how did this system of love, 15, 30, 40 pattern scoring system develop? why is it not 0,1, 2, 3 or, something of that sort?
2006-12-04 21:14:50 · 4 answers · asked by ovjit2001 1 in Sports ➔ Tennis
There is a theory that the nobility in France did not want the servants to know what they were doing, so they used numbers that were too high for the servants to know (15,30,40), and love has similarities to the French word for egg, and an egg is shaped like a 0, sort of like how some people in the United States use "bagel" for 0.
2006-12-05 08:51:16 · answer #1 · answered by Jake W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As simple as this scoring appears, the running score of each game is described in a manner peculiar to tennis: scores of zero to three points are described as "love" (or "zero"), "fifteen," "thirty," and "forty," respectively. The origin of this scoring comes from the (quarterly) stations of the clock, where "forty" was, presumably, easier to say than "forty-five." [citation needed] The definitive origin of the use of "love" for zero is not known but probably is derived from a popular saying about amateur sports[1][2]. It is possible that the use of "love" for zero is from the French word for an egg (l‘oeuf because an egg looks like the number zero. "Love" as "zero" is also said to possibly derive from "l'heure" or "the hour" in French. When stating the score, the server's score is stated first. If the server announces the score as "thirty-love," for example, it means that the server has won two points and the receiver none.
2006-12-05 00:59:06 · answer #2 · answered by suvs 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As simple as this scoring appears, the running score of each game is described in a manner peculiar to tennis: scores of zero to three points are described as "love" (or "zero"), "fifteen," "thirty," and "forty," respectively. The origin of this scoring comes from the (quarterly) stations of the clock, where "forty" was, presumably, easier to say than "forty-five." The definitive origin of the use of "love" for zero is not known but probably is derived from a popular saying about amateur sports.
"Love" as "zero" is also said to possibly derive from "l'heure" or "the hour" in French. When stating the score, the server's score is stated first.
2006-12-04 21:23:59 · answer #3 · answered by Fifa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's not a points system as such, I read that the scoring was to do with the size of the cannons on Nelsons ship, 15lb, 30lb and 40lb, not sure if it's true but these things usually have some substance. I was right wasn't I.
2016-03-13 03:35:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