http://www.word-detective.com/2013/01/out-for-a-duck/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.word-detective.com/2013/01/out-for-a-duck/comment-page-1/#comment-55434 Sean Duggan Tue, 05 Feb 2013 19:11:45 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=7467#comment-55434 On a side note, you mentioned the use of "goose egg" as "zero score" back in http://www.word-detective.com/072104.html where you were were addressing the phrase "to break one's duck" with a side mention of "love" as a score in tennis possibly being a reference to "l'oeuf", French for "the egg". On a side note, you mentioned the use of “goose egg” as “zero score” back in http://www.word-detective.com/072104.html where you were were addressing the phrase “to break one’s duck” with a side mention of “love” as a score in tennis possibly being a reference to “l’oeuf”, French for “the egg”.

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