I called it a somersault growing up. DH says a somersault means in the air and he grew up calling the tumbling on the floor something else (roly poly, maybe). Neither of us heard of a tumblesauce until we heard it from our 3 yr old or his friend, I'm not sure which. Either the gannenet calls it that, or one or some of the kids in gan got it from his/her mother. They call it tumblesauce, not tumblesault.
We are both from England and grew up not so frum.
Maybe this is what happened: someone invented the word tumblesault to distinguish it from a somersault, because it isn't in the air. Then someone misheard it as tumblesauce.
I called it a somersault growing up. DH says a somersault means in the air and he grew up calling the tumbling on the floor something else (roly poly, maybe). Neither of us heard of a tumblesauce until we heard it from our 3 yr old or his friend, I'm not sure which. Either the gannenet calls it that, or one or some of the kids in gan got it from his/her mother. They call it tumblesauce, not tumblesault.
We are both from England and grew up not so frum.
Maybe this is what happened: someone invented the word tumblesault to distinguish it from a somersault, because it isn't in the air. Then someone misheard it as tumblesauce.
I also only heard "tumblesauce" among frummies (I grew up in LA), and always knew it wasn't a "real" word. As a kid, I was a total grammar-and-vocabulary snob...
am I the only Canadian who DID grow up with the word tumblesauce?
but for some reason I remember knowing that it was the "baby" way of saying a summersault :-)
I grew up in a non-religious home and knew the word somersault is the correct term. DH grew up in a chassidish home in Canada and he only heard tumblesauce.
If I was going to differentiate, I'd say a somersault is what most kids learn to do - which is different than a forward roll, which I learned in gymnastics. a forward roll is quicker, you don't put your head on the floor, and you end up in a standing position.
tumblesauce has got to be a messed up combination of somersault and tumble. and yeah, I've only ever heard yeshivish types say it.
a movement (as in gymnastics) in which a person turns forward or backward in a complete revolution along the ground or in the air bringing the feet over the head; also : a falling or tumbling head over heels
merriam webster definitions of flip as an intransitive verb (leaving out the transitive definitions as irrelevant)
1
: to make a twitching or flicking movement <the>; also : to change from one position to another and especially turn over <the>
2
: leaf 2 <flipped>
3
slang a : to lose one's mind or composure —often used with out b : to become very enthusiastic
