We recently had the following feedback from Matt in the UK after he read the “Interesting Stuff” section of our website.
Hey, I found it hard to believe your interesting fact on Golf standing for “Gentlemen Only…Ladies Forbidden” so I looked around. Found this on interestingfacts.org;
“It is the internet myth that the name of the popular Scottish game Golf stands for "Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden." The word golf originates form medieval Scottish and Dutch dialects. Back in a day before the creation of dictionaries, there was no standardized spelling of any given word. So it is believed that word golf originates from Dutch word "kolf" or "kolve" which meant "club." Later on old Scots dialect transformed the word into "gouf" or "golve ."
And also wikipedia backs most of this up.
Thanks for this Matt, we are also now aware that it’s no longer illegal to chew gum in Singapore… so these interesting stuff statements are changing all the time…
I will be looking to update the site with new interesting facts so keep an eye out
We appreciate your feedback
I spotted something too - it’s not actually illegal to chew gum in Singapore anymore!
ReplyDeleteThank you Ian for your reply, you are right! Further research on Wikipedia states:
ReplyDeleteThe chewing gum ban in Singapore was enacted in 1992 and revised in 2004. It bans the import and sale of chewing gum in Singapore. Since 2004, chewing gum of therapeutic value has been allowed into Singapore following the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (USS-FTA).
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