http://www.word-detective.com/2011/03/spanish-walk/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.word-detective.com/2011/03/spanish-walk/comment-page-1/#comment-55764 Sparrow Sat, 16 Feb 2013 09:28:12 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=4757#comment-55764 It is said that walking Spanish was what pirates called walking the plank i.e. walking unwillingly towards something. In that case - death. Interesting theory about walking with straight legs. Would I be correct in thinking that condemned people would probably be wearing shackles (in America, chains linking hands and feet) so would be forced to shuffle with a straight legged gait? Great song - one of my favorite songs by my favourite singer. It is said that walking Spanish was what pirates called walking the plank i.e. walking unwillingly towards something. In that case – death. Interesting theory about walking with straight legs. Would I be correct in thinking that condemned people would probably be wearing shackles (in America, chains linking hands and feet) so would be forced to shuffle with a straight legged gait? Great song – one of my favorite songs by my favourite singer.

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2011/03/spanish-walk/comment-page-1/#comment-22892 Big DD Fri, 09 Sep 2011 23:23:11 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=4757#comment-22892 Cool song and groove. Obscure lyrics. Jeff Bridges played an ex-con in American Heart, ca. early 90s. In one scene, he heatedly tells his son how his parole officer is making him walk Spanish. After that I assumed it was just prison slang for staying straight. Cool song and groove. Obscure lyrics. Jeff Bridges played an ex-con in American Heart, ca. early 90s. In one scene, he heatedly tells his son how his parole officer is making him walk Spanish. After that I assumed it was just prison slang for staying straight.

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2011/03/spanish-walk/comment-page-1/#comment-20087 Topi Linkala Sun, 03 Jul 2011 19:45:20 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=4757#comment-20087 Sorry to inform you Mr. Evans, but as much I like Tom Waits, the more I like Van Morrison. Sorry to inform you Mr. Evans, but as much I like Tom Waits, the more I like Van Morrison.

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2011/03/spanish-walk/comment-page-1/#comment-16434 h.s. gudnason Wed, 06 Apr 2011 11:01:35 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=4757#comment-16434 @Alex I think that the term in dressage is part and parcel of the elaborate court ceremonies that started in Burgundy in the fifteeenth century and passed from there to Spain, the Spanish Netherlands, and the Habsburg court in Vienna. The Spanish Riding School in Vienna dates back to the sixteenth century. @Alex I think that the term in dressage is part and parcel of the elaborate court ceremonies that started in Burgundy in the fifteeenth century and passed from there to Spain, the Spanish Netherlands, and the Habsburg court in Vienna. The Spanish Riding School in Vienna dates back to the sixteenth century.

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2011/03/spanish-walk/comment-page-1/#comment-15941 Alex Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:22:17 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=4757#comment-15941 Have you considered the possibility that it is the other way around and that the stiff legged gait of prisoners made to "walk Spanish" inspired the name for the style of dressage? Have you considered the possibility that it is the other way around and that the stiff legged gait of prisoners made to “walk Spanish” inspired the name for the style of dressage?

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