13 Feb
2023
13 Feb
'23
11:07 p.m.
Unfortunately Jets/Rubies sounds gendered to a lot of people: while "Jet"
is a jemstone, it's also an engine, a plane, sports team, and a fictional
gang, all more male-ish than female-ish. And "Ruby" is a commonish female
name and gemstones are more associated with women than men.
There's also a lot of benefit in having terms with "L" and "R" to
tie the
role names to the roles.
It's definitely harder for experienced dancers and callers to switch from
Ladies/Gents to Larks/Robins than to Jets/Rubies, but as someone who helped
their dance switch over (and who considered Jets/Rubies at the time) people
got the new terms pretty quickly. It's a total non-issue at our dance now.
Jeff
On Mon, Feb 13, 2023 at 10:47 PM Amy Cann via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
I LIKE THIS!
I hereby nominate "jets and rubies" as the likeliest contender, far
outshining my own personal fallback, suns-and-moons.
And btw, I'm absolutely seeing "jets" in my mind as black shiny beads,
not flying machines.
On 2/13/23, Michael Fuerst via Contra Callers
<contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
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jets/rubies might be the best solution several
reasons:
(1) no relation to gender roles,
(2) sound like gents and ladies, satisfying those who cognitively have
difficulty associating larks and robins with the corresponding roles.
(3) easier and faster to say. Jets, unlike larks, has no hard
consonant.
Rubies has a hard consonant "b", but
the sound of the "u" leaves one's
lips
and tongue positioned perfectly to utter the
"b". (This is a benefit to
new
callers, who often have difficulty prompting on
time.)
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