I'm concerned spiral and circle are far too similar in sound - particularly the rise/fall pattern - for those with any hearing challenges. I also accept the criticism of the similar terms (eg: vortex) as implying a progressively closer approach (which really only applies in a "meltdown" situation) or fostering the idea of twirling/spinning while doing the primary move and that likely extends to swirl. At the risk of offering one more straw dog, there's "loop". "End that star [left] facing your next neighbor, loop right [around] that neighbor and continue into a swing." "Two ladies loop left once and a half, _insert_call_here_ your partner." To my knowledge, it's free of call/cue homonyms, sounds short and distinct and the other use in contra ("with your partner promenade across and loop wide to the left to face a new couple..." is a similar concept. No obvious negative meanings in common language (most are positive, e.g.: "in the loop"). On Oct 25, 2015 8:35 PM, "Ron Blechner via Callers" < callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net&gt; wrote: > Eddie is also a gender name, thus I would rule that out. Vortex doesn't > exactly come off well on the mic. Swirl sounds way too much like circle > unless you are none ciating very very crisp late, in which case you are > going to get some Pardes sounds hissing on the mic. > > Thus, I don't like any of the three. I suggest spiral instead. > >