Calling Table Tennis Ping-Pong Is Illegal

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КОМЕНТАРІ • 94

  • @NameExplain
    @NameExplain  14 днів тому +15

    Suggest a topic for next Monday's video!

    • @CoreenMontagna
      @CoreenMontagna 14 днів тому +1

      I know what kayfabe is (wrestling term) but where did the word itself come from, like why those specific sounds to describe this practice!

    • @СемёнЖибицкий
      @СемёнЖибицкий 14 днів тому

      I'm not sure that you are entirely correct about ping pong trademark here. There are officially ping pong championships since 2011 and it's a different game from table tennis with different rules regarding rackets which changes game process quite significantly

    • @Illumisepoolist
      @Illumisepoolist 14 днів тому

      Gym Leader names.

    • @fuqupal
      @fuqupal 14 днів тому

      The 200+ different dialects of the Norwegian language

    • @mingfanzhang4600
      @mingfanzhang4600 14 днів тому

      😊😊😊

  • @PPAJOrdinario
    @PPAJOrdinario 14 днів тому +41

    In Chinese, Ping Pong is written as 乒乓 and pronounced ping-pong. Even the Olympics website lists table tennis in Chinese as 乒乓. Yes, onomatopoeia in sound and look. 🙂

    • @xiChann
      @xiChann 13 днів тому

      i never knew the name table tennis untill I was 10~

    • @melissahealy1950
      @melissahealy1950 13 днів тому

      so shouldn’t the chinese national governing body be called “ching chong ping pong”

  • @AtarahDerek
    @AtarahDerek 14 днів тому +40

    Finding out it's illegal to call this game ping-pong has me so distraught that I had to reach for a kleenex to wipe my tears and an asprin for my headache.

    • @sofia.morenska
      @sofia.morenska 14 днів тому +7

      And a bandaid

    • @johnopalko5223
      @johnopalko5223 14 днів тому +1

      The headache was probably from an Adrenaline dump.

    • @AtarahDerek
      @AtarahDerek 13 днів тому +1

      @@johnopalko5223 That one deserves to be trademarked about as much as the Gaelic word for "son." Some people are just out to make a selfish buck.

    • @cpt_nordbart
      @cpt_nordbart 10 днів тому +2

      I googled it and took a few xeroxes to make sure you really wrote this.

    • @drrocketman7794
      @drrocketman7794 10 днів тому

      I grabbed my crescent wrench and channel lock pliers to come after the people who copyrighted this

  • @Michael_Brock
    @Michael_Brock 14 днів тому +15

    Dead trademarks should be recinded, but ping-pong was used in casual conversation before, and would not be able to be trademarked now. These 2 together should make an excellent case for revoking of trademark.

  • @ScottJPowers
    @ScottJPowers 14 днів тому +15

    trademarks do not prevent you from using the term casually in everyday conversation. Trademarks prevent others from using that name when selling another product. I can make and sell my own table tennis set but I can't call it ping pong without the permission of the owner of that trademark.

  • @TheLobsterCopter5000
    @TheLobsterCopter5000 14 днів тому +28

    So it's kinda like frisbee, where the word existed before the company that trademarked it came along and did so, but for some reason we're still not allowed to use it...

    • @miniepicness
      @miniepicness 14 днів тому +2

      trademarks do not work like copyright. if a word exists you can trademark it

    • @CAMacKenzie
      @CAMacKenzie 13 днів тому +1

      The Frisbee was originally a pie plate from the Frisbie Pie Company, used as a toy.

    • @doomsdayrabbit4398
      @doomsdayrabbit4398 13 днів тому

      ​@@CAMacKenzieMighty strong words, runt. You man enough to back 'em up with more than just a pie plate?

  • @windykingdom6153
    @windykingdom6153 14 днів тому +18

    Nah, I’ll proceed to say Ping Pong too

  • @pentagonanimates
    @pentagonanimates 14 днів тому +12

    "while definitely illegal, i don't think non-regulation ping pong is my third fear."
    -homestar runner in 2019

  • @explorernate
    @explorernate 14 днів тому +15

    Glad that Whiff Whaff got a mention.

  • @captainpalegg2860
    @captainpalegg2860 13 днів тому +3

    video idea (if you haven’t already):
    i heard somewhere that the word “bear” comes from a germanic root meaning “brown”, because they would euphemistically call this animal “the brown one” rather than use its actual name and risk drawing its attention. i’d love to see a video about this, and if there are any other words with similar etymologies.

  • @auldfouter8661
    @auldfouter8661 14 днів тому +5

    Why is gossamer a weird word ? - what else would you call single threads of spider web with mist droplets on them that catch the sun in autumn ?

