I believe that in the singing square "Trail of the Lonesome Pine" the term they use is walk around.
Steve -----Original Message----- From: Mac Mckeever via Callers <[email protected]> To: callers <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, Jan 27, 2016 10:32 am Subject: [Callers] Fw: another new word idea If I recall - square dances use the term 'dance around' to achieve the same thing 'dance around your partner', etc. Mac McKeever ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Aahz Maruch via Callers <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 9:18 AM Subject: Re: [Callers] another new word idea On Wed, Jan 27, 2016, jwcontrahands4 via Callers wrote: > > I think that, if I decide to abandon gypsy, I will go with "ease > about". I like the feel of it. An alternative would be "walkabout". Walkabout would be a poor substitute: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-07/lets-go-walkabout-changes-name-a-cultural-appropriation-claims/7071662 I suggest that anyone thinking of a substitute term do at least a quick search for "<word> appropriation" (which is what I did to find the above link) and "<word> slur". -- 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
