5 Feb
2016
5 Feb
'16
2:13 p.m.
I have been using the (non-)word 'jipc' with great success for many
years.
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Michael Barraclough
michael(a)michaelbarraclough.com
www.michaelbarraclough.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Shapiro via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net>
Reply-to: Gary Shapiro <lets-talk(a)garyes.com>
To: callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net
Subject: Re: [Callers] yet another gypsy substitute (YAGS)
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 14:03:14 -0800
In ECD, someone (I believe it was Fried de Metz Herman) came up with a
figure called face en face, with a French pronunciation. Not sure why it
wasn't face à face. I describe it as the last two-thirds of a 1-1/2 dos
à dos.
On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 10:30 AM, Jonathan Sivier via Callers
<callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
I just had a thought for another possible substitute if we
need to replace the term "gypsy". This would be
"vis-a-vis" (face to face). I like this since it is in some
sense similar to dos-a-dos (back to back) and makes them
complimentary figures. I think it suggests the importance of
facing the person you are dancing with, making eye contact,
though not necessarily staring, during the figure. Since many
of the figure names in country dance come from French words,
sometimes corrupted by time and the folk process, it seems
reasonable to borrow another French term. I'm not aware of this
term already being used for some other dance figure, let me know
if it is. Even though it has 3 syllables instead of 2 I kind of
like the sound of "vis-a-vis and swing!"
Just putting it out there for your consideration.
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