Goose Stepping

Discussion in 'Off-Topic Discussions' started by Hal Pollner, Aug 22, 2019.

  1. Hal Pollner

    Hal Pollner Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Feb 11, 2018
    Messages:
    6,161
    Likes Received:
    4,368
    The term "Goose Stepping" is a misnomer.

    When you see a video of actual Geese stepping, they articulate the step through bending their leg joints.

    The Military Goose Step uses the leg in a rigid, locked position, which has no resemblance to the way a Goose steps.

    Hal
     
    #1
  2. Holly Saunders

    Holly Saunders Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Nov 16, 2015
    Messages:
    51,949
    Likes Received:
    17,919
    from wicki.... The term "goose step" originally referred to a British military drill in which one leg at a time was swung back and forth without bending the knee.[1] Apparently, standing on only one leg reminded soldiers of how geese often stand. The term was later applied to the German Stechschritt during World War I and is nowadays heavily associated with Nazi Germany in many English-speaking countries.[2][3] As a result, the term has acquired a pejorative meaning in some English-speaking countries.
     
    #2
    Bess Barber and Yvonne Smith like this.
  3. Hal Pollner

    Hal Pollner Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Feb 11, 2018
    Messages:
    6,161
    Likes Received:
    4,368
    OK then.

    Ein Zwei Drei Fier...

    Uberleutnant Hal
     
    #3
  4. Bess Barber

    Bess Barber Veteran Member
    Task Force Registered

    Joined:
    Jun 8, 2019
    Messages:
    3,760
    Likes Received:
    7,600
    Either way, I like regular marching better. I really don't think swinging a straight leg up and down looks makes the soldiers look more mighty.
     
    #4
    Frank Sanoica likes this.
  5. Bill Boggs

    Bill Boggs Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    May 13, 2015
    Messages:
    5,747
    Likes Received:
    7,721
    In the Military I learned it was something else.
    Correction: Maybe I refer to Duck Walking.
     
    #5
    Bess Barber and Frank Sanoica like this.
  6. Holly Saunders

    Holly Saunders Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Nov 16, 2015
    Messages:
    51,949
    Likes Received:
    17,919
    Every time I'm watching them goose-stepping, all I can think of is the pain they must be feeling in their lower back!!
     
    #6
  7. Bess Barber

    Bess Barber Veteran Member
    Task Force Registered

    Joined:
    Jun 8, 2019
    Messages:
    3,760
    Likes Received:
    7,600
    Yeah, if I did that more than a few steps, I would look something like this:
    images - 2019-08-24T182742.869.jpeg
     
    #7
  8. Frank Sanoica

    Frank Sanoica Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Feb 21, 2016
    Messages:
    9,297
    Likes Received:
    10,619
  9. Hal Pollner

    Hal Pollner Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Feb 11, 2018
    Messages:
    6,161
    Likes Received:
    4,368
    Like Groucho Marx used to do?

    Hal
     
    #9
    Frank Sanoica likes this.

Share This Page