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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 03:58 PM Original message |
Linguists Argue That Golf Doesn't Mean "Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden", however |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. Given that the game was invented by the Scots, I believe the word "golf" is a |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. That's a theory |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I suppose not, but I think the "acronym" crowd has an axe to grind. |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Are you saying, then, that BOAT |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Aside from FORD being "Found On Road Dead", no. |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 04:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Not even USC |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 04:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Oh, good point. |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 04:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Nah, I had never heard it used in a sports context. |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 09:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. I just have an adze to grind. |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. First On Race Day.... GEEZ |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 10:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. Fix Or Repair, Daily nt |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 04:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. ROFL |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 04:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Nice avatar! |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Yeah I noticed we both have Sylvia! |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. I don't know if it's still available |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 04:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Back in '60 I had a FIAT 600 |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 04:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I actually know that! |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. ALFA = Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 07:08 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. And Ferrari was their engineer |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 10:01 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Yes and Enzo was also the racing team manager. |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 05:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Which is Italian for "Fix it again, Tony" |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 03:54 AM Response to Reply #4 |
33. FIAT is an acronym |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. The orginal word being 'flog'? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. It was probably originally called "Gorf" |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 07:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
25. i think it came from the snoring sound people make while 'watching' it on TV |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
17. no |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
18. Wikipedia entry lists the etymology |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
22. It was named after an orc decapitated by a hobbit... |
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Bennyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
23. They call it "golf"..... |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
26. KG is close |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
28. Those are some, dare I say it... cunning linguists? |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
31. Why does the Byron Nelson Classic always get rained out at least once |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
32. Did anyone really believe in that bogus etymology? |
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