I'm sure you're not the only one it bothers. Personally, I say stick quite often and have no issues with the use of the term.
Fred <~~~ has no issues with saying, "felt" either
Use of the word "stick" in reference to a pool cue
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Fred <~~~ has no issues with saying, "felt" either
Ya picked the wrong state for an example . . .
Yeah , also in W.V. , a "fiance" is called a "cuzzin" . . . .
Yeah , also in W.V. , a "fiance" is called a "cuzzin" . . . .
Uh-oh. With John Schmidt running a room in W.V. now, we better watch for that from him if he ever decides to tie the knot! (J/K John!
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Cue stick, pool cue, stick, snooker cue - who cares? If stuff like that bothers you, buying a milk shake in parts of New England is going to cause a stroke.
They were more often than not called cue sticks when I was a lad.
They were more often than not called cue sticks when I was a lad.
When writing, I take a practical approach: use terms that aren't confusing. The word "cue" by itself is ambiguous, since it could refer to either the ball or the stick. Sometimes the context makes clear which you mean but with many readers it is dangerous to depend on context for clarity.
I'm not particularly sorry if I offend you folks that are offended. I'm keeping a log of all the things that bother the various Forum Members in the off chance that I will get to play them one day
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In this particular instance I will besure to keep reminding you to chalk up your STICK. every time you shoot.
Even if I owned a $20,000 Black Boar it would still be my stick.
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In this particular instance I will besure to keep reminding you to chalk up your STICK. every time you shoot.
Even if I owned a $20,000 Black Boar it would still be my stick.
Go ahead, correct them :wink: ... btw, it's "irk", not "urk" :grin-square:
I'm with Cornerman Fred btw, call it what you want.
Dave
I hate it much more when it's spelled "Que" instead of "Cue". Just rubs me the wrong way.
I more often heard the term "stick" or "pool stick" growing up and exclusively heard cloth referred to as "felt" so I still think of those terms first and use stick more often even though I found out a long time ago that the proper term was "pool cue". Interestingly, I had never even heard of cloth referred to as such until a while after I started playing again a few years ago.
I had to keep reminding myself to say "cloth" last year when I was shopping around for a used pool table and talking to different mechanics about moving it for me and replacing the cloth.
I pretty much always say cloth now, but I still prefer the term "stick" over "cue". I just like it better.
I remember the first time I heard someone refer to a golf club as a "stick". The exact quote was simply, "That's a nice stick." I liked it somehow, although I didn't start calling golf clubs sticks myself.
I had to keep reminding myself to say "cloth" last year when I was shopping around for a used pool table and talking to different mechanics about moving it for me and replacing the cloth.
I pretty much always say cloth now, but I still prefer the term "stick" over "cue". I just like it better.
I remember the first time I heard someone refer to a golf club as a "stick". The exact quote was simply, "That's a nice stick." I liked it somehow, although I didn't start calling golf clubs sticks myself.
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Poolcues, poolsticks, cues, sticks, shooting instrument?, what the hell difference does it make. Can you play the game. Trashman or Sanitatiion Engineer, hell I like trashman. My girl, my main squeeze, sugar bugger, wife, significant other? Hell I like sugar bugger. When I go up North to Minnesota people know I ain't from there and its cool. They go Haunting, we go huntin. They go with and we just go. Whyanchall come over tonite. And don't forget to bring your mominal.(mother and all hers) I think people are different and its pretty cool sometimes. Does everyone need to speak as you speak. I guarantee one thing that always the same and thats when a guy plays real good pool. If he keeps his mouth shut you can't tell where hes from, but hes a hell of a player. I think thats what counts.