  • @amberswafford9305
    @amberswafford9305 13 днів тому +3

    I’d say the most famous ping-pong player is clearly Forrest, Forrest Gump. 🤣

  • @rosiefay7283
    @rosiefay7283 13 днів тому +3

    Technically it's illegal to call Scrabble Scrabble; you must call it Scrabble™ Brand Crossword Game. Which nobody does.

  • @kittyprydekissme
    @kittyprydekissme 14 днів тому +5

    Back in the 1970s there was a game called Gnip Gnop. I absolutely refuse to call it sinnet elbat.

  • @ESC_jackqulen
    @ESC_jackqulen 14 днів тому +7

    In the Chinese speaking world, 乒乓 (ping pong) is the official name.

  • @OlyChickenGuy
    @OlyChickenGuy 14 днів тому +4

    This video reminds me when I lived next to a disc golf course. People would get VERY upset if you called their areal discus a "Frisbee", or called any part of their course or activity "Frisbee golf".

  • @johnburnside7828
    @johnburnside7828 14 днів тому +5

    "Somehow he got away with it..." No doubt, it involved knowing the right people and greasing their palms.

  • @xiChann
    @xiChann 13 днів тому +3

    aww the replica looks so cute actuallyy!
    Maybe a video about the Ainu (Aynu) peoples indigenous to Northern Japan?

  • @macsnafu
    @macsnafu 14 днів тому +3

    Ping Pong Ping Pong Ping Pong Ping Pong Klop!Ping PongPing Pong Klop!
    Ping PongPing PongPing PongPing Pong Klop!
    Actually, maybe it should be called PikPok, as that's even more onomatopoeic than "ping pong"!

  • @danielmalinen6337
    @danielmalinen6337 14 днів тому +2

    In Finland, the term used for the game is "pingis". The term "pöytätennis" was also suggested for the game, but it is usually considered to be too long word. However, it is unclear whether the Finnish name of the game comes from the original "ping pong" or that the ball bounces ("pingota" in Finnish) on the table.

  • @matthewdrummond1340
    @matthewdrummond1340 12 днів тому

    It's been awhile since I've seen a Name Explain video. I enjoy this style 😊

  • @mediaphen
    @mediaphen 14 днів тому +1

    J-O Waldner. Legendary, to say the least. European, World and Olympic champion, ranked World number one, actively in the absolute top tier from early 1980's the noughties and a complete wizard with a ball. 🐐

  • @flamencoprof
    @flamencoprof 13 днів тому

    I once found a YT video showing a British Movietone News item on a man from Portland, Oregon playing a game named as "ping-pong" against his cat in 1951. I saved it as proof that cat videos pre-date The Internet from before there were even videos. Maybe it's also proof that "ping-pong" was a generic term at that time.

  • @nannettefreeman7331
    @nannettefreeman7331 14 днів тому +1

    Gossamer is a sheer fabric. Maybe they made the net from it? 🤷🏽‍♀️

  • @QuesoDePalo
    @QuesoDePalo 13 днів тому +1

    We always just called it TT, and we were told that the bats and scoring were different.

    • @DanksterPaws
      @DanksterPaws 9 днів тому

      TT ain't gonna pass here in philly

  • @donovandownes5064
    @donovandownes5064 14 днів тому +1

    funny, in chinese it is called 乒乓球 , basically "ping pong ball". That is the only name I am aware of

  • @catakuri6678
    @catakuri6678 14 днів тому +4

    i will still call it ping pong anyways

  • @_AstaLily
    @_AstaLily 14 днів тому

    Coming home from high school to this was a welcome surprise! Thanks Patrick!

  • @seanlukew7499
    @seanlukew7499 14 днів тому +1

    In Chinese 乒乓求 ping pang qiu is the name of table tennis

  • @JHF563
    @JHF563 14 днів тому

    My science teachers committed a crime now, didn’t they?

  • @n1hondude
    @n1hondude 13 днів тому +1

    The names should be more obvious so Table Tennis makes more sense.
    That's why "murcan fOoTbAlL" is extremely wrong, it's ARMORED RUGBY.
    Othersports that could have a more fiting name:
    Teqball -> Table Football
    Lacrosse - > Handhockey
    Cricket -> Flat Baseball

  • @Rozenkratz
    @Rozenkratz 14 днів тому +1

    Ma Long the goat of table tennis aka ping pong

  • @jorgelotr3752
    @jorgelotr3752 13 днів тому

    7:35 how could they have invented crocket when crocket belongs to a family of games attested since the Middle Ages, to which not only do lawn games like crocket belong, but also all of the billiards family, and we have records of an early billiard-like game with rules very similar to crocket way BEFORE this guy was even born?

