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Post by LuckyRed on Jan 26, 2009 17:25:06 GMT 1
Just a question to while away the hours until I can go home!
I've heard it said and seen it spelt both ways - I always thought it was menage but heard some military instructors call it the manege - is there a 'right' word?
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Post by monkey on Jan 26, 2009 17:28:40 GMT 1
The correct way of spelling it is Manege. However, because we (Brit's rather than the French who we borrowed the word from) pronounce it 'menage' it makes some people incorrectly spell it the way it sounds.
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Post by Mrs Craig on Jan 26, 2009 17:32:18 GMT 1
Manege! It's one of those things which makes me say NO! NO! NO! at the screen, when it's written wrong!
I don't get out much. ;D
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Post by thelwall78 on Jan 26, 2009 17:58:26 GMT 1
Manege! It's one of those things which makes me say NO! NO! NO! at the screen, when it's written wrong! Like "laminitus" and "Alpha-A". NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! ;D
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Post by Catrin on Jan 26, 2009 17:58:47 GMT 1
I don't get out at all - as many of you know - but I did when I lived in France. There is no excuse for estate agents using it, or equestrian magazines or colleges: people who pick up the phrase unknowingly off others have an excuse. Ménage (pronounced mainarge) means housekeeping, housework or household: hence ménage à trois (three person household ). It can also mean a couple who co-habit. Manège (pronounce man-ej) means an equestrian schooling area, but at a fair ground, it's a merry-go-round. As I have nothing at all to do with housework, you will never find me in the ménage, but often in the manège.
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Post by Yann on Jan 26, 2009 18:04:46 GMT 1
I think we're going to have to accept that it's yet another word that hasn't crossed the channel unscathed. Menage (I've seen manage too ) seems to be in almost universal usage.
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Post by mandal on Jan 26, 2009 18:05:05 GMT 1
Hehe!! I can't go in either then cos I don't know how to get the accent on my keyboard!
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Post by ruthp on Jan 26, 2009 18:21:45 GMT 1
I tend to stick to "school" just to be on the safe side. ;-)
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Post by dressagedevil on Jan 26, 2009 18:28:15 GMT 1
School for me too lol
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Post by heather on Jan 26, 2009 18:43:30 GMT 1
We had this on my forum yesterday, when someone had written 'turrets' for 'terrets' as in driving harness. And one of our members brought up the 'menage/manege' thing too! The one thing that drives me nuts is that people no longer 'lose' things. Instead they 'loose' things, which means something different altogether. I see it so many times, even in professionally written stuff, and it never fails to annoy me!! (Frances, I dont get out much either ;D) Heather
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Post by Bay Mare on Jan 26, 2009 19:49:19 GMT 1
We had this on my forum yesterday, when someone had written 'turrets' for 'terrets' as in driving harness. And one of our members brought up the 'menage/manege' thing too! That'll be me then I'm with you, Frances, that is one thing that really annoys me and especially when it's pronounced 'menarje' I do get out but I'd be more than happy to get out more ;D
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Post by Zoe RA on Jan 26, 2009 20:03:22 GMT 1
This came up on this board a few weeks ago - I pointed out exactly what Catrin has said
It doesn't annoy me, but it does amuse me that so many people school their horses in the comfort of their own home
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Post by heather on Jan 26, 2009 21:20:07 GMT 1
Hehe, touche, Zoe!! ;D
Heather
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Post by Catrin on Jan 26, 2009 21:21:36 GMT 1
... it does amuse me that so many people school their horses in the comfort of their own home I like it! I have a friend who gets really more annoyed than any of us can. Her name was Jenny Ménage and over a lifetime with horses - she used to take her pony on the train to school - she gets infuriated by people who think that her french ancestors were named after a 40 x 20 sand school.
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Post by Emma R on Jan 26, 2009 21:51:06 GMT 1
I tend to stick to "school" just to be on the safe side. ;-) I go with "school" or "arena", I always expect I'll get blank looks if I say manege (or people will just think my accent has gone really funny ;D) so I avoid saying it wrong by not saying it at all! ;D Heather lose and loose are one of the things that drive me mad too and I cringe and wait for mum to start spluttering if anyone says "different to"
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