SpinnerBait_Nut
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"Tennis Love"<br /> <br />Why are Zero scores in tennis called "love"?<br /> <br />A: In France, where tennis first became popular,<br />a big, round zero on the scoreboard looked like<br />an egg and was called "l'oeuf," which is French<br />for "egg."<br /> <br />When tennis was introduced in the US,<br />Americans pronounced it "love."<br />____________________________________________<br />"Piggy Bank"<br /> <br />Why are many coin banks shaped like pigs?<br /> <br />Long ago, dishes and cookware in Europe<br />were made of a dense, orange clay called<br />"pygg". When people saved coins in jars<br />made of this clay, the jars became known<br />as "pygg banks."<br /> <br />When an English potter misunderstood the<br />word, he made a bank that resembled a<br />pig. And it caught on.<br />____________________________________________<br />"Caddies"<br /> <br />Why are they called "Caddies?"<br /> <br />When Mary, later Queen of Scots, went to<br />France as a young girl (for education and<br />survival), Louis, King of France, learned<br />that she loved the Scot game "golf."<br /> <br />So he had the first golf course outside of<br />Scotland built for her enjoyment. To make<br />sure she was properly chaperoned (and<br />guarded) while she played, Louis hired<br />cadets from a military school to accompany<br />her. Mary liked this a lot and when she<br />returned to Scotland (not a very good idea<br />in the long run), she took the practice with<br />her. In French the word "cadet" is<br />pronounced 'ca-day' and the Scots<br />changed it into "caddie."
