February 12, 2008: Alphabet blocks from China

[JuancoRocks]

Originally Posted by monster

A gee is not a type of horse. The full term is gee-gee and it's a British slang term used predominatly for children, but also in regards to betting. It comes from the "go" command "gee-up".

To plow horses, the command Gee, usually meant pull to the right and the command Haw, meant to pull to the left, usually accompanied by "I said Haw you dumb bastard" at least that's the way my Uncle Pete usually said it to our two plow horses, Prince & Joe.

Kinda like port and starboard in horse language.

"The word "gee" in the Oxford English Dictionary has four
meanings, the last of which is a command to a horse. Apparently
this command means different things in different areas: turn to
the right; go forward; or to move faster."