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Beatriz Recari is one of the friendliest golfers on the LPGA Tour. The Spaniard even knows part of at least 5 languages so she can talk with people around the world. So we were surprised that when we asked her what her favorite golf slang term is, she answered with the very mean-sounding “stinger.”
A stinger is a type of shot that stays low to the ground so that it can avoid the wind. Tiger Woods made it popular among male players, but Beatriz thinks it’s a useful shot for the women too. We asked her to teach us about this term and her mission to continue learning new languages.
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Dialog
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Beatriz |
Jason: Welcome to English, baby! I am Jason and we are here with Beatriz Recari. How are you?
Beatriz: Very good, thank you.
Jason: Alright. And you’re going to share a favorite golf slang term with us today. Is that right?
Beatriz: Yeah, that’s right. My favorite slang term is actually “stinger.” It’s a very special shot because it’s just a very low trajectory and then it kind of balloons up a little bit and you use it when it’s very windy conditions. I just thought it was a very cool, I loved it.
Jason: OK. And so, can you use it in a sentence?
Beatriz: Yeah, well, we are lucky. We don’t play in such windy conditions, but the men normally play in windy conditions so British Open, all the time, you just hit a very low shot and it kind of like spins with the wind and then it goes. It’s pretty much you control the ball much better hitting a stinger shot.
Jason: So you would say, “I hit a stinger shot.” Is that right?
Beatriz: “I hit a stinger shot.” Yes.
Jason: You know a ton of languages, is that right? What all languages do you speak?
Beatriz: I speak two and then I speak halves of other ones, if I can say it that way. I speak Spanish. I speak English. I studied French in school for eight years, and then I’m learning Norwegian and I’m trying to learn Japanese, so that’s my goal, I want to finish Japanese before I head on to other ones.
Jason: How did you pick those, Japanese and Norwegian, to learn?
Beatriz: Well, Norwegian because I have some friends and my boyfriend is Norwegian, and then Japanese, I always wanted to learn an Asian language and I just thought it was always something with Japanese. I thought it was a very kind of soft language and the people are really welcoming and very, very polite and nice. I thought, “I want to learn Japanese.”
Beatriz: English, baby!
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Discussion
Beatriz says that when she learned about the stinger, she loved it. It’s a low shot that is useful in windy conditions. She says the women don’t often play in the wind, but when they do, she’s glad she has the stinger.
If learning new golf slang wasn’t enough, Beatriz is also learning Japanese and Norwegian. Her boyfriend is Norwegian, and she says likes the Japanese people and culture so she wanted to learn the language as well.
What languages do you speak? How you did you decide to learn them? What’s your favorite English slang term?
Find out what Beatriz thinks of American food on our blog.
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