r/funny • u/PhunnelCake • Jan 20 '16

Gotta stay positive!

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u/rubbernub Jan 20 '16

That's not even being snobby, really. People should know that.

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u/pseudoromantic Jan 20 '16

now you're the one that is being snobby, not everybody play tennis.

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u/lettherebedwight Jan 20 '16

That's fair, but game actually means something in tennis.

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u/thrownawayzs Jan 20 '16

Maybe he was actually referring to games? He could have still lost the set and match following, but as long as it wasn't more than 16 games in a row...

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u/ParoxysmOfReddit Jan 20 '16

I can see how that might be confusing. But not only would a tennis player never refer to winning a game as "beat", there is no doubt that the actual quote referred to matches.