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

[Erik Hoffman via Callers]

We are still using larks and ravens at the Berkeley dance. And, though I 
don't seem to have too much trouble using different words for different 
dances -- so far I've used men/women, ladies/gents, bands/bares, 
trees/squirrels, and larks/ravens without changing my mess of dance 
notes -- I understand that others can't switch so easily. On this note, 
at the Berkeley dance a caller recently did the following:

1) asked if anyone had some post-its. When found some
2) wrote "lark" and "raven" on the sticky end
3) cut out these little cheat-sheets
4) covered the words "gents" and "ladies" with the post-it cheats
5) move cheats to next card as needed

Thereby changing their cards to the current words on the fly. I was 
impressed.

~erik hoffman
     oakland, ca

On 5/28/2015 8:01 PM, Kalia Kliban via Callers 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.
>
> Me too.  I haven't yet tried calling with the jets and rubies 
> terminology, though I've used bands/bares and larks/ravens.  I can't 
> say I'm eager to add yet another set of translated cards to my files.
> Kalia Kliban
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