Originally posted by Virtue76I don't have time, are these sites that refer to it as a racket?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/badminton/4162622.stm
http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/programme/index_uk.asp?SportCode=BD
If so, yes I agree it is called a racket. It is also sometimes called a bat.
Originally posted by mtthwGoogle Fight = Badminton Racquet beats Badminton Bat by 2 to 1.
Sometimes = Usually 🙂
I'd never call a badminton racquet a bat, but I would classify badminton along with other "bat and ball" sports.
However, 553,000 references to Badminton Bats ought to be enough to justify my use of the word "sometimes"
http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=badminton+bat&word2=badminton+racquet
Originally posted by Red NightNot a chance. A racket has strings.
It is sometimes called a bat.
And I forgot table tennis where the paddle is also sometimes called a bat.
The thing you use to hit a shuttlecock has strings - hence badminton racket.
Anybody who refers to it as a bat is obviously a retard.
Originally posted by RagnorakSo who are you voting for ?
Who cares what others call it. Do you not understand the term "soccer"? Would you tell a German that he's wrong when he calls it Fussball?
In Ireland, we have our own indigenous Football, so we call soccer soccer and Gaelic Football football.
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Which sport ?
Originally posted by Red NightGoogle Fight is crap that's why - it's getting results for the phrase badminton.
Google Fight = Badminton Racquet beats Badminton Bat by 2 to 1.
However, 553,000 references to Badminton Bats ought to be enough to justify my use of the word "sometimes"
http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=badminton+bat&word2=badminton+racquet
Google the full phrase:
"badminton bat" = 844
"badminton racket" = 225,000
"badminton racquet" = 73,600
Case closed.