How do you really spell lunge/longe?

[Sundance&Sahs]

Is there two spellings of lunge?
People will say to me "Longe" And Others will say "longe"!
Does andyone know the actual spelling so if im spelling it wrong I can stop looking like a fool! lol

 

[galadriel]

I think it may be a regional thing, but I haven't yet managed to figure out what the regions are. I've seen it both ways. More often I see it spelled "lunge," but there are a few very prominent trainer/clinicians who I've seen spell it "longe" (Jessica Jahiel, for example: http://www.horse-sense.org/index/)

 

[Scarlett 001]

I've noticed it spelt both ways on NR and thought I was missing something! Good question. I wanted to ask this but was too shy as I thought I was missing something and maybe this was common knowledge!

 

[Bay Mare]

In the UK we tend to say 'lunge'

 

[G.Gracious]

I've always said 'lunge'

 

[entreat]

I say Lunge, but I have also heard of Long Lining.

 

[kedwards]

I think the original term was longe line, which is based on the French word for long (long line, longe line). Lunge is an anglicized version of the French term.