Yes, that's pretty much it, Maia.
On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 8:41 PM, Maia McCormick via Callers <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net >
