Tennis racket or racquet?

[Syringer]

How do you spell it?

 

[buzzsaw13]

racquet

 

[funkymatt]

spider!

 

[TallBill]

Rakkit

 

[The Green Bean]

firefox spells if racket not racquet.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: The Green Bean
firefox spells if racket not racquet.

PHAIL

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Originally posted by: The Green Bean
firefox spells if racket not racquet.

IE spells if it suspects you lack intelligence. Do you use Firefox?

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: The Green Bean
firefox spells if racket not racquet.

PHAIL

fale

 

[moshquerade]

i've always spelled it racket.

 

[mugs]

Racquet

 

[pontifex]

depends on the context...

are you talking about the thing you use to hit a tennis ball or the sounds that are created when people play tennis?

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: pontifex
depends on the context...

are you talking about the thing you use to hit a tennis ball or the sounds that are created when people play tennis?

Bah, stole my post.

"Racquet" if the former and "racket" if the latter IMO.

KT

 

[SphinxnihpS]

In the USA it's spelled RACKET in any sense of the word, a webbed ball hitting contraption, a commotion, or an illegal enterprise.

QU spelling are for queers, Euro/Canadians, and those who favor redundancy over humor.

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

Racquet. A racket is a scam.

 

[91TTZ]

The proper US spelling is "Racket"

 

[Modular]

"racket" is noise that a bunch of ne'er-do-well youngsters make.

"raquet" is what you play tennis with.

/thread

 

[AstroManLuca]

I play racquetball, which is most certainly spelled with a Q. Never seen anyone refer to "racketball." So naturally I spell the thing you use to hit the ball "racquet," not "racket."

 

[drum]

only if it is strung with spider wire

 

[tailes151]

The correct answer is you can spell it either way. Usually outside of America you'll see racquet. But there are always exceptions.

 

[Turin39789]

yuppie

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Originally posted by: Modular
"racket" is noise that a bunch of ne'er-do-well youngsters make.

"raquet" is what you play tennis with.

/thread

dumb

 

[Saint Nick]

/thread

 

[LordMorpheus]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: pontifex
depends on the context...

are you talking about the thing you use to hit a tennis ball or the sounds that are created when people play tennis?

Bah, stole my post.

"Racquet" if the former and "racket" if the latter IMO.

KT

I was going to ask if he meant the thing you hit the ball with or the gambling scam that uses the game of tennis ...

 

[ManyBeers]

I chose racquet, although other than in this post I don't think I have ever typed or written
racquet before.

 

[bobsmith1492]

A tennis racquet racket would be a scam to launder money through tennis racquets (or a bunch of people smashing them against things).

Incidentally Firefox 3 doesn't recognize "racquet" but it's correct per the dictionary: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/racquet