Etiquette

[kpaulhus]

3 hours ago, jsgolfer said:

We played today with @kpaulhus in Tampa at his course, but I think the cold weather kept her reserved.  

haha wouldn't be anything I've never heard. I had to refrain from blurting out one after that nasty hook I hit on #10. 

[Golfer gal]

I play with a woman whose New Years resolution is not to drop f-bombs playing golf. That lasted about two holes... 

it really is just part of our culture, part of some people’s personality, part of golf, and not a big deal. I try not to swear in front of old ladies, or if I’m put with people I don’t know, unless they swear first! Just because it may make them uncomfortable. 

[Golfer gal]

On 12/31/2017 at 8:12 AM, JonMA1 said:

Mixed company or not, it isn't the words we use that offend, invite ridicule or make others feel uncomfortable. It's the inability to keep some semblance of composure. The occasional "damn it" or even an f-bomb is normal. It's how quickly we can laugh it off or how we handle poor play throughout the round that matters, IMO.

On 12/31/2017 at 8:12 AM, JonMA1 said:

I agree totally. When I play with certain people who let loose on every bad shot, I just think it’s stupid and childish. Cussing up a storm shows a lack of composure, and it probably isn’t going to help on the next shot. But dropping a brief expletive can be a way of showing frustration and then just letting it go. Maybe?

[Kalnoky]

I don't mind if people occasionally let loose with a flurry of colorful language, but I don't like playing with hotheads. I mean those people who turn red when they cuss. 

[Lime Shark]

On 12/28/2017 at 9:25 AM, Marty2019 said:

I don't understand why so-called "curse words" are unacceptable, when you can say the exact same thing using a different word, and that's okay.  

Excrement!   Sex act!   Woman's private parts!  

Those above are acceptable, and yet they are the exact same thing as the related curse words, and everyone knows it!   It's just weird that the so-called "curse words" are unacceptable for some reason. 

Sure you do. There are different words for the same thing, because they have different shades of meaning.

The next time you hit a bad shot, just start yelling "Intercourse!" or call your partner a "penis head" and his wife a "vagina".

Language is like a toolbox, and crude words are your sledge hammers. Use them too often and you destroy your language skills. But, there are (rare) situations when a sledge hammer is exactly the right tool. Saving it for those situations makes it more effective.

Edited January 8, 2018 by Lime Shark

[tlazzol]

15 minutes ago, Lime Shark said:

Language is like a toolbox, and crude words are your sledge hammers. Use them too often and you destroy your language skills. But, there are (rare) situations when a sledge hammer is exactly the right tool. Saving it for those situations makes it more effective.

I was told this many years ago.  I try to reserve those special words so people really understand when I'm feeling very strong, and not happy, emotion.

[NJpatbee]

I am guilty of a few brief expletives if I am playing with a couple of my male friends.  If I am playing with a woman (especially one I have just met) I find it very easy to keep the trash talk down - I suspect that was ingrained in me at a young age.  I know they are just words, but if someone cannot complete a full sentence without using the F bomb 5 or 6 times I am turned off and stop listening. 

[Buckeyebowman]

I'm usually only guilty of calling myself an "effing, stupid, bastidge!