<div dir="ltr">Or simply not do it as it's been covered many times before? Please, let's not travel down this hole again.<div><br></div><div>Michael, search is your friend, for example <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=contra+dance+gypsy+slur">https://www.google.com/search?q=contra+dance+gypsy+slur</a> gets you a couple of top results. Other terms may yield more info.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 4:51 PM, Chris Page via Callers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" target="_blank">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: Chris Page <<a href="mailto:chriscpage@gmail.com" target="_blank">chriscpage@gmail.com</a>><br>Date: Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 1:51 PM<br>Subject: Re: [Callers] More substitute terms for the g-word<br>To: Michael Barraclough <<a href="mailto:michael@michaelbarraclough.com" target="_blank">michael@michaelbarraclough.<wbr>com</a>><br></div><br><br><div><div dir="auto">And could we please do this under a separate thread so it doesn’t drown out the original question?</div></div><div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">-Chris Page</div><div dir="auto">San Diego</div></div><div><div class="h5"><div><div dir="auto"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 1:44 PM Michael Barraclough via Callers <<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" target="_blank">callers@lists.sharedweight.<wbr>net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Could someone please explain to me why the word gyp*** is considered
a racial slur. I note that the body that represents gyp***s in the
USA calls itself the Gypsy Council USA and in the UK it is the Gypsy
Council. This is the term they have chosen to represent their
ethnicity and they seem to be proud of it. Who are we to disagree?<br>
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<div>I think having a word that sounds similar is an
asset, not a liability. I have used look-see quite
successfully. In years, few will know that a "look-see" used to
be called as a G... I have also used Walk 'round with no
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<div>My initial attempt was Hipsy, but Linda Leslie quickly,
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 4:25 PM, Martha
Wild via Callers <span><<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" target="_blank">callers@lists.sharedweight.<wbr>net</a>></span>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I don’t
see that if you substitute a term that ends with a long e it
should be nixed just for that reason. OK, maybe kipsy might
be considered just a euphemism. But "Look-see", as described
by Susan Michaels, has the virtue of involving the fact that
you are looking at the other person, and seeing them. Why
shouldn’t we choose a term that’s easier to substitute and
remember to use like “Look-see” instead of the bland, cold,
bulky, impossible to shorten, “right shoulder round” (or
left shoulder round).<br>
Martha<br>
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> On Mar 14, 2018, at 1:11 PM, Kalia Kliban via Callers
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> I appreciate the point that several have made that a
term that sounds just like gypsy isn't a reasonable
substitute. Fair enough. The search continues...<br>
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