Poor Etiquette/ Keep my mouth shut in future

[3offTheTee]

Had to chuckle at this. Translation = I'm a very good Graham.

Do you do impersonations of famous Grahams? Norton, Hick, Souness? Sorry don't mean to take the p it's just really tickled me

Sorry not when sober but NOT Graham Norton at any time. Need 3 different countries accents. Think Hobbit may comeback to you as I am no expert in Spanish, my son is. Hobbit resides in Spain

However there is no ‘un‘ in his response so would appear correct in my humble opinion but could be wrong.

 

[Hobbit]

Had to chuckle at this. Translation = I'm a very good Graham.

Do you do impersonations of famous Grahams? Norton, Hick, Souness? Sorry don't mean to take the p it's just really tickled me

You'd have great fun over here! For example, you might say, "the dog's ball," but the direct translation from Spanish is "the ball's dog." There are literally loads of them. The local FB page has loads of posts from the locals that are almost unreadable because of the backside first way it reads. And then add in that down here in south east Spain they leave full words out of a sentence, e.g. you might get a "bueno," which is short for buenos dia. But good is bien... when you work it out, tell me coz sometimes I really struggle.

 

[Jacko_G]

Played with a good mate in a medal today who plays off 9. Was 3 over after front 9 and had 3 pars on the next 3 and then a bogey on a par 5 after missing a 5 foot putt. Trying to give him reassurance I said he would have taken 1 over after 13 holes. The last 5 he did not play too well being 9 over and ending up with a nett 75.

Realising at the end he was unhappy and he said that I should not have mentioned his score after 13 and I apologised. He was obviously aware of his score.

How poor etiquette was it with what I said or could there be another reason?

Tell him he's a tit and to man up. He bottled it. End of discussion.

Certainly not worth losing any sleep over or apologising about. I'd have asked him if he wanted a new dummy.

 

[Jacko_G]

I wouldn't be playing with them. I don't spend thousands each year on my main hobby to put up with that sh*t.

My God you really are a wet blanket.

Nothing better than watching a mate implode. That wee seed of doubt planted on the tee. Been there done it, launched a club, spat the dummy but always been back next week for more of the same and hopefully watch someone else have a train wreck.

????️

 

[Jacko_G]

Believe it not I am out with the same guy as last Saturday. Should be interesting especially after the 13th when I compare his score to last week NOT!
We are in the same WhatsApp Group but silence this week.

Should be an interesting 3.5 hours and very quiet.
No advice required what I should do but any comments appreciated

I'd confirm his score every hole. Was that a 4?

Snowflake.

 

[Jacko_G]

So many people are trying to deflect everything to the player having a good round.
Bottom line is, if players just kept their unnecessary nonsense to themselves in competitions, such as stating the obvious when the ball is offline, saying daft things like "bad luck", talking about other people's scores, always shouting "it's in" just before the ball lips out or commenting on the height of the tee, things would be a lot better.
Friendly banter and a bit of gamesmanship in a fourball, yeah all for it. In a competition, just keep it til the bar.

Zzzzzzzzzzzs

 

[3offTheTee]

I'd confirm his score every hole. Was that a 4?

Snowflake.

What the hell are you doing up at that time of day!

Ironically he telephoned last night and said he had a bad migraine on Friday and if there is no improvement he will not be able to play today

 

[KenL]

My God you really are a wet blanket.

Nothing better than watching a mate implode. That wee seed of doubt planted on the tee. Been there done it, launched a club, spat the dummy but always been back next week for more of the same and hopefully watch someone else have a train wreck.

????️

This ? confirms that I would never play golf with you. ??

 

[sunshine]

This ? confirms that I would never play golf with you. ??

Also confirms he has no mates!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Second round of the club champs. Playing with a guy on a four wheel scooter/trolley thing who I've played with before and who has a habit of driving ahead to everyones ball and pointing it out. Really don't see the point as the time he's done that we've got to the balls anyway and more importantly if it's in the semi as an example and lying a little down he can get quite close to the ball and you can often see his wheel marks in the corner of your eye over the shot. "Please don't worry about looking for my ball unless it's in deep trouble" I said on the first. Every hole he goes whizzing off and scuttling around everyone ball. Snapped when he clearly ran over it on the 5th when it was in the semi rough about 40 yards short of the green. Also a real pain when he had a bad hole and would zoom off and not declare his score. Not someone I want to play with again anytime soon

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Ha ha I'm with you, absolutely hate that ?
And if it's slightly off target they stay there like you'd never have found it (even though they did in 5 seconds) like you should be grateful ?

