TankieTanuki [he/him]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 13 days agoTennis scores are the Starbucks cup sizes of the sports worldmessage-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down10
arrow-up167arrow-down1message-squareTennis scores are the Starbucks cup sizes of the sports worldTankieTanuki [he/him]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareAmericaDeserved711 [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·13 days agoit actually makes sense when you realize they used the minute hand of a clock to keep score
minus-squareMLRL_Commie [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·12 days agoThen why 40??? Because 45 was winning and you are almost there? Was 45 used to indicate advantage then??
minus-squareFunkYankkkees [they/them, pup/pup's]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·12 days agoOne theory is that it got shortened to quarante because everyone knew it meant quarante-cinq and it’s quicker to say, but then people decided that it does not matter if the number is 40 or 45
it actually makes sense when you realize they used the minute hand of a clock to keep score
Then why 40??? Because 45 was winning and you are almost there? Was 45 used to indicate advantage then??
One theory is that it got shortened to quarante because everyone knew it meant quarante-cinq and it’s quicker to say, but then people decided that it does not matter if the number is 40 or 45