Jonathan E. Paton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are you surprised "bunker" is a Scottish word? Since we > Scots invented golf, I guess we were entitled to attach our > words to the game.
I'm not surprised that it was originally Scottish. I was a little surprised that the OED considered the word (not just its origin) Scottish, since there was no indication of what the corresponding term would be in the English of England. But perhaps English people didn't talk about golf in the 1880s. -- Keith C. Ivey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Washington, DC
