Help with Pronunciation
January 2nd, 2014 at 3:41:53 PM
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Looking for a bit of guidance...
Looks like the little "On", "Lay", "Buy" etc. buttons used at the craps tables are called lammers. As I've only seen this term used in print, I was hoping someone could give me a hand with the pronunciation.
Long A as in lammers are lame, or short A as in lammers are made of laminate?
Thanks in advance
--BA35
Looks like the little "On", "Lay", "Buy" etc. buttons used at the craps tables are called lammers. As I've only seen this term used in print, I was hoping someone could give me a hand with the pronunciation.
Long A as in lammers are lame, or short A as in lammers are made of laminate?
Thanks in advance
--BA35
I should have stopped an hour ago...
January 2nd, 2014 at 3:42:50 PM
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Rhymes with hammer.
January 2nd, 2014 at 3:46:51 PM
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Quote: JBRhymes with hammer.
And with pajammers. ( if you live in Joisey )
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January 2nd, 2014 at 4:06:36 PM
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Quote: BuzzardAnd with pajammers. ( if you live in Joisey )
People from Joisey don't say Joisey. They really don't.
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January 2nd, 2014 at 4:11:44 PM
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Some do. Really they do ! I am a native Baltimoron and I still say winder for window.
Shed not for her
the bitter tear
Nor give the heart
to vain regret
Tis but the casket
that lies here,
The gem that filled it
Sparkles yet
January 2nd, 2014 at 4:34:15 PM
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Do you pronounce the city as Bawlmer?
January 2nd, 2014 at 5:03:43 PM
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Of course, that's it's name. But I never say Indianapolis Colts. They are the Indianapolis Irsholes !
Shed not for her
the bitter tear
Nor give the heart
to vain regret
Tis but the casket
that lies here,
The gem that filled it
Sparkles yet
January 2nd, 2014 at 6:08:51 PM
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many dealers place a "NO" button on a bet as viewed by the player.Quote: BA35Looks like the little "On", "Lay", "Buy" etc. buttons used at the craps tables are called lammers.
many call these just "buttons"
on button, off button etc
ON is one side and OFF is the other side
small lammer rack and some old school lammers
lammer is the same on both sides
winsome johnny (not Win some johnny)
January 2nd, 2014 at 6:14:51 PM
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Yep.Quote: BA35short A as in lammers are made of laminate?
In fact, the word is short for "Laminated Plastic."
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January 2nd, 2014 at 6:28:31 PM
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I have never really heard where "lammer" came fromQuote: DJTeddyBearYep.
In fact, the word is short for "Laminated Plastic."
I do think it goes way back
some of the older lammers, old time dealers also called them lammers,
I have are actually small clay chips imprinted just as the money cheques (check) were years ago.
The ON button and the OFF button in the rack is one in my last photo are those type
they would wear out too.
lammers are on table games other than Craps that have values on them. Mostly used for tracking markers or money dropped.
winsome johnny (not Win some johnny)
January 2nd, 2014 at 6:29:41 PM
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Who says lame-ers? That's just weird.
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January 2nd, 2014 at 10:20:18 PM
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Several times I have heard a boxman or floorman call for a "lammer" which is how I learned what the discs are called that indicate markers. All of the other discs are referred to as "buttons" for on, off, buy, etc.
I have never heard "lammer" used to refer to a buy button or an off button ... and they have only been called buttons.
My favorite lammer was once used at Caesars Palace. It was a lammer for $1,000,000 and it was actually a white ceramic tile that very much looked like a bathroom tile, perhaps four inches by four inches and written across it diagonally from corner to corner was:
1,000,000
And that was written without a dollar sign.
Two of them were on the table, plus an assortment of other lammers for various amounts up to, if I recall, 100,000.
I have never heard "lammer" used to refer to a buy button or an off button ... and they have only been called buttons.
My favorite lammer was once used at Caesars Palace. It was a lammer for $1,000,000 and it was actually a white ceramic tile that very much looked like a bathroom tile, perhaps four inches by four inches and written across it diagonally from corner to corner was:
1,000,000
And that was written without a dollar sign.
Two of them were on the table, plus an assortment of other lammers for various amounts up to, if I recall, 100,000.
January 2nd, 2014 at 10:24:46 PM
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It can happen to the best of us:
January 2nd, 2014 at 11:40:40 PM
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double consonants are usually a key to pronounce them both
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January 3rd, 2014 at 6:23:56 AM
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That wasn't a lammer, but a checque. Those square oversized checques are also called Jettons. (spelling?)Quote: AlanMendelsonMy favorite lammer was once used at Caesars Palace. It was a lammer for $1,000,000 and it was actually a white ceramic tile that very much looked like a bathroom tile, perhaps four inches by four inches
Lammers are almost always round, 1-3/16" diameter although listed in sales catalogs as 1-1/4". They are generally used as indicators for various purposes and are generally not handled by players. They are made out of multiple layers of plastic. Lettering is engraved to allow a contrasting layer to show thru.
Lammers are sometimes called buttons the same way checques are also called chips.
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January 3rd, 2014 at 7:31:12 AM
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Quote: DJTeddyBearThat wasn't a lammer, but a checque. Those square oversized checques are also called Jettons. (spelling?)
Lammers are almost always round, 1-3/16" diameter although listed in sales catalogs as 1-1/4". They are generally used as indicators for various purposes and are generally not handled by players. They are made out of multiple layers of plastic. Lettering is engraved to allow a contrasting layer to show thru.
Lammers are sometimes called buttons the same way checques are also called chips.
FWIW, those are called jetons (zhe-TONE). It's French for coinage that is not used as legal tender. I have one that commemorated the birth of the Dauphin in 1662; was never coin of the realm, but was a coin (that is now collectable) struck in the same mode as legal tender; beautiful artwork on both sides. The unit coins the military branches issue could be considered jetons, for example.
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January 3rd, 2014 at 8:05:13 AM
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Clear, plastic lammers are used to separate chips in the trays of blackjack tables. They help the floor or pit boss to do a count. They are also used to save a players place for 20 minutes where I play. Chips are never left on the table, instead the player asks for a lammer.
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January 4th, 2014 at 12:29:21 AM
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Quote: DJTeddyBearThat wasn't a lammer, but a checque. Those square oversized checques are also called Jettons. (spelling?)
I do not disagree because I don't know. To me it was a bathroom tile representing money flushed away by a high roller. (Lucky for him he got it all back plus a $110,000 profit.)
January 4th, 2014 at 1:06:15 AM
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Quote: AlanMendelsonand it was actually a white ceramic tile that very much looked like a bathroom tile, perhaps four inches by four inches and written across it diagonally from corner to corner was:1,000,000 .
The Public calls those small round things chips, but the casino uses chip to refer to non-denominated tokens whose value is determined by color and can not be cashed.
Cheques are "chips" with an indicated value and are redeemable.
Cheques beyond a casino determined amount are no longer round and are referred to as Flags.
The large heavy Flag is from the days a Whale lost one and an alert official stopped the departing waitress who had rested her tray atop the stacks to serve drinks. Chewing gum on the bottom of the tray had been used. Its doubtful she could have cashed it though.
January 4th, 2014 at 9:10:37 AM
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Quote: BA35Looking for a bit of guidance...
Looks like the little "On", "Lay", "Buy" etc. buttons used at the craps tables are called lammers. As I've only seen this term used in print, I was hoping someone could give me a hand with the pronunciation.
Long A as in lammers are lame, or short A as in lammers are made of laminate?
Thanks in advance
--BA35
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