aguahombre, on 2012-September-08, 11:06, said:
N/S are making the retransfer Case, not E/W. I looked again, and stand by my points. If you would like to insist on retransfers, fine. I don't like Convention disruption anyway.
I don't like Convention disruption either.
But more importantly: I am not insisting on 3♦ as a retransfer. I am not even talking about the pass of 3♦. I am talking about the 2NT bid. I am insisting that 2♦ was a transfer. And then West's 2NT bid is an infraction since it is suggested over the LA of 3♥.
Of course, NS were making the retransfer case. But could they even have started a discussion about 3♦ as a retransfer if 2♦ would not have been a transfer? Of course not. Already the term "retransfer" means that there has been a transfer before.
And West never raised his partner's "diamonds", but he bids 2NT. Why? Because his partner's "diamonds" were hearts.
Rik