On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 02:37:15PM -0700, Judy Ryder wrote: > Tolt is a particular gait with a specific definition. > As it is now, if people refer to whatever their > Icelandic is doing as a "tolt", it lays us open to > being seen as unknowing about our own breed's gaits.
in what language, and as laid on by whom from on high? > Better to say "he's gaiting", and leave it at that. around here, that means "he's not standing still". > But don't call it a tolt unless he's doing a fast, > one-foot / two-foot support rack. sez who? you? another native english speaker? > We're trying to raise our consciousness and > understanding of gaits, not go backwards :-) that's cool. but don't mistake understanding terms for understanding gaits. --vicka, phd, brain & language; faculty, harvard medical school
