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Most frequent questions: Bidding Trumps Indicating Playing online History Domino games
130. Can high bidder change the trump suit before the first domino is led?
129. Is the high end of the domino led always the suit to follow?A contributing phonetics specialist (plays Spades and 42) advises nil, nill, and nillo are derived from the Latin word nil. Another long time 42 player speculates that early Texas 42 players might have drawled "Hullo, nullo" which became "Hello, nello" as the term(s) passed from one generation to another via word-of-mouth.
I know of no documentation on going low in 42 prior to the internet and
If anyone can shed some light on this mystery, please send e-mail, and I′ll post pertinent contributions here.
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