Punting name origin

[goldwing1]

Nothing to do with posh people in Oxford mucking around on boats.

The most convincing origin  derives from a version of the popular European game of baccarat known as punto banco, in which the players, i.e., those who stake against the bank ("banco"), are known as punters, from the Italian (and Spanish) term punto, meaning "a point

[DanDingle]

Ha, i always thought it was to do with betting, as the girls could be such a gamble! I stand corrected, like a man with orthopedic shoes 

[Kriss]

Nothing to do with posh people in Oxford mucking around on boats.

Actually, it does come from posh people in Oxford mucking around in boats, because they poke their poles in the water (cockney rhyming slang for daughter) - true folks!