Dannette Hunnel
With a nod to St. Valentine’s Day and just for fun, I looked into why we use the term “love” when playing tennis. The term has been used since the 1800s. Here is what I found:
Myth #1: In sports, it’s common to refer to a nil or zero score as a duck or goose egg. Historians believe that tennis originated in Northern France. The French word for egg is l’oeuf, the pronunciation of which isn’t too far removed from the English word “love.”
Myth #2” The term “love” comes from the phrase “play for love,” which refers to playing a sport for fun rather than for money. And that, my friends, is probably the myth closest to the truth here at the Cottonwood Tennis Club in Sun Lakes.
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