On Tue, Jun 02, 2015, Andrea Nettleton via Callers wrote: > > English callers and dancers clearly have no trouble saying or > understanding these terms. If they were that awkward, they would long > since have been replaced. I think we see positions as roles purely > from habit. If I taught a roomful of kids who had never danced using > no roles, would they think of having danced a role?
Possibly you're seeing selection bias in English. At least in the SF Bay Area, contra is more popular than English, and I wonder how much of that difference is due to this issue. (This discussion is making clear that a significant chunk of my ECD dislike is due to this issue.) -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ <*> <*> <*> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html
