The ttalian Golf Federation has struck severe blow for the Axis cause, far exceeding anything Italy has done on sea, land or in the air, It has discovered that the word "golf" can be used by loyal Italians without it the Federation it is not an English word but is being considered Anglophile, for according to derived "from the ancient Flemish word kelt meaning a stick," The "Shorter Oxford English Dictionary" has this note upon the term: "Said to be adapted from the Dutch kelt, kol club' but golf is mentioned earlier than any of the Dutch sports" Actually what the Federation has done is to show how completely it is becoming Germanized with the rest of the country for the Encyclopaedia Britannica speaks of golf asa game wi probably derives its name from the German kobe a club "in Dutch kolf—which last is nearly in sound identical and might suggest a Dutch origin which many pictures and other witnesses further support." It is a horrid thought that men who spend so much of their time brutally knocking small, inoffensive balls into round holes should have given their pastime a name derived from the language of a race which has distinguished itself so frequently by the ruthlessness of its methods, What the Royal and Ancient Club of St, Andrews is going to do about it cannot be at present ascertained. but it is clear that fhefe must be some form of retaliation, The really effective stroke would be to let the T'alians have the name of Germanic origin and discover one of purely British origin, or, perhaps. it will merely suffice to go through the golfing glossary to discover if there is any technical term of Italian origin and remove it from use, But British golfers, shuddering under this shattering blow, will take comfort for if they really chose the italians could easily justify the use of the English word "defeat" which is derived from the Latin, and which they certainly should include in their vocabulary not only by reason of what: have already experienced in this war, büt because of what is going to happen to them in the future,
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