Why is a hack
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Why is a horse called a horse?
Why is a saddle called a saddle
Its endless!
Yeah well horse is a horse
Saddle is a saddle
Hack?? Why not a ride? Just sat here wondering as you do a hack??? Where di that word come from? Why hack lol. Why not a ride.
i never called it a hack before coming on here tbh, just going out for a ride or having a ride (considering i never really schooled before coming on here either 
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like you get hacking jackets aswell (tweed basically)
)like you get hacking jackets aswell (tweed basically)
Yes i go on hacks - consider myself a happy hacker
Just to confuse the issue quite often go on a `hack and a yack`
(ie roughly translated as a ride with a mate, and a good old chin wag
Just to confuse the issue quite often go on a `hack and a yack`
(ie roughly translated as a ride with a mate, and a good old chin wag
After a quick google....
It derives from the Norman French "HAQUENAI" which was a word used in medieval times to describe a horse of poor or indifferent quality which could be hired very cheaply.
It derives from the Norman French "HAQUENAI" which was a word used in medieval times to describe a horse of poor or indifferent quality which could be hired very cheaply.
Yes i go on hacks - consider myself a happy hacker
Just to confuse the issue quite often go on a `hack and a yack`
(ie roughly translated as a ride with a mate, and a good old chin wag
We do that too, but now we have a name for it
The show idea comes form the old days when people would have a horse they rode to the meet on, the covert hack, basically the same as todays Show Riding Horses. The smart young men who rode in Hyde Park would have a 'park hack', todays Show Hack.
Hacks were smart, hunters did their job, the local vicar/doctor etc probably had a workman like cob and the tradesman a pony who would pull a cart or be ridden.
Hacks were smart, hunters did their job, the local vicar/doctor etc probably had a workman like cob and the tradesman a pony who would pull a cart or be ridden.
Haquenée???? There is a word in French from which the word hackney is derived, eml, help me out with this one, is it pronounced hack-ee -nay?
I wonder whether the work Hack has been taken from the word Hackney, taken from the french word. I did know what the french word meant too, but I have forgotten!
I wonder whether the work Hack has been taken from the word Hackney, taken from the french word. I did know what the french word meant too, but I have forgotten!
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Just to throw a spanner in the works, in South Africa... its called an 'Outride', I didnt use the word hack until I can to the UK
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