Poolcues, poolsticks, cues, sticks, shooting instrument?, what the hell difference does it make. Can you play the game. Trashman or Sanitatiion Engineer, hell I like trashman. My girl, my main squeeze, sugar bugger, wife, significant other? Hell I like sugar bugger. When I go up North to Minnesota people know I ain't from there and its cool. They go Haunting, we go huntin. They go with and we just go. Whyanchall come over tonite. And don't forget to bring your mominal.(mother and all hers) I think people are different and its pretty cool sometimes. Does everyone need to speak as you speak. I guarantee one thing that always the same and thats when a guy plays real good pool. If he keeps his mouth shut you can't tell where hes from, but hes a hell of a player. I think thats what counts.
I only call them "Sticks" when they cost more than $25,000. anything below that number I call them "Cues". They are "Poles" over $50,000.:grin-square:
Just kidding, I call them "Cues" 90% of the time. Or jokeingly years ago we called them "Firewood". Its really not a big deal.
Just kidding, I call them "Cues" 90% of the time. Or jokeingly years ago we called them "Firewood". Its really not a big deal.
As long as you don't get it backwards and say Booger Sugar, you are fine, lol. Funny how just switching the words around goes from "my girl" to "my nose candy" lol! Ok, I quit, lol.
Joe
History
Did they not originally play with something called a MACE?
Until some French dude got bored and flipped it around and started using the TAIL, which in French is the word Queue.
This same guy also stuck some leather to the tail of the mace, and here we are....
So, I hope you did not spend to much money on some Tail!
Call it whatever you want. When it's in my hands it's a wand. :wink:
Did they not originally play with something called a MACE?
Until some French dude got bored and flipped it around and started using the TAIL, which in French is the word Queue.
This same guy also stuck some leather to the tail of the mace, and here we are....
So, I hope you did not spend to much money on some Tail!
Call it whatever you want. When it's in my hands it's a wand. :wink:
If I'm about to gamble with someone and I know they're tryin to bring some, I will tell them to go gitchur po' ... as in, 'pole'.....
As far as the word 'stick', I am a southerner, and slang is the norm down here, so you betcherass we say 'stick' , 'pole' or anything else for that matter that ain't necessarily all that accrit & sheeit.......
As far as the word 'stick', I am a southerner, and slang is the norm down here, so you betcherass we say 'stick' , 'pole' or anything else for that matter that ain't necessarily all that accrit & sheeit.......
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OOOOoooh Yea Baby!
betcha spend a lotta time with yer hands on yer wand , dontcha ??
OOOOoooh Yea Baby!
Originally Posted by cheapcues.com
Just wondering if I'm the only one this bothers. I hate it when people use the word "stick" instead of cue. As in. "I'm fixin' to get a new stick, cuz I had to hock my Moochie last year to get me some new tars fer my truck".
I as an obviously undereducated "Southerner" have called them sticks my whole life. I also feel rather fortunate to have such highly superior Northern People who are more than ready and willing to point out my utter and complete failure with the english language. All this time I thought it was proper to say "I'm fixin to whoop yer ass on the pool table" and now I see the error of my ways.
Thank you cheapcues for bringing this to my attention and maybe my feeble redneck southern mind can make the appropriate changes in my speech patterns.
Now I'm leaving work, going home to grab my case of "sticks" and go shoot some pool.
Mike
Just wondering if I'm the only one this bothers. I hate it when people use the word "stick" instead of cue. As in. "I'm fixin' to get a new stick, cuz I had to hock my Moochie last year to get me some new tars fer my truck".
I as an obviously undereducated "Southerner" have called them sticks my whole life. I also feel rather fortunate to have such highly superior Northern People who are more than ready and willing to point out my utter and complete failure with the english language. All this time I thought it was proper to say "I'm fixin to whoop yer ass on the pool table" and now I see the error of my ways.
Thank you cheapcues for bringing this to my attention and maybe my feeble redneck southern mind can make the appropriate changes in my speech patterns.
Now I'm leaving work, going home to grab my case of "sticks" and go shoot some pool.
Mike
Didn't mean to offend in any way, please see my edit. It's the term "stick", not the southern accent that bothers me.