Talk:Squash (sport)
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The Name of the Game
Some contributors are of the view that the correct spelling is 'racquets' rather than 'rackets': the latter is correct.
I refer to the following authorities:
--The 'parent' game is referred to by most, if not all, sources as 'RACKETS' not 'Racquets'; --The original English body presiding over the game was the Tennis and RACKETS Association; --The [English] Squash RACKETS Association was formed in the late 1920s; --The Oxford Dictionary cites 'racket' as the original English word, noting 'racquet' as the variant.
'Racquet' is a tennis term, probably relating to that game's French origins
Please do your research before conducting an edit of this nature...
Cheers
Peter E
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