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[RC] English for Bascule (was: Chair Seat) - k s swigart

Leonard said:


? grrr.. i don't know the word in english (bascule in french)


The word in English for the French word bascule is....

....? 

..... bascule.

Unlike the French, historically speaking English speakers are not too proud?to 
use a word from another language when the other language has one and English 
doesn't.

This, incidentally, is why English is such a rich language and why there are 
more words in the English language than in any two other languages combined.

For many centuries now users of English have been perfectly willing to use 
other language's words if they have one for what they want.? English has been 
adding words from other languages for as long as it has been around.? Which, 
incidentally, is also one of the reasons it has lots of synonyms (many words 
that mean virtually the same thing).

kat
Orange County, Calif.

p.s.? Personally, I like my horses to have some bascule at the canter.? It is 
the ability to bascule that allows the horse to best use the power of the 
hindquarters, to move more efficiently, and to get less interference from the 
braking caused by the forehand.? I don't ask for collection, but I do ask for 
engagement and a rounding of the back (also known as "self-carriage").? This is 
generally true for any gait, but it is especially true for the canter.

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