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badmiton
hey im doing an extra credit thing for gym, and i need to find out why badmiton is called badmiton.
dont say google or yahoo. other then that, its all 5's
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It was played at a lawn party held by Duke of Beaufort at his country place, Badminton, in 1873, and it became known as "the Badminton game" among various guests who introduced it to other friends.
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Badminton took its name from Badminton House in Gloucestershire, the home of the Duke of Beaufort, where the sport was played in the last century. By coincidence, Gloucestershire is now the base for the International Badminton Federation.
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