| On Jul 10, 2:19 pm, Howard Brazee <how...@brazee.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Jul 2008 03:59:08 -0700 (PDT), hjack
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> <hjacknickl...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> >Birdie, Eagle, Bogey and Par ?
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> >How did those names come about?
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> Par is easy, as its non-golf meanings preceded its golf meaning:
> ORIGIN Latin, ‘equal’, also ‘equality’.
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> "Eagle", and "Albatross" are easy to guess as exaggerations |
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Author: SKIPPER
Date: Jul 10, 2008 17:40
On Tue, 8 Jul 2008 03:59:08 -0700 (PDT), hjack <hjacknicklaus@gmail.com> wrote: Birdie, Eagle, Bogey and Par ? How did those names come about? Par is easy, as its non-golf meanings preceded its golf meaning: ORIGIN Latin, equal, also equality. "Eagle", and "Albatross" are easy to guess as exaggerations on "birdie". But I found AskOxford.com has for "birdie": ORIGIN the
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