Talk:Real tennis
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Jeu de paume
I am confused. In its article, jeu de paume is played by handpalm. But Real tennis is the original racquet game. They can't be the same! -- Error 01:14, 29 Aug 2003 (UTC)
Real Tennis developed from Monks using their hands to hit the ball. They would use a glove on their hand to lessen the impact. This then developed into a racket, which is why the racket today is still shaped much like an open hand.
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I am not sure the ancient origins are really known or should really be cited. In the end everything comes down to someone throwing something somewhere and this story around Monks I haven't been able to substantiate. If no one replis to this in a few weeks I'll come back and take it out. There is in my view a lot more interesting information (like that the scoring for tennis 15 30 40 was originall 15 30 45 and the two hands on a clock face were used) which could go in. BzoMo
"Real tennis" a retronym?
Is real tennis a retronym? In other words, was it originally referred to as "tennis", and received the adjective only after variations on the sport came into being? I ask because the article on the French Revolution's Tennis Court Oath mentions a "real tennis court", which sounds anachronistic. — Jeff Q 20:33, 8 Jun 2004 (UTC What?
Hyphenation
Phrases such as "a real tennis court" kept bringing me up short, since I'm not used to reading about real tennis. I suggest that this article follow the rule that when a noun phrase is used as an adjective, it gets hyphenated. Thus "a real-tennis court" (but "real tennis is..."). This would distinguish between "a real-tennis court" (as opposed to a lawn-tennis court) and "a real tennis court" (as opposed to a fake tennis court). I'm not bold enough to make this change, though, because <exaggeration> every time I do that in any specialized field </exaggeration>, someone says, "That looks really weird. No one ever writes it that way." —JerryFriedman 23:03, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Adding Serve and Volley
Found the serve-volley page all on it's own, i decided to include it here and have the other page deleted, not sure if it fits in perfectly but i didn't want to remove it from wikipedia altogether
