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| Author: | Japsican [ 16 Jan 2018, 04:10 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bat, racket or paddle - what do you call it? |
I use "Blade" without the rubbers. I use ....Both "Bat" and "Paddle." I probably say "paddle" to people I don't know to avoid confusion. Sometimes people don't know what I mean by "Bat." I probably use bat more often to people I know well. "Racket" seems least appropriate because to me like a racket should have strings like a tennis, squash, or badminton racket. To me, "Paddles" are mostly solid striking surface with no strings. You would never spank a child (back in the olden days) with a racket. You would never use a racket to propel your boat. |
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| Author: | Japsican [ 16 Jan 2018, 04:20 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bat, racket or paddle - what do you call it? |
In the US, paddle is more common to disambiguate from a Baseball Bat. In fact, in American sports, a baseball bat is the only kind of sport-associated bat there is really. If you say "bat", 100% of every American born here will picture this:  Or this:  But never a TT Bat. |
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| Author: | darucla [ 16 Jan 2018, 05:56 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bat, racket or paddle - what do you call it? |
so_devo wrote: My UK experience is always "bat" for the full setup and blade when no rubbers attached Sent from my SM-N910F using Tapatalk And we invented the game. So: definitive. 
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| Author: | Retriever [ 16 Jan 2018, 06:35 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bat, racket or paddle - what do you call it? |
... So when I arrived at the pier, I put down my paddle, picked up my blade and without raising a racket entered into the fray not batting an eyelid, although my knees felt rubbery ... |
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| Author: | Dusty054 [ 16 Jan 2018, 07:28 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bat, racket or paddle - what do you call it? |
Japsican wrote: In the US, paddle is more common to disambiguate from a Baseball Bat. In fact, in American sports, a baseball bat is the only kind of sport-associated bat there is really. If you say "bat", 100% of every American born here will picture this: But never a TT Bat. hmm...yet in Australia, these bats are common: Attachment: 3190_-_Signature_Bat_-_Back900.png [ 141 KiB | Viewed 1474 times ] And this is a racquet: Attachment: download (1).jpg [ 38.5 KiB | Viewed 1474 times ] As opposed to a racket: Attachment: noise-clipart-racket-7.jpg [ 114.44 KiB | Viewed 1474 times ] |
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| Author: | Debater [ 16 Jan 2018, 09:08 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bat, racket or paddle - what do you call it? |
haggisv wrote: Debater wrote: Table tennis shops in Britain usually use "blade". Really?  So what do they call a bat without rubbers?Ah sorry, I took your question to be referring to bat's without rubbers. If you mean the full setup, it's usually bat. |
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| Author: | Japsican [ 17 Jan 2018, 03:08 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bat, racket or paddle - what do you call it? |
darucla wrote: so_devo wrote: My UK experience is always "bat" for the full setup and blade when no rubbers attached Sent from my SM-N910F using Tapatalk And we invented the game. So: definitive. You also called it "Wiff Waff" back then. This disqualifies you from anything "definitive." Haha 
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| Author: | Japsican [ 17 Jan 2018, 03:20 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bat, racket or paddle - what do you call it? |
Dusty054 wrote: hmm...yet in Australia, these bats are common: Attachment: 3190_-_Signature_Bat_-_Back900.png In my head, probably due to my American cultural bias, a bat is more club-like than it is flat. Even a cricket bat is more club-like than paddle-like. Still, I like the term "bat" more than "paddle." I just know it causes confusion if I use that term. |
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| Author: | Debater [ 17 Jan 2018, 09:32 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bat, racket or paddle - what do you call it? |
Japsican wrote: In my head, probably due to my American cultural bias, a bat is more club-like than it is flat. Even a cricket bat is more club-like than paddle-like. Still, I like the term "bat" more than "paddle." I just know it causes confusion if I use that term. A paddle belongs in the water propelling a boat or canoe of some description. How did paddle ever get to be linked with table tennis? |
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| Author: | rsilvers [ 17 Jan 2018, 11:01 ] |
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Debater wrote: Table tennis shops in Britain usually use "blade". I run into this issue when people call their car wheels "rims." Wheels and rims are not the same thing. |
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| Author: | LOOPOVER [ 17 Jan 2018, 16:36 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bat, racket or paddle - what do you call it? |
rsilvers wrote: Debater wrote: Table tennis shops in Britain usually use "blade". I run into this issue when people call their car wheels "rims." Wheels and rims are not the same thing. I run into this issue when sportscasters says a players has wheels. Wheels and legs are not the same thing. |
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| Author: | man_iii [ 17 Jan 2018, 16:46 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bat, racket or paddle - what do you call it? |
We call it blade without rubbers, bat or paddle or racket with rubbers, racquet or stringed racket for badminton / tennis / squash. It really really irks me when people talk about Gears for a rubber when only motored equipment come with Low, mid, High and reverse gearing!!!   
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| Author: | darucla [ 17 Jan 2018, 23:04 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bat, racket or paddle - what do you call it? |
Japsican wrote: darucla wrote: so_devo wrote: My UK experience is always "bat" for the full setup and blade when no rubbers attached Sent from my SM-N910F using Tapatalk And we invented the game. So: definitive. You also called it "Wiff Waff" back then. This disqualifies you from anything "definitive." Haha "What's in a name?" As the Earl of Oxford once wrote.  Prior to becoming an official game, it may have been called many things. Only Boris (the $%^&) Johnson still uses Whiff-Whaff. And he will be the first against the wall after the revolution. But this is OT. I like those who use the words "floor" and "covering", or is that just Google Translate? I hope not. |
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| Author: | Riot207 [ 18 Jan 2018, 01:07 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bat, racket or paddle - what do you call it? |
Table Tennis is considered a racket (Racquet) sport, and is the number one played racket sport in the world. Thus logic states that it must be called a racket ! Bat, Racket, Paddle, call it what ever the hell you want, just don't call it late for supper! |
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| Author: | Riot207 [ 18 Jan 2018, 01:10 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bat, racket or paddle - what do you call it? |
Debater wrote: Japsican wrote: In my head, probably due to my American cultural bias, a bat is more club-like than it is flat. Even a cricket bat is more club-like than paddle-like. Still, I like the term "bat" more than "paddle." I just know it causes confusion if I use that term. A paddle belongs in the water propelling a boat or canoe of some description. How did paddle ever get to be linked with table tennis? I'm quite sure I could paddle my canoe with one of my "paddles".. Just need to wait for the ice to melt and we'll give this theory a try! |
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