Or simply not do it as it's been covered many times before? Please, let's not travel down this hole again.
Michael, search is your friend, for example https://www.google.com/search?q=contra+dance+gypsy+slur gets you a couple of top results. Other terms may yield more info. On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 4:51 PM, Chris Page via Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Chris Page <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 1:51 PM > Subject: Re: [Callers] More substitute terms for the g-word > To: Michael Barraclough <[email protected]> > > > And could we please do this under a separate thread so it doesn’t drown > out the original question? > > -Chris Page > San Diego > > > On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 1:44 PM Michael Barraclough via Callers < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Could someone please explain to me why the word gyp*** is considered a >> racial slur. I note that the body that represents gyp***s in the USA calls >> itself the Gypsy Council USA and in the UK it is the Gypsy Council. This is >> the term they have chosen to represent their ethnicity and they seem to be >> proud of it. Who are we to disagree? >> >> Michael Barraclough >> http://michaelbarraclough.com >> >> >> On 03/14/2018 01:33 PM, Rich Sbardella via Callers wrote: >> >> I think having a word that sounds similar is an asset, not a liability. >> I have used look-see quite successfully. In years, few will know that a >> "look-see" used to be called as a G... I have also used Walk 'round with >> no problem. >> >> My initial attempt was Hipsy, but Linda Leslie quickly, and prudently >> discouraged such usage. >> >> Rich >> >> On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 4:25 PM, Martha Wild via Callers < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I don’t see that if you substitute a term that ends with a long e it >>> should be nixed just for that reason. OK, maybe kipsy might be considered >>> just a euphemism. But "Look-see", as described by Susan Michaels, has the >>> virtue of involving the fact that you are looking at the other person, and >>> seeing them. Why shouldn’t we choose a term that’s easier to substitute and >>> remember to use like “Look-see” instead of the bland, cold, bulky, >>> impossible to shorten, “right shoulder round” (or left shoulder round). >>> Martha >>> >>> > On Mar 14, 2018, at 1:11 PM, Kalia Kliban via Callers < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> > >>> > I appreciate the point that several have made that a term that sounds >>> just like gypsy isn't a reasonable substitute. Fair enough. The search >>> continues... >>> > >>> > Kalia in Sebastopol >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > List Name: Callers mailing list >>> > List Address: [email protected] >>> > Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >>> net/ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> List Name: Callers mailing list >>> List Address: [email protected] >>> Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> List Name: Callers mailing list >> List Address: [email protected] >> Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> List Name: Callers mailing list >> List Address: [email protected] >> Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> > > _______________________________________________ > List Name: Callers mailing list > List Address: [email protected] > Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >
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