Why is 0 score called LOVE in tennis?

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Why is 0 score called LOVE in tennis?

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It’s a dual-language pun – in French it’s called “egg”, like how people in English might call zero “donut”. However the French word for “egg” is “l’oeuf”, which sounds like the English word “love”, and so in English that word took its place.

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