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 < [email protected]> 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 < > [email protected]> 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" < > [email protected]> 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. >> -- >> Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 >> http://rule6.info/ >> <*> <*> <*> >> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html >> _______________________________________________ >> Callers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net >> > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > >
