Re: OT: French/English etymology question: "sauf"/"save"

Christophe wrote:
(re: my obvious mis-take on "jeu de paume")
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Check
http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues00/jan00/tennis.html for
a few photos. But indeed, it was originally played with bare hands, hence
the name. Where did you hear that "paume" was related to "pawn"? (that's
"pion" in French)

Pas d'idée.  Obviously I misinterpreted something-- my French was not very
good in 1954 (and is not much better now......:-(((((  )

And according to http://www.paris.org/Musees/JeudePaume/, the museum still
exists (I've never heard of it disappearing at all!).

Possibly it's now in a different building, but they kept the name??? Sais
pas. I seem to have a twisted mind these days.

Mes apologies les plus sinceres* à la noble Nation Française.
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*sincères?