. Everything I found says it's hockey named after hocquet meaning shepherds crook
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Type A 
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Member since Sep 2011
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| re: Trivia question from the bar last night (Posted on 1/24/13 at 8:34 pm to WG_Dawg)
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I'll just say it, apparently the answer is billiards. Yes, I realize that billiards is played using a stick so that makes sense. But I have no idea where the french interpretation comes into play here.
it doesn't. the french is thrown in just to confuse the people guessing. common in trivia. i would have maybe guessed pool/billiards on like the 8th try. that's a tough one.
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WG_Dawg 
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| re: Trivia question from the bar last night (Posted on 1/24/13 at 8:35 pm to TH03)
well I'll point it out next week then. I was scratching my head wondering WTF billiards had to do with the any french word for stick.
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TH03
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| re: Trivia question from the bar last night (Posted on 1/24/13 at 8:36 pm to WG_Dawg)
They can't put something on the Internet that isn't true. It's hockey.
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Bestbank Tiger 
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| re: Trivia question from the bar last night (Posted on 1/24/13 at 8:38 pm to WG_Dawg)
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so baton rouge isn't translated to red stick?
Sure it is. But the French would presumably have more than one word for "stick".
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WG_Dawg
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| re: Trivia question from the bar last night (Posted on 1/24/13 at 8:39 pm to Bestbank Tiger)
Those sneaky french
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Gold Member
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Member since Aug 2004
370 posts
| re: Trivia question from the bar last night (Posted on 1/24/13 at 8:40 pm to WG_Dawg)
From this site:
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The term "billiard" is derived from French, either from the word "billart", one of the wooden sticks, or "bille", a ball.
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Rebel 
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| re: Trivia question from the bar last night (Posted on 1/24/13 at 8:40 pm to WG_Dawg)
Le Baseball.
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TH03
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| re: Trivia question from the bar last night (Posted on 1/24/13 at 8:42 pm to Gold Member)
Sneaky sneaky.
So we could have had 3 answers to this question.
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WG_Dawg
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| re: Trivia question from the bar last night (Posted on 1/24/13 at 8:42 pm to Gold Member)
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Gold Member
Welp, problem solved.
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Siderophore
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Member since Nov 2010
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| re: Trivia question from the bar last night (Posted on 1/24/13 at 9:14 pm to WG_Dawg)
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I knew that word was baton, but our guess was still way off.
LA's Cajun French is a fair bit different from the language spoken in Paris.
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Rebel
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| re: Trivia question from the bar last night (Posted on 1/24/13 at 9:20 pm to Siderophore)
Le Baseball Rouge.
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DWaginHTown
Houston Fan
Houston, TX
Member since Jan 2006
4844 posts
| re: Trivia question from the bar last night (Posted on 1/24/13 at 9:39 pm to WG_Dawg)
billiards
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TheDude321
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| re: Trivia question from the bar last night (Posted on 1/24/13 at 10:18 pm to Bestbank Tiger)
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But the French would presumably have more than one word for "stick".
This. In probably most languages, different kinds of sticks would have different, more specific names. The absolute most precise translation of "Baton Rouge" (given the circumstance in which its name was derived) would probably be "red maypole".
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Bill Parker?
Member since Jan 2013
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| re: Trivia question from the bar last night (Posted on 1/24/13 at 10:40 pm to TheDude321)
The popular game played by both rural and urban poverty stricken kids.
Stickball. Buncha mouf breathin' idgets.
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TigerHam85 
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| re: Trivia question from the bar last night (Posted on 1/24/13 at 10:43 pm to WG_Dawg)
Le Fap
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