Because Duck ya c@nt would not quite sound so demure! lol
Bottle of Bells whiskey sas,AFORE YE GO.the Afore means ahead,so maybe this has something to do with it!
2007-04-17 06:57:35
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This article is about the warning in Golf. For other meanings, see Fore (disambiguation).
"Fore!" is shouted as a warning when it appears possible a golf ball may hit other players or spectators. It means "ahead", and it's believed to come from the military "beware before", which was shouted when shooting battery behind the troops. This is the generally accepted etymology of the term.
Another explanation sometimes offered up is: Flying Object Returning to Earth, which would seem to be a backronym and is somewhat entertaining albeit erroneous. No certain etymology for the golf word “Fore!” has ever been agreed. The Shorter Oxford Dictionary records its first use in 1878 as a warning cry to people in front of a golf stroke and, like most people, believes it is an abbreviation of the word ‘before’. There is an earlier reference in 1857 in a glossary of golfing terms. Its origin appears to be bound up with that of the word Caddie.
Another explanation is Flying Object Run Evasively
Currently there are three serious explanations for the origins of term FORE!
2007-04-17 13:59:25
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Definition:
A word of warning yelled out by a player who has hit an errant shot. If your shot is in danger of hitting or landing very close to another player or group of players on the course (for instance, if you slice a ball into an adjoining fairway), you should yell "fore!" to warn players to watch out.
"Fore" is another word for "ahead" (think of a ship's fore and aft). Yelling "fore" is simply a shorter way to yell "watch out ahead" (or "watch out before"). It allows golfers to be forewarned, in other words.
The British Golf Museum cites an 1881 reference to "fore" in a golf book, establishing that the term was already in use at that early date (the USGA suggests the term may have been in use as early as the 1700s). The museum also surmises that the term evolved from "forecaddie."
A forecaddie is a person who accompanies a group around the golf course, often going forward to be in a position to pinpoint the locations of the groups' shots. If a member of the group hit an errant shot, the thinking goes, they may have alerted the forecaddie by yelling out the term.
It was eventually shorted to just "fore."
A popular theory is that the term has a military origin. In warfare of the 17th and 18th century (a time period when golf was really taking hold in Britain), infantry advanced in formation while artillery batteries fired from behind, over their heads. An artilleryman about to fire would yell "beware before," alerting nearby infantrymen to drop to the ground to avoid the shells screaming overhead.
So when golfers misfired and send their missiles - golf balls - screaming off target, "beware before" became shortened to "fore."
This is another term, however, whose exact origin can't be stated. It does originate, however, in the fact that "fore" means "ahead" and, used by a golfer, is a warning to those ahead.
2007-04-17 15:15:36
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answered by SG 5
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used to warn fellow golfers or anyone that maybe in the path of a driven ball, shout fore and they will watch there selfes so they dont get hit,
(Falling Object Returning to Earth)
there are many thoughts of where it came from but none are soilid facts,
fore is recognised by golfers all over the world
2007-04-18 11:52:28
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answered by Mustang2k7 2
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'Fore' is another word for ahead (like fore and aft on a ship). When a golfer hits a stray shot and shouts 'fore' it is a warning to other golfers, 'watch out ahead'.
2007-04-17 14:02:19
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answered by Anonymous
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It's derived from the first part of the word "forewarn" which means to warn beforehand.
2007-04-17 14:06:45
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answered by soulguy85 6
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Forewarning, a warning to someone ahead.
2007-04-17 17:49:59
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answered by Captain Sarcasm 5
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"Fore" is everything and one in front of you. Like "foreward".
My duck is fore of me.
2007-04-17 13:58:28
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answered by Anonymous
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