Inter-Mountain Farmer | 1902-06-03 | Page 10 | Why You Mustn't Use the Word "Ping-Pong"

WHY YOU MUSTN'T USE THE WORD "PING-POKG." It Is a ruilous fict that whllo oven-bod) oven-bod) la speiking tho word ' ping-pong It Is really irlvate propert). ' Ping-long' Ping-long' la rtklsterel ti a. If mark United States, No 3S S50 belonging to l'arker llrothera of lliston Masa The roprletora do not as n mailer of fict object tn nidlnar) persona speiking speik-ing the beloved n line plug pong hut the) do object to the use of It by other ninnufncturcis of storting goods mil the) h iv e th' Hw on their side Theso other nnkeis nie obliged tn fall back on Midi lint ind lifeless expressions ns table tennis or something of thit sort The name "whlff-whaff ' w-ia once tiaed but thit la enough to cast discredit on nil) game Another word, RnBflma Is even more foollah The mere Inventing of the word ping long la uniuetlnnnbl) a atrokn nf genlua It la IitrcI) responsible for the lmpulnrlly of the game which Is now la) e 1 lij si me SO 000 00) of human beings throughout tho world I'll irm-Ing irm-Ing )tiung women delight In sa)lng Oh Mr binllh do )OU play ping-pong? ping-pong? The pronunelitlnn of the melodious ajlUblen elves - delightful rxpresalon to tho lips nnd la even mote I enrllclal aa a vocal exercise than tho once famous fa-mous prunes nn 1 prism