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Nato e cresciuto a Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, istruito a Wycliffe College nel Regno Unito, oggi Tony Lawson abita con sua moglie, due figli e una cagna leggermente pazzoide nella città di Catania dove insegna l’inglese nel Dipart. di Scienze Politiche e Sociali dell’Università e dove gestisce il sito di Ingliando dal 2011.
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eleonoramaria
22/04/2016 at 12:32
Grazie !!
Finalmente capisco come dire ZERO !
I like very much tennis, and I didn’t understand why told LOVE ! 🙂
Tony
22/04/2016 at 14:28
Hi, glad you found it useful.
Thgis is what the Oxford dictionary has to say about “love” in tennis:
It seems to have been adapted from the phrase ‘to play for love (of the game)’ (i.e. to play for nothing). Although the theory is often heard that it represents the French word l’oeuf, meaning ‘an egg’ (from the resemblance between an egg and a nought) this seems unlikely.
🙂 🙂 🙂
eleonoramaria
23/04/2016 at 13:56
Oh, thank you for explanation !
I like first derivation : “To play for love of the game ” ! De Coubertin could say it.
Bye