Spot on

Even insisited on zooming up to balls on the fairway to point out which was which. Really? Like I couldn't look for myself. Hit one into the cabbage at 8 but the PP in the group ahead saw it and one waited to point it out (to be fair it was in deep cabbage) but he had to go over. Doesn't take two matey and if you went to your ball quicker we might all move around the course that but sharper

 

[sunshine]

You'd have great fun over here! For example, you might say, "the dog's ball," but the direct translation from Spanish is "the ball's dog." There are literally loads of them. The local FB page has loads of posts from the locals that are almost unreadable because of the backside first way it reads. And then add in that down here in south east Spain they leave full words out of a sentence, e.g. you might get a "bueno," which is short for buenos dia. But good is bien... when you work it out, tell me coz sometimes I really struggle.

Bueno = good (adjective)
Bien = well (adverb)

I'm very well Graham = Estoy muy bien Graham.

In Spanish there are two separate verbs for saying "I am":
Estoy = used when talking about location or feelings, so things that are temporary eg I am happy = Estoy feliz.
Soy = used for permanent states, eg the cow is black = la vaca es negra.

Never expected I would give a Spanish lesson on a golf forum

 

[Hobbit]

Bueno = good (adjective)
Bien = well (adverb)

I'm very well Graham = Estoy muy bien Graham.

In Spanish there are two separate verbs for saying "I am":
Estoy = used when talking about location or feelings, so things that are temporary eg I am happy = Estoy feliz.
Soy = used for permanent states, eg the cow is black = la vaca es negra.

Never expected I would give a Spanish lesson on a golf forum

Not disagreeing with the formal version you quote, and our Spanish teacher would do exactly the same. You're right. But the differences between northern Spain and southern Spain are immense. For example, I could go into a local shop to buy rice, Arroz. But if I was in Granada, less than 2 hours away, reading a menu... its different. Different spelling and pronounciation.

We live on the outskirts of a little Spanish village called Los Gallardos. The southern Spanish pronunciation is Los Gayardos - double 'LL' is a 'Y.' But if you're from northern Spain its Los Gagardos. Chicken is written 'pollo,' and pronounced 'poyo.' Up north you'll here them say "pojoe."

Last October we had a UK, Masters qualified, Spanish teacher over for a visit. He tried ordering, and struggled. I ordered, no problem.

You're not wrong but try a weekend with a full on Geordie. I lived there for a few years and struggled, and I'm from 40 miles further south.

 

[Jacko_G]

Also confirms he has no mates!

Did you come up with that all by yourself?

 

[sunshine]

Not disagreeing with the formal version you quote, and our Spanish teacher would do exactly the same. You're right. But the differences between northern Spain and southern Spain are immense. For example, I could go into a local shop to buy rice, Arroz. But if I was in Granada, less than 2 hours away, reading a menu... its different. Different spelling and pronounciation.

We live on the outskirts of a little Spanish village called Los Gallardos. The southern Spanish pronunciation is Los Gayardos - double 'LL' is a 'Y.' But if you're from northern Spain its Los Gagardos. Chicken is written 'pollo,' and pronounced 'poyo.' Up north you'll here them say "pojoe."

Last October we had a UK, Masters qualified, Spanish teacher over for a visit. He tried ordering, and struggled. I ordered, no problem.

You're not wrong but try a weekend with a full on Geordie. I lived there for a few years and struggled, and I'm from 40 miles further south.

Indeed. I had a Spanish mate who joined us on a few weekends away and he had no idea what people were saying in Newcastle or Cardiff or Blackpool

 

[clubchamp98]

Indeed. I had a Spanish mate who joined us on a few weekends away and he had no idea what people were saying in Newcastle or Cardiff or Blackpool

You took him to all the top places then