Barb wrote: > another interesting topic!! i used to book a dance, many years ago, and > hired a caller i knew who lived about an hour away. about two weeks before > my dance, i went to another dance called by this person.
> a walkthru wasn't going well, and the caller exclaimed "i don't know why you > can't do this, it's an easy dance." i had a long conversation with this > caller before my dance, i can tell you that! Well, yeah, you can't say that. But there are occasions when it's useful to say "I forgot to tell you: This is an easy dance". (That's generally the occasions when people seem to be interpreting your instructions as though they were quick questions, or otherwise just making life harder for themselves than they have to.) I think I got from seeing Lisa Greenleaf doing it once. -- Alan