  • @Emperor_Oshron
    @Emperor_Oshron 14 днів тому +5

    "Ping pong, or, as Chinese call it...ping pong."

  • @davea6314
    @davea6314 14 днів тому +2

    Forrest Gump, Ping Pong Champion 🏆

  • @popinjayackroyd4526
    @popinjayackroyd4526 11 днів тому

    Just more evidence that copyrights, trade marks, and patents are out of control.

  • @andrewbutler7681
    @andrewbutler7681 14 днів тому

    I wonder if the toy company pronounces the name the same way as Hattie Jacques of "Carry On..." film fame?

  • @theconqueringram5295
    @theconqueringram5295 14 днів тому

    Table tennis is ping-pong.
    FIGHT ME!

  • @WhyIsYoutubeSoTerrible
    @WhyIsYoutubeSoTerrible 13 днів тому

    Came here to post about how thats not how trademark law works, and how ping pong is bing bang in chinese and written cutely, but I see other beat me to the punch on both fronts. Darn

  • @vincentmorris8431
    @vincentmorris8431 14 днів тому

    Having just rewatched a Ferb compilation, he said ping pong is a lain man's term.

  • @MozzarellaWizard
    @MozzarellaWizard 14 днів тому

    THANK YOU

  • @tomkerruish2982
    @tomkerruish2982 14 днів тому +4

    Be careful. Do you recall what Hasbro did to that one UA-camr whom they accidentally sent some MtG cards too early?

    • @beatrix1120
      @beatrix1120 14 днів тому

      What did they do?

    • @tomkerruish2982
      @tomkerruish2982 14 днів тому +1

      @beatrix1120 Hasbro sent Pinkertons to his house to "retrieve" the cards.

    • @chobies5383
      @chobies5383 14 днів тому

      ​@@tomkerruish2982 wth is a bunch of Weezer albums gonna do?

  • @danielrhouck
    @danielrhouck 14 днів тому

    Does trademark law not have a rule about prior art like patent law does‽

  • @CAMacKenzie
    @CAMacKenzie 13 днів тому

    Whiff whaff sounds like an accusation of worthlessness, with a speech impediment. "Thew nothing but whiff whaff." Like from Isaac Arthur.

  • @sdspivey
    @sdspivey 13 днів тому

    It may be wrong, but not "illegal." At most, it is a civil-suit, not criminal.

  • @saraross8396
    @saraross8396 13 днів тому

    Saying that it would be silly to call it Ping pong in the Olympics is in and of itself rather silly because at the last Olympics they had break dancing as a "sport". I wish I were joking. One of the competitors was so terrible that she gained infamy on the internet.

  • @Mrspence1100
    @Mrspence1100 13 днів тому

    Hamleys sell them for £55 its called ping pong

  • @COLINSCARBOROUGH
    @COLINSCARBOROUGH 6 днів тому

    Or Table Top Sphairistiké which positively rolls off the tongue.

  • @GHOULRUL
    @GHOULRUL 14 днів тому

    The "nintendo" for all video game console

  • @grahamlive
    @grahamlive 6 днів тому

    Didn't Boris Johnson refer to it as whiff whaff recently?

  • @PauxloE
    @PauxloE 13 днів тому

    I guess it's not illegal to call it ping pong, it's just illegal to sell things with this name.
    But do I want to make free advertisement for this company which has the trade mark?

  • @sharonminsuk
    @sharonminsuk 13 днів тому

    Surely gossamer must refer to the net?

  • @romad275
    @romad275 14 днів тому

    At 50 pounds, they should include the table!

  • @matthewdrummond1340
    @matthewdrummond1340 12 днів тому

    5:45 Forrest Gump lol

  • @СемёнЖибицкий
    @СемёнЖибицкий 14 днів тому +3

    Ok but there are literally world ping pong championships and no one gives organisers any trouble for using the name, so you are clearly wrong there. And the reason there are separate ping pong championships is because it has different set of rules. Players are not allowed to pick their own rubbers and blades for the racket so the game is very different with much less speed and spin. And that the reason pro table tennis would never call the game they play ping pong, it's just not the same

  • @mingfanzhang4600
    @mingfanzhang4600 14 днів тому +2

    😊

  • @JoseAlvarez-ic9ju
    @JoseAlvarez-ic9ju 13 днів тому

    the west is awful. how the hell do you think you got the rights to legally own an onomatopoeia? how the hell do you see more likely to patent the word "bark" but can't possibly fathom the idea of the private ownership of a word being stripped?

  • @mingfanzhang8927
    @mingfanzhang8927 14 днів тому +2

    😊😊

  • @jordandino417
    @jordandino417 14 днів тому +2

  • @johnclark2310
    @johnclark2310 14 днів тому

    What about wif waf?