I used to get a ride on a merrygoround swan - is it acceptable?

[JACEK1]

Hello everybody!

Despite being 53 years old, I still feel like getting a ride on the merrygoround. Since it is forbidden for grown-ups to ride the merrygoround, all I can do is remember the times when I used to get a ride on a merrygoround swan.
Is the last sentencje acceptable, especially regarding the swan?

Thank you.

 

[Skrej]

The word is usually hyphenated as merry-go-round. You will also seem them called carousels.

Usually we just say 'ride the merry-go-round/carousel', or 'take a merry-go-round/carousel ride'.

However, unless it's a small-sized one, usually adults can still ride them.

 

[JACEK1]

What about riding in a swan?

 

[Skrej]

Possibly. It depends on whether it's one that you sit on top of to ride, or the style that's like a small car or boat, where you set on a bench inside it.

If it's the latter, then you could say 'ride in'. Otherwise, you'd be riding on a swan.

 

[MikeNewYork]

In NYC's Central Park we have a fabulous carousel and adults are permitted. I don't know if they have a swan.

 

[Mrfatso]

Not A Teacher

In BrE we can also call a merry-go-round a roundabout.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/roundabout

 

[Tdol]

Usually we just say 'ride the merry-go-round/carousel', or 'take a merry-go-round/carousel ride'.

In BrE at least, you can also go on a merry-go-round.

 

[emsr2d2]

I generally associate "roundabout" with the small piece of playground equipment for young children, like THIS.

I would call the fairground ride or the ride you sometimes find during street festivals or on the seafront (like THIS) either a merry-go-round or a carousel.

 

[Eckaslike]

Does anyone remember them being called "prancers"? such as "Can I have a ride on the prancers?" Traditionally I think they were the horses on a roundabout which were in a raised position, with back hooves on the ground, front ones in the air.

However, I remember it being used about the roundabout as a whole (with horses only).

(See MissHedgepenny's comment here)
https://www.polaroidblipfoto.com/entry/1151552

 

[emsr2d2]

I vaguely recall the term "prancers". Apparently, when I was a child, I used to say "Can I go on the horses/horsies/horseys?" (I had to invent a spelling for "horsy/horsey" because it doesn't really exist - it's just the word I used when I was little.)

 

[MikeNewYork]

These are pictures of what I would call a merry-go-round (British roundabout?).

https://www.google.com/search?q=mer...&bih=930#tbm=isch&q=merry-go-round+playground

These are pictures of what I would call a carousel.

https://www.google.com/search?q=car...ChMIrNbhhcGuxwIVyJUeCh1D2AQ9&biw=1103&bih=930