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# Or could it be that if they did fuck someone
they weren't supposed to, they could end up in the nick For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge?

Or is it something to do with the Old German 'fokken', to stab aound or penetrate?

Or what?

Welcome anyway. You'll never leave etc.
(I helped save b3ta! pxyzyzygy, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:10, archived)
# Given that the English language
is directly descended fron Old Germanic, I'd suggest the latter....
(I helped save b3ta! verbal, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:12, archived)
# over generalised perhaps
there's a fair old bit of french and latin and norse and gaelic and old english in there as well.
(I helped save b3ta! alistair, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:15, archived)
# Ah
the first one is the one I heard!!!!!!

Anyone know if theres any truth in Golf being "Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden"?
(I helped save b3ta! Generationgav, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:12, archived)
# Yes.
No.
(I helped save b3ta! verbal, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:15, archived)
# Same thing applies...
...it's an old word, so it's highly unlikely to be an acronym.

I don't know what the name golf means originally, but there were apparently lots of similar old Scottish names for games like golf before they evolved into the game we know today.
(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:16, archived)