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tanguatlay
 
Reply Mon 31 Aug, 2020 03:31 am
Any reason why "badminton" is spelled with "bad". It seems to me that it should be "bat", consistent with "bat" used to play certain games like table tennis.

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Region Philbis
 
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Reply Mon 31 Aug, 2020 06:04 am
@tanguatlay,
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Its exact origin remains obscure. The name derives from the Duke of Beaufort's Badminton House
in Gloucestershire, but why or when remains unclear. As early as 1860, a London toy dealer named
Isaac Spratt published a booklet entitled Badminton Battledore – A New Game, but no copy is known
to have survived...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badminton
izzythepush
 
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Reply Mon 31 Aug, 2020 06:09 am
@Region Philbis,
There’s a five day event, the Badminton Horse Trials that happens annually at Badminton House.
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tsarstepan
 
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Reply Tue 1 Sep, 2020 04:05 pm
@tanguatlay,
tanguatlay wrote:

Any reason why "badminton" is spelled with "bad". It seems to me that it should be "bat", consistent with "bat" used to play certain games like table tennis.

No. Rolling Eyes You don't use bats in table tennis or badminton. You use stringed rackets. None of these sports are baseball or cricket (sports where bats are used).
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: a lightweight implement that consists of a netting (as of nylon) stretched in a usually oval open frame with a handle attached and that is used for striking the ball or shuttlecock in various games (such as tennis, racquets, or badminton)
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