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

[Ron Blechner via Callers]

Yes, that's pretty much it, Maia.

On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 8:41 PM, Maia McCormick via Callers
<callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> 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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