Forum newsfeeds |  | | Notices | You are welcome to answer questions posted in the Ask a Teacher forum as long as your suggestions, help, and advice reflect a good understanding of the English language. If you are not a teacher, you will need to state that clearly at the top of your post. Please note, all posts are moderated by our in-house language experts, so make sure your suggestions, help, and advice house the kind of information an international language teacher would offer. If not, and your posts do not contribute to the topic in a positive way, they will be subject to deletion. | 
15-Aug-2004, 06:31
| | Key Member | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Country: Taiwan
Posts: 1,816
Current Location: Taipei First Language: Mandarin Member Type: Student or Learner Thanks: 0
Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts
| | cold call Quote: |
So one day my friend and I made a cold call to the grain company, and we switched coats ahead of time. My arms were lost in the sleeves of my friend's coat.(He's about 30 centermeters taller than I am.)
|
The two are my fatacies.
1. You make a phone call to a company, and you talk in a rather impolite manner.
2. You ring someone and before he answers the phone, you hang up first. You make it a several times without really reaching the other end. It's kind of harrassment.
I bet I'm wrong this time! | 
15-Aug-2004, 16:42
|  | VIP Member | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Country: Canada
Posts: 12,997
Current Location: China First Language: English Member Type: Other Thanks: 0
Thanked 60 Times in 57 Posts
| | Re: cold call [quote="blacknomi"] Quote: |
So one day my friend and I made a cold call to the grain company, and we switched coats ahead of time. My arms were lost in the sleeves of my friend's coat.(He's about 30 centermeters taller than I am.)
| Quote: |
Originally Posted by Oxford Dictionary of Current English cold call -n. marketing call/visit on a person/company who has previously not shown interest in the product. -v. visit or telephone a person in this way. | :D | 
15-Aug-2004, 16:51
| | Key Member | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Country: Taiwan
Posts: 1,816
Current Location: Taipei First Language: Mandarin Member Type: Student or Learner Thanks: 0
Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts
| | Oops, I thought it is a slang so I didn't look it up. I'm sorry for the laziness. | 
15-Aug-2004, 16:55
|  | VIP Member | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Country: Canada
Posts: 12,997
Current Location: China First Language: English Member Type: Other Thanks: 0
Thanked 60 Times in 57 Posts
| | Quote: |
Originally Posted by blacknomi Oops, I thought it is a slang so I didn't look it up. I'm sorry for the laziness.  | No worries. :D | 
16-Aug-2004, 11:45
| | Senior Member | | Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 1,370
Thanks: 0
Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post
| | In poker, you cold call when there have been several raises in front of you but you still call when it's your turn. This generally shows great strengh. On the contrary, you can be "tricked" into calling each raise separately if you sit between the raisers. This would go like:
A: I make it 2
B: your 2, plus 4 more
you: I call the 6! <-- cold call 2nd scenario:
A: I make it 2
you: I call
B: your 2, plus 4 more
A: I call
you: I call
Anyway, it's probably all Greek to you if you don't play poker. It's a nice game though ;)
FRC | 
16-Aug-2004, 12:12
| | Key Member | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Country: Taiwan
Posts: 1,816
Current Location: Taipei First Language: Mandarin Member Type: Student or Learner Thanks: 0
Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts
| | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Francois In poker, you cold call when there have been several raises in front of you but you still call when it's your turn. This generally shows great strengh. On the contrary, you can be "tricked" into calling each raise separately if you sit between the raisers. This would go like:
A: I make it 2
B: your 2, plus 4 more
you: I call the 6! <-- cold call 2nd scenario:
A: I make it 2
you: I call
B: your 2, plus 4 more
A: I call
you: I call
Anyway, it's probably all Greek to you if you don't play poker. It's a nice game though ;)
FRC | I love playing poker. And it's all Greek to me if you explain in English. What is 'raise'? :? | 
16-Aug-2004, 12:17
| | Senior Member | | Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 1,370
Thanks: 0
Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post
| | When you bring the stakes up, you raise. You want to do that when you have a good hand, so that you can take a nice and juicy pot if you win. But then come deception, psychology etc. :)
FRC | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes | Linear Mode |
Posting Rules
| You may post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts HTML code is Off | | | All times are GMT. The time now is 11:25. |  |