Teddy1 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Why do americans call Table Tennis "ping pong"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 (edited) Maybe because they are Ting Tong.... http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=ping-pong Edited January 3, 2014 by MB1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheos Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Because they first saw it at Patpong and maybe got the name wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Because they first saw it at Patpong and maybe got the name wrong. At least now it's Thai related...The topic I meant.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Why are you blaming the Americans, should be blaming the Brits for starting it. 1901 - John Jacques register "Ping Pong" as a trade name in England. The American rights to the name are sold to Parker Brothers. Brief history of table tennis/ping-pong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooked Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Oh, now that is a tricky one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcgodber Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Duh! the sound the ball makes me thinks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Why are you blaming the Americans, should be blaming the Brits for starting it. 1901 - John Jacques register "Ping Pong" as a trade name in England. The American rights to the name are sold to Parker Brothers. Brief history of table tennis/ping-pong I'm blaming Jing Thing, Who want's a poll,,,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 We calls 'em like we hears 'em, youse guys got a probbem wit dat? I actually grew up thinking that was the CHINESE name for the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mopar71 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Why are you blaming the Americans, should be blaming the Brits for starting it. It usually is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iluvbeaches Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Do you play tennis on a table? No. It makes a "ping pong" sound. Also from a non American. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gsxrnz Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 For the same reason they call the world series, "The world Series". No logic whatsoever. Like, I mean....where's the rest of the world? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 For the same reason they call the world series, "The world Series". No logic whatsoever. Like, I mean....where's the rest of the world? It makes sense for baseball, the classical American sport. The only teams that could compete with USA teams are from Latin America and then send their best players to the "show" in the USA, so it may as well be the World Series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 (edited) Because we can't imagine a "table tennis" show at Soi Cowboy? From Wikipedia: Early rackets were often pieces of parchment stretched upon a frame, and the sound generated in play gave the game its first nicknames of "wiff-waff" 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 "Gossima".[7][8] The name "ping-pong" was in wide use before British 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's equipment, with other manufacturers calling it table tennis. A similar situation arose in the United States, where Jaques sold the rights to the "ping-pong" name to Parker Brothers. Parker Brothers then enforced their trademark for the term in the 1920s making the various associations change their names to "table tennis" instead of the more common, but trademarked, term.[9] So it wasn't the Americans. It was our European cousins. Just think- if not for a trademark back in 1901, we could be seeing the Wiff-Waff shows on Soi Cowboy. Edited January 10, 2014 by impulse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayned Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 For the same reason they call the world series, "The world Series". No logic whatsoever. Like, I mean....where's the rest of the world? The Brits call baseball "rounder" so you don't even play the game. Why should you be invited to a "World Series" of baseball! The south Americans and Japanese are represented on the US teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeThePoster Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Because table tennis was too difficult for Forest Gump to spell on his China visa application. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipperylobster Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Because we can't imagine a "table tennis" show at Soi Cowboy? From Wikipedia: Early rackets were often pieces of parchment stretched upon a frame, and the sound generated in play gave the game its first nicknames of "wiff-waff" 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 "Gossima".[7][8] The name "ping-pong" was in wide use before British 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's equipment, with other manufacturers calling it table tennis. A similar situation arose in the United States, where Jaques sold the rights to the "ping-pong" name to Parker Brothers. Parker Brothers then enforced their trademark for the term in the 1920s making the various associations change their names to "table tennis" instead of the more common, but trademarked, term.[9] So it wasn't the Americans. It was our European cousins. Just think- if not for a trademark back in 1901, we could be seeing the Wiff-Waff shows on Soi Cowboy. One whiff of the ball would make one waffle..I suspect.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipperylobster Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 ...a point aside...what language to they speak in England? I do not have a clue as to what they are mumbling about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmine Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 why do they call football "soccer"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nowhereman60 Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 why do they call soccer football? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmine Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 why do they call soccer football? The rest of the world were playing football before the likes of the aussies or americans started playing in the competitive arena my dear chap. it was never the americans sport to rename in the first place. Go figure..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipperylobster Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 why do they call soccer football? The rest of the world were playing football before the likes of the aussies or americans started playing in the competitive arena my dear chap. it was never the americans sport to rename in the first place. Go figure..... Those damn yankees, always changing the name of the game and then rewriting the rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmine Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 why do they call soccer football? The rest of the world were playing football before the likes of the aussies or americans started playing in the competitive arena my dear chap. it was never the americans sport to rename in the first place. Go figure..... Those dam_n yankees, always changing the name of the game and then rewriting the rules. Oh that looks good, lets americanize it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7by7 Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 (edited) That's because if they play the same games by the same rules as everyone else they can't win. So they have to invent their own games and then they can call themselves champions. Although, like cricket and rounders, baseball probably developed from English village games, modern baseball is American with the rules etc. developed in America. To be fair, it can be quite watchable; unlike American football. A game with an official playing time of 60 minutes which takes over three hours to complete; because the players have to have a rest every time they're tackled. Why can't they just get up and get on with it; like rugby league. Edited January 11, 2014 by 7by7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimBaaaa Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Why do americans call Table Tennis "ping pong"? Created by the English so has it's given name changed to make it appear as though the American created it? Saying that, they still use the correct names for golf, tennis, cricket, chess, rugby. They change the name of rounders to baseball, football to soccer and modified rugby, calling it American football. Let's not forget table tennis to ping pong. Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimBaaaa Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 O and basketball is Canadian Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbus8 Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 I have played table tennis for many years & I think the more serious players call it table tennis, not ping pong! I can only speak for US citizens. I am not sure what it is called outside of the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 I have played table tennis for many years & I think the more serious players call it table tennis, not ping pong! I can only speak for US citizens. I am not sure what it is called outside of the country. Actually Americans call it both. It's not like soccer / football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasun Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 It's an eponym. Like wiping your nose with a kleenex* while going up the escalator* with your zipper* down. They seem to be more popular in American culture. Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lomatopo Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 why do they call football "soccer"? Believe that's a British thing too...from "Association Football", Assoc, Soccer. I think it was called Soccer early on, in England anyway. Next up, Water Polo...where are the damn horses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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