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Heard Any Good Ones: Part 2
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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 732447" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p><span style="font-size: 10px">> Q: Why are zero scores in tennis called "love"?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">> A: In France , where tennis first became popular,</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">> a big, round zero on scoreboard looked like</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">> an egg and was called "l'oeuf," which is French</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">> for "egg." When tennis was introduced in the</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">> US, Americans pronounced it "love."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">> Q: In golf, where did the term "Caddie" come</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">> from?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">> A. When Mary, later Queen of Scots, went to</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">> France as a young girl (for education &</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">> survival), Louis, King of France, learned that</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">> she loved the Scot game "golf." So he had the</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">> first golf course outside of Scotland built for</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">> her enjoyment. To make sure she was properly</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">> chaperoned (and guarded) while she played,</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">> Louis hired cadets from a military school to</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">> accompany her. Mary liked this a lot and when</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">> she returned to Scotland (not a very good idea</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">> in the long run), she took the practice with her.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">> In French, the word cadet is pronounced 'ca-day'</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">> and the Scots changed it into "caddie."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">> So now YOU know too!!</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 732447, member: 1246"] [SIZE=2]> Q: Why are zero scores in tennis called "love"? > A: In France , where tennis first became popular, > a big, round zero on scoreboard looked like > an egg and was called "l'oeuf," which is French > for "egg." When tennis was introduced in the > US, Americans pronounced it "love." > > Q: In golf, where did the term "Caddie" come > from? > A. When Mary, later Queen of Scots, went to > France as a young girl (for education & > survival), Louis, King of France, learned that > she loved the Scot game "golf." So he had the > first golf course outside of Scotland built for > her enjoyment. To make sure she was properly > chaperoned (and guarded) while she played, > Louis hired cadets from a military school to > accompany her. Mary liked this a lot and when > she returned to Scotland (not a very good idea > in the long run), she took the practice with her. > In French, the word cadet is pronounced 'ca-day' > and the Scots changed it into "caddie." > > So now YOU know too!![/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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