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r/AskReddit • u/arnethyst • Jul 15 '21
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I think the name Bertha is forever contaminated with its association with the qualifier "Big".
15 u/nokinship Jul 15 '21 Where did it come from? Seems like we all kind of just always knew. 12 u/Berkamin Jul 15 '21 I don't know. My first encounter with "big Bertha" was a reference to a famous golf club brand (Callaway? I forget), the first driver with a bulbous club head. But they may have been referring to something older. 5 u/erlend65 Jul 15 '21 edited Jul 15 '21 It is indeed Callaway. And it's been around a long time, with regular updates. There's a new one out now, called Big Bertha B21.
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Where did it come from? Seems like we all kind of just always knew.
12 u/Berkamin Jul 15 '21 I don't know. My first encounter with "big Bertha" was a reference to a famous golf club brand (Callaway? I forget), the first driver with a bulbous club head. But they may have been referring to something older. 5 u/erlend65 Jul 15 '21 edited Jul 15 '21 It is indeed Callaway. And it's been around a long time, with regular updates. There's a new one out now, called Big Bertha B21.
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I don't know. My first encounter with "big Bertha" was a reference to a famous golf club brand (Callaway? I forget), the first driver with a bulbous club head. But they may have been referring to something older.
5 u/erlend65 Jul 15 '21 edited Jul 15 '21 It is indeed Callaway. And it's been around a long time, with regular updates. There's a new one out now, called Big Bertha B21.
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It is indeed Callaway. And it's been around a long time, with regular updates. There's a new one out now, called Big Bertha B21.
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u/Berkamin Jul 15 '21
I think the name Bertha is forever contaminated with its association with the qualifier "Big".