[r-t] Proportion of Surprise Methods

[Don Morrison]

2009/3/19 Leigh Simpson <lists at simpleigh.com>:
> Some ringers (e.g., I think, DJPJ) prefer the following definition of
> surprise methods:
>
>  > Surprise methods are Treble Dodging methods in which places are made
>  > adjacent to the treble's path at every cross section.

Eh? I guess I haven't been paying sufficient attention. Can someone
explain? If "are made adjacent to the treble's path" means "all such
places are adjacent" this means Yorkshire isn't a surprise method. But
it must mean that, since it can't mean merely that "at least one place
is adjacent to the treble at each cross section" as then even Kent
Treble Bob Minor would be a surprise method, even though at higher
stages it is not.

What's going on? What am I missing?




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