[Callers] Jets / rubies genderfree terms redux: gems?

[Maia McCormick via Callers]

At a guess, I would say that it's to distinguish it from the more masculine
connotations of "jet" as either a plane or a color, and so to avoid having
gender-y valances to what are supposed to be gender neutral terms. Ron, is
that right? Or am I missing the mark here?

On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 8:11 PM, Eric Black via Callers <
callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> Why have to explain that a “jet” is a gem?  Just say that it’s very
> different from “ruby” so they are not easily confused in a noisy room.
> -Eric
>
> On May 28, 2015, at 1:48 PM, Ron Blechner via Callers <
> callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
> I have had to explain that "a jet is a gem, not the airplane or a West
> Side Story gang" to a ton of people. So I feel this is more confusing than
> a ruby being a gem.
> On May 28, 2015 4:25 PM, "Aahz Maruch via Callers" <
> callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, May 28, 2015, Alan Winston via Callers wrote:
>> > On 5/28/15 12:30 PM, Ron Blechner via Callers wrote:
>> >>
>> >>For those interested in gender free contra dance terms:
>> >>
>> >>1. Do you like or dislike jets / rubies ?
>> >
>> > Like. (I'm responding on personal preference alone; I'm aware of some
>> > objections to this, which I don't personally share.)
>> >
>> >>2. How would gems / rubies compare?
>> >
>> > Less good, because the soft "ms" would make the call less clear. Also,
>> > rubies _are_ gems, so this is confusing.
>>
>> Ditto all this.
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