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Comment: I have heard that the golf term "Fore" came from a shortened version of the term "Ware fore" which came from the British musket infantry. Supposedly, the original term was a warning from the back line to the front line. It meant "Duck while we shoot so you don't get your heads blown off."
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If one does get grazed by a musket ball or a golf ball, one has been fore-skinned.
Always yell "fore" to the party ahead - especially if they're ladies; the wife you shave could be your own!
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Not eaxctly Down in Front, more like Watch Out in Front. (Be)ware (be)fore. Makes perfect sense to me.
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1) Golf is Scottish game. 2) Scotland was once raided by Scandinavian vikings who left many expressions and words behind (the place name Stenhousemuir comes to mind). 3) Fore is the Scandinavian word for sheep.
Ergo: Fore is not a warning about low-flying balls. You shout it to make your fellow golfers aware that there are sheep on the golf course. Through the centuries it has slowly changed its meaning, though.
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