Where did the word "ping pong" originate from?

Answer 1

China

Answer 2

Ping-pong is a onomatopoeia word:
Ping and pong ware used in Mid-18th century for an imitation of the sound of the ball hitting the paddle. Pong was used since 1823 and Ping since 1823. In 1900 Parker and Brothers united both words and created the Ping-Pong trademark for table tennis and associated equipment.

Answer 3

This is one of the greatest ONOMMATOPOEIC' word: Sound echoing the Sense like the 'murmur' of the bees or the brook.

In 'Ping pong' first we hear the Ping, meaning, a short, high, ringing sound made by the hard ball hits on the hard surface of the board. & then the 'return' 'PONG' sound.when the ball is hit back.

The word 'Table Tennis' is colorless whereas the word 'ping pong' is exhilarating & spirit-lifting!

Have you heard of playing 'Pocket Ping Pong' or 'Pocket Billiards'? LOL.

Answer 4

According to the Compact Oxfrord English Dictionary

ping-pong — ORIGIN imitative of the sound of a bat striking a ball.

Answer 5

A Scud missle launching, then landing in 50 seconds. Or, the sound of the hollow ball, pinging and ponging. What is the sound of Sonar.....hmmmmmmmmm You've got me....

Answer 6

Table tennis has its origins in England as an after dinner amusement for upper class Victorians in the 1880s. Mimicking the game of tennis in an indoor environment, everyday objects were originally enlisted to act as the equipment. A line of books would be the net, a rounded top of a Champagne cork or knot of string as the ball, and a cigar box lid as the paddle.

The popularity of the game led game manufacturers to sell the equipment commercially. Early paddles were often pieces of parchment stretched upon a frame, and the sound generated in play gave the game its first nicknames of "whiff whaff" and "Ping pong". A number of sources indicate that the game was first brought to the attention of Hamley’s of Regent Street under the name "Cossima". The name ping pong was in wide use before English manufacturer J. Jaques & Son Ltd trademarked it in 1901. The name ping pong then came to be used for the game played by the rather expensive Jaques equipment, with other manufacturers calling theirs table tennis. A similar situation came to exist in the United States where Jaques sold the rights to the ping pong name to Parker Brothers.

The next major innovation was by James Gib, an English enthusiast of the game, who discovered novelty celluloid balls on a trip to the U.S. in 1901 and found them to be the ideal balls for the game. This was followed by E.C. Goode who in 1903 invented the modern version of the racket by fixing a sheet of pimpled, or stippled, rubber to the wooden blade. Table tennis was growing in popularity by 1901 when table tennis tournaments were being organized, books on table tennis were being written, and an unofficial world championship was held in 1902. In 1921 the Table Tennis Association was founded in England, and the International Table Tennis Federation followed in 1926. London hosted the first official world championship in 1927. Table tennis was introduced as an Olympic sport at the Olympics in 1988. In the 1950's rackets that used a rubber sheet combined with a underlaying sponge layer changed the game dramatically, introducing greater spin and speed. These were introduced to England by the sports goods manufacturers S.W. Hancock Ltd. and the Hancock bat gave Johnny Leach the edge when he became World Champion in 1949. The use of speed glue increased the spin and speed even further, resulting in changes to the equipment to "slow the game down".

Toward the end of 2000, the ITTF instituted several rules changes aimed at making table tennis more viable as a televised spectator sport. First, the older 38 mm balls were officially replaced by 40 mm balls. This increased the ball’s air resistance and effectively slowed down the game. By that time, players had begun increasing the thickness of the fast sponge layer on their paddles, which made the game excessively fast, and difficult to watch on television. Secondly, the ITTF changed from a 21 to an 11 point scoring system. This was intended to make games more fast-paced and exciting. The ITTF also changed the rules on service to prevent a player from hiding the ball during service, in order to increase the average length of rallies and to reduce the server’s advantage.

Variants of the sport have emerged. "Large ball" table tennis uses a 44 mm ball which slows down the game significantly. This has seen some acceptance by players who have a hard time with the extreme spins and speeds of the 40 mm game.

There is a move towards reviving the table tennis game that existed prior to the introduction of sponge rubber, Classic table tennis or "Hardbat" table tennis players reject the speed and spin of reversed sponge rubber, preferring the 1940-60s style of no-sponge, short pimpled rubber of play which makes defense less difficult by decreasing the speed and eliminating any meaningful magnus effect of spin. Because hardbat killer shots are almost impossible to hit against a skilled player, hardbat matches focus on the strategic side of table tennis, requiring skillful maneuvering of the opponent before an attack can be successful.

Answer 7

I'm not sure but it makes a great anecdote. It sounds like a food made from Chinese Celery and China \Bird breaats plates soaked in Tai pin sauce.

Answer 8

From the game's sound. I mean what would happen if you used something round,,,,like,,,,a wooden croquett ball? Would you call the game then "Klunk Thunk"?

Answer 9

Onamatopoeia! (that is, based on imitation of sound, like crash, crumch, trill, cuckoo, yodel, whippoorwill, bark, neigh, slap).

Answer 10

It's a Chinese word.