"golf clap"

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

a series of exchanges from the newsgroup soc.motss:

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soc.motss
From: coren at panix.com (Robert S. Coren)
[1] Re: Fluff
Date: Sat Dec 11 11:21:53 PST 2004

In article <cpf8nc$f2d$1 at lust.ihug.co.nz>,
DRS <drs at remove.this.ihug.com.au> wrote:

 >"the artist formerly known as rzepelaa" <SOC.MOTSSspamtony at panix.com>
 >wrote in message news:cpdnu7$mjo$1 at reader1.panix.com

 >> In article <41ba5b40.659675828 at news.panix.com>, Michael Palmer wrote:

 >>> Spanishy?  I expected it to be in your mother tongue:  Sumerian.

 >> Ur, no.

 ><golf clap>

I'm not familiar with this term, but I'm guessing that it means the
kind of quiet, polite applause that spectators at golf tournaments
employ to avoid disturbing the players.
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probably familiar to many of you, but new to me (and transparent, if
you have the cultural background).

arnold