OK, OK, I'm as gullible as they come. (And, yes, I know that "gullible" is not in the dictionary. <G>) Thanks all for cluing me in. And thanks for the words of support for my asking for simplicity and descriptive terms. Beth -----Original Message----- From: callers-bounces(a)sharedweight.net [mailto:callers-bounces@sharedweight.net] On Behalf Of Allen Ortep Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 6:47 PM To: callers(a)sharedweight.net Subject: Re: [Callers] How to Call a Petronella Turn? Greetings to all: Beth wrote: "Seeing it in the dance below implies to me that he thinks quite highly of himself,....." Yes, I do think highly of myself. Mark wrote: " Should you spell Allen's name backwards, you'll get petrO nellA." No. Should you spell Petronella backwards, you get Allen Ortep. Only after the dance "Allen Ortep's First Contra" had been popular for some years, and had become well established as a "walnut" of the dance form, did someone think to reverse both the move and it's spelling Regards Allen _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers