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To be honest, if Chinese folks are fine with calling it "ping pong" (乒乓), I'm fine, too. (Also, you sorta can infer the spin from the ball arc or even if you c
by paolovictor 6mo ago
To be honest, if Chinese folks are fine with calling it "ping pong" (乒乓), I'm fine, too.
(Also, you sorta can infer the spin from the ball arc or even if you catch a glimpse of the rotating label)
- mcmoor 6mo agoLmao the character used is so cute
- Foobar8568 6mo agoIn french, we call that ping pong too. So yeah for ping pong.
- pil0u 6mo agoThat is simply not true. We call it "tennis de table" when it comes to the sport, and we call it "ping pong" when you play at a camping in flip flops.
- hermitcrab 6mo ago>even if you catch a glimpse of the rotating label Some people say they can see the spin from the rotating logo. I can't.
- zelphirkalt 6mo agoMaybe if it is a slow exchange. But I suspect, that trying that when the exchange is fast, will make one react way too slow. The inference happens by looking of how the opponent moved their racket/paddle. That starts way earlier, than one could possibly see it looking at the ball and tracking the logo.
- zelphirkalt 6mo agoThen we should at least write it correctly: Pīngpāng [1]: https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?page=worddict&email=&wdrst=0&wdqb=%E4%B9%92%E4%B9%93 https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?page=worddict&email=...