On Jan 18, 2017, at 11:49 AM, Bob Morgan via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

Angela reminded me of a point I've been thinking about for a while.  Why not right palm up, left palm down?  This would be symmetrical and role neutral.

Bob

On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 4:40 PM, Angela DeCarlis via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

When I called at PICD (the Portland ME dance), I really enjoyed using Jets and Rubies. One silly thing I enjoyed any the terms during the beginners' lesson was coaching palm direction based on the terms: "Jets' palms face up, towards the sky; Rubies' palms face down, towards the ground."

And yes, I realize that *both* are gemstones and that some feel strongly that we should steer away from the "airplane" association, but it did make for easy teaching. 

Jets and Rubies is also more forgiving for callers new to gender-neutral language, since the terms are so linguistically comparable to Gents and Ladies. 

That all said, I also like Larks and Ravens fine. 

Happy calling, everyone! 

Angela