Re: [microsound] Re: microsound Digest 1 Dec 2000 22:09:37 -0000 Issue 204

[Jeff Shoemaker <cache@xxxxxxxxx>]

>Punter: one that punts: as a chiefly British : a person who gambles; 
>especially : one who bets against a bookmaker.

that word (in its british meaning) has always thrown me.  in american
football you generally punt on 4th down (the offense's last chance to make
a 1st down, thus you run the risk of losing the ball at your current place
on the field if you don't convert).  therefore, the *real* gamble would be
to try for the 1st down, instead of giving the ball away.

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