2006-07-06 11:03:34 · 11 answers · asked by the2scoundrels 2 in Sports ➔ Tennis
because love is meaningless - nil
2006-07-06 11:06:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nil In Tennis
2017-01-19 08:47:53 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No-one is absolutely certain, but there are two main theories.
The first, and most likely, is that it comes from the phrase "to play for the love of the game" (that is, to play for nothing). This is the origin of "love" that is favoured by the authorative Oxford English Dictionary.
The other theory, although there is no actual proof of this one, is due to the simimilarity of a zero to an egg. Because the sport originated in France ( in fact, "tennis" is itself derived from the French word "tenez", meaning "hold it" or " "see what you can do with that!"), it is often assumed that the french word for an egg (L'oueuf, which is pronunced "lerff") was used as the symbol for a score of zero. But this theory is probably just a popular myth.
2006-07-07 01:07:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As Zero or Nil looks like an egg...
and in French the word egg sounds something like "loue" and pronounced similar to LOVE thats how 0 got in Love :)
2006-07-06 22:53:40 · answer #4 · answered by Ω Nookey™ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I bet it means that if you weren't fond of (as in 'love') the scoreless person playing you, you would bother playing them any more. But then that is akin to the idea that you (the scoreless person) are obviously merely playing for the love of the game, not because you are competitively good at it. I've heard it was because there was some corruption of French phrasing, but I don't know French and what I've heard was a corruption of Latin (no wonder the French are a mess).
2006-07-06 11:13:41 · answer #5 · answered by Rabbit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A zero is shaped like an egg.
'The egg' in French is 'l'oeuf'
It is pronounced almost like 'love'.
2006-07-06 11:07:13 · answer #6 · answered by Trish D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
zero is like an egg.The egg in French is 'l'oeufl
It is pronounced almost like love.... as for the one who says plonker hes the plonker its love meaning zero like six games to love meaning six games to zero get it right
2006-07-06 11:43:03 · answer #7 · answered by The Wanderer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I may be wrong, but the word EGG in italian is l'uovo. and doesn't a zero look like an egg?
2006-07-06 11:07:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You plonker...
love: means equal points
nil: means no points
2006-07-06 11:08:07 · answer #9 · answered by BadSanta 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
something to do with the french word for egg .... honest !!
2006-07-06 11:08:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