On Wed, Jan 02, 2013, Luke Donforth wrote: > > Warning, this is a rambling e-mail that shares my thought processes, rather > than a brief statement of a conclusion, because I may have missed a turn > along the way:
;-) > Independent of the Babylon 5 reference, I've actually been thinking about > colors as an option for role labels. There are lots of color names to chose > from. While I like green and purple, I'd prefer a one syllable color over > purple. Possible something that starts with L or W instead of purple, so > that folks with prior phonemic tendencies have less cognitive dissonance. Two syllables is part of the point, actually. It increases the distinction for those who are hearing impaired (like me, deaf with cochlear implant). Purple/green are also easy to say, they have essentially zero tongue-twister tendency (say them in any order five times fast). So yeah, I was making a joke, but if you're going to pick a couple of colors, it would be somewhat difficult to do better than purple/green. > As a sub-part of this conversation; is the quest for something to > supplement/replace the gents/ladies terminology in mainstream dances (which > I think is highly unlikely in the foreseeable future), or replace > barearms/armbands in the gender free scene? While I see a value in coming > up with useable gender neutral terminology, I think it'll be an uphill > battle to convince many people to leave behind a system that is working > just fine for them. The only way I see gender-neutral terms being adopted > near-universally is if the new terms are in some way better for the people > who don't give a hoot about the gender neutral cause. It's sadly cynical, > but its my prediction. Mostly agreed. Since I'm new here, did someone previously post a summary answering this? Give me a rough date and I'll look it up in the archives. -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ I don't really mind a person having the last whine, but I do mind someone else having the last self-righteous whine.
