Thanks Dave! I too have that reaction whenever a caller brings up controversy about terminology.
On the flip side, when an older caller tries to adapt pronouns and such without making a big deal of it, it’s awesome, even when they make mistakes. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 28, 2018, at 5:29 PM, Tom Hinds via Callers > <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > > Here was my issue, briefly : I was told to use "walk around" when calling at > glen echo. It also happens that I'm a western square caller and have used > "walk around your corner, see saw your taw" for decades. > > It has happened on two occasions when I have mixed up square dance calls from > one time period into another or from one tradition to another and have > confused the dancers a tad and made them think perhaps I'm an idiot. > > As far as gypsy is concerned I'd use ANY call as a substitute but not walk > around out of fear of saying the wrong thing by habit. Perhaps it's remote > that it would happen but I'm going to avoid looking liking an idiot at all > costs! > > Being given that rule by the organizer made my planning for that dance a > nightmare. Do I use dances without gypsies? I mean it really through a > wrench into the way I usually plan because to follow their rule and protect > myself I'd have to eliminate far too many good dances to keep from using > gypsy. > > And there are more rules that I have to follow or address that I'd rather > not, like leaving a couple out at the top when the music ends. > > As far as being sarcastic NO I'm not that kind of person. I simply thought > Ron was being a bully so I wanted to know where he stood. There are a number > of us out there that associate PC with a threat to our freedoms and I'm not a > conservative. Sure I can look up things on the computer and you think I'm > being sarcastic because I didn't, but we're different. I hate computers and > only use them when I have to. I value clear communication and if you > carefully read my email you'll see that's what I was asking for. On several > of Ron's emails I see there are a good number of dots that weren't being > connected so I wondered what was going on. > > As far as my attitude at Glen Echo is concerned you are reading into it. If > you want to continue this perhaps just between us is the best way. And here > we go, Tom is confused again. Why are you replying for Ron? > > Tom > > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ >>> List Name: Callers mailing list >>> List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net >>> Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> List Name: Callers mailing list >>> List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net >>> Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> List Name: Callers mailing list >> List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net >> Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/ > _______________________________________________ > List Name: Callers mailing list > List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net > Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/
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