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Stephen C. Gilardi

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Jul 9, 1996, 3:00:00 AM7/9/96
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In article <4rtr5n$f...@liberator.concentric.net> Stephen C. Gilardi,
sque...@concentric.net writes:

>Tennis Score => "adin"?

I received two replies remarkably quickly. I understand now.

Thanks everyone!

--Steve

Stephen C. Gilardi

Stephen C. Gilardi

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Jul 9, 1996, 3:00:00 AM7/9/96
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I believe this was the clue and answer in a recent NYT crossword. The
word
"adin" is not in my dictionary. Could someone please explain the meaning
of the word?

Thanks,

--Steve

Stephen C. Gilardi

David Tuller

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Jul 9, 1996, 3:00:00 AM7/9/96
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Stephen C. Gilardi wrote:
>
> I believe this was the clue and answer in a recent NYT crossword. The
> word "adin" is not in my dictionary. Could someone please explain the
> meaning of the word?

This is really a phrase: AD IN. You can find this is the Random House
Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd edition under AD. It is a tennis term
which means "the advantage being scored by the server" (ad is short for
advantage).

Dave Tuller

Gail Koontz

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Jul 10, 1996, 3:00:00 AM7/10/96
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In message <4rtr5n$f...@liberator.concentric.net> - Stephen C. Gilardi
<sque...@concentric.net>9 Jul 1996 14:43:03 GMT writes:
:>
:>I believe this was the clue and answer in a recent NYT crossword. The

:>word
:>"adin" is not in my dictionary. Could someone please explain the meaning
:>of the word?
:>
:>Thanks,
:>
:>--Steve
:>
:>Stephen C. Gilardi

The "ad" part is for "advantage", followed by either "in" or "out",
depending upon which player (team) has the lead. It is how points are
called following 40 all. Tennis scoring is weird, to say the least!

Gail Koontz Retired in my home state
836 Mallard Rd. . . . and loving it!
Cocoa, Fl 32926
gail....@quancon.com Team OS/2


Gareth Williams

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Jul 10, 1996, 3:00:00 AM7/10/96
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Thus spake gail....@quancon.com (Gail Koontz) :
+The "ad" part is for "advantage", followed by either "in" or "out",
+depending upon which player (team) has the lead. It is how points are
+called following 40 all. Tennis scoring is weird, to say the least!

Excuse me... is that a transponder expression or is it tennis circuit
jargon? I had not heard/seen it before ...

... and I hope the clue was (2-2) rather than (4) :-)


regards
Gareth Williams <g...@fmode.demon.co.uk>

roderick...@gmail.com

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Feb 14, 2018, 8:49:44 PM2/14/18
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Well, I have never heard an umpire at Wimbledon say that!

Ivan D. Reid

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Feb 20, 2018, 4:26:45 PM2/20/18
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On Wed, 14 Feb 2018 17:49:42 -0800 (PST), roderick...@gmail.com <roderick...@gmail.com>
wrote in <69ce19bf-1326-44e5...@googlegroups.com>:
> Well, I have never heard an umpire at Wimbledon say that!

http://protennistips.net/tennis-scoring-system/

--
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Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@[brunel.ac.uk|cern.ch] Room 40-1-B12, CERN
KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".

Luciano Ward

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Feb 20, 2018, 8:00:11 PM2/20/18
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Whenever we played our mum at tennis, she always used "van in" and "van out". Given that she was a girls' championship tennis player in 1930s Wigtownshire (and given the fact she's my mum), I regard her as a greater authority than any measly Wimbledon umpire.

Luciano

Luciano

musika

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Feb 21, 2018, 6:11:36 AM2/21/18
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On 21/02/2018 01:00, Luciano Ward wrote:
> On Tuesday, 20 February 2018 15:26:45 UTC-6, Ivan D. Reid wrote:
>> On Wed, 14 Feb 2018 17:49:42 -0800 (PST),
>> roderick...@gmail.com <roderick...@gmail.com> wrote in
>> <69ce19bf-1326-44e5...@googlegroups.com>:
>>> Well, I have never heard an umpire at Wimbledon say that!
>>
>> http://protennistips.net/tennis-scoring-system/
>
> Whenever we played our mum at tennis, she always used "van in" and
> "van out". Given that she was a girls' championship tennis player in
> 1930s Wigtownshire (and given the fact she's my mum), I regard her as
> a greater authority than any measly Wimbledon umpire.
>
Yes, that's what a friend of mine (a county player) always said.


--
Ray
UK

David A

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Feb 21, 2018, 11:58:40 AM2/21/18
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ditto! Advantage in or more commonly Van in, I have heard of, but Ad in sounds like a topical advertisement rather than anything to do with tennis!

Charlie Roberts

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Mar 12, 2018, 9:19:36 AM3/12/18
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On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 11:11:33 +0000, musika <mUs...@NOSPAMexcite.com>
wrote:
My dad, born in 1921, played tennis with the colonial Birt types and
picked up a lot of tennis, and other, 'isms' during his early years.
In the mid 80s, in the US, we were watching the US Open and he
suddenly asked "Shouldn't they be saying 'van in' and 'van out'?"!!

That was the first time *I* had heard of that!
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