A shuttlecock is so called because it has feathers that look like a bird or cock (rooster or cockerel) and it shuttles between the two (or four) opponents at great speed.
Well, because it has feathers stuck on a cock. and it looks like a space shuttle, so called shuttle-cock.
uhhh.. it's not stuck on the cock.. it's stuck on the CORK.... the cock part is coz it looks like a cockerel.... i call it shuttle... shuttlecock sounds too lengthy.. some people call it birdie, which I HATE
Hmmm. I disagree. It doesn't look like a cockerel. Yes, it is shaped like a shuttle, but I'd definitely not associate it with a cock. why not call it shuttlegoose, shuttleball, featherball, ballfeather, shuttlefeather, corkball, corkfeather, corkgoose, or shuttlecork?
Shuttlecock is something that goes back-and-forth and cock refers to a male bird's (rooster or cockerel) plume of tail feathers. There are some games that use a crudely fashioned shuttlecock which uses feathers that look like a bird's plume of tail feathers you kick around, just like kicking a soccer ball in the air, without allowing it to drop to the ground.
Badminton's pedigree has always been the subject of debate, but experts agree that it probably originated somewhere in Asia. An early version of badminton called Ti Jian Zi, or shuttle-kicking, was played in China as far back as the 5th century BC. As the name suggests, players used their feet to kick a shuttle back and forth. Similar games appeared five centuries later in ancient Greece, China, India and Japan. India's version was called poona, and it most closely resembles modern badminton. During the 1600s, British soldiers stationed in India brought poona back to Great Britain and soon a version of the game, called "battledore" or "shuttlecock," became a favourite pastime of English children. --------------------------------------------------------------------- badminton came from the game called battledore or shuttlecock. Back then, rooster feathers (not bleached) were used.
"Ti Jian Zi" is Chinese mandarin. if the early version of badminton is called TI Jian Zi, the "somewhere in Asia" must be China. Talking about how came the word "shuttlecock" cannot be separated with the origin of the game. "Jian Zi" is quite similar with "shuttlecock". it is made of cock feather and ancient chinese coin, much heavier than a "shuttle cock", cannot be palyed by hand. "poona" and "badminton" must be played by hand and racket, and we hv to say it's another game. (football and handball are different games)
