Talk:Ball
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72.192.34.33 edited this to state that balls can be used for "solitary activities such as... fondling"; I see this as basically being vandalism, but a page on "balls" probably DOES need to mention the anatomic connotations of the word. I know WP is not the Urban Dictionary, but the OED records this use as far back as the 14th century. I've edited accordingly. ombret 00:02, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
- Testicles are covered on the disambiguation page, which I added a link to, so it doesn't need to be covered here. I removed the sentence. Dave6 talk 04:32, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
Wiktionary?
I think this should be transwikied to Wiktionary. Either that, or made more like a Wikipedia article. Bellito 23:53, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
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DiscussionRemoved sectionsI removed the "Popular ball games" section which seemed to have been directly copied from the ball game article and the "Phrases" section which consisted of a few phrases of little value to the article. I know that this means there is not much of the article left but I think it is better with a empty article than irrelevant information. Jeltz talk 15:47, 5 March 2007 (UTC) BallsWhere is the link to the disembag page about ball? JayKeaton 18:24, 4 May 2007 (UTC) Since when inflatable balls used in sports?Since when are inflatable balls commonly available? And how did their availability change the world of sportsuiki,ko7ik7iio certainly more potential in this article! -- 77.7.131.196 16:41, 4 July 2007 (UTC) Or solid?"Balls are usually spherical but can be ovoid or solid (as in billiards)." So, a filled or solid sphere is not a proper sphere, only an empty sphere counts as a real sphere? Since when?!? Shouldn't the opening sentence have simply read, "A ball is any spherical shaped object or entity" Then perhaps, further into the article, "In a few sporting games, like Australian Rules Football, the egg shaped object used in play, is often referred to as 'the ball'". Another thing I find very confusing, is that the ball is defined as a sporting object, almost exclusively. A ball is any object resembling a sphere, so you can get a ball of string or a ball of fish, as examples. If, a pottery teacher said to you, during instruction, "You begin by making a clay ball", you would not immediately assume you were being asked to make an object to be used in a game of sport, of any kind. The article as it stands, makes me wonder if in American English, 'a ball' is a completely different concept, than it is in British English? ballany types of balls are today made from rubber, this form was unknown outside the Americas until after the voyages of Columbus. The Spanish were the first Europeans to see bouncing rubber balls (albeit solid and not inflated) which were employed most notably in the Mesoamerican ballgame. Balls used in various sports in other parts of the world prior to Columbus were made from other materials such as animal bladders or skins, stuffed with various materials. EtymologyThe first known use of the word ball in English in the sense of a globular body that is played with was in 1205 in Template:Latinx in the phrase, "Template:Latinx" Terereireiwjriwejioewjeireiuhuirejitjjiteurehiurireeiurhreiu |
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