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Re: [RC] English for Bascule (was: Chair Seat) - Kathy MayedaThere's a lot of cultures that adapt foreign words into their everyday conversations. The Japanese Tokyo dialect is so full of foreign words that my parents (Nisei-born in America to Japanese immigrants) think that they aren't even speaking Japanese! I just got through watching some YouTubes of some East Indian dance contest and they switch from what I presume is Hindi back to English, and use English words in between the Hindi. Of course, these were both countries occupied by English speaking nations. To get back to horses as a topic, I marveled at the beautiful brush paintings of horses in the Miyajima temples, but did not see a single horse (that wasn't the white statue in Miyajima) during my 10 day trip to Japan. K. On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 12:25 PM, k s swigart <katswig@xxxxxxx> wrote: 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. ---------------------------------- ?Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. ?Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp ?Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp ?Ride Long and Ride Safe!! ---------------------------------- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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