Seems like even in those days, birds were sometimes people rather than birds, eg "birdie jumps out and the crow jumps in".
-- Alan ________________________________________ From: Jon Greene via Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2023 2:36 PM To: ROBERT FABINSKI Cc: Shared Weight Contra Callers; Jill Allen Subject: [Callers] Re: Gentlespoons/Ladles (from Rompin' Stompin') Oh those halcyon days when gents were men, ladies were women, birds were birds, gypsies melted down, nobody cared how many jabs you had and you never had to guess whether someone was smiling or frowning at you. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 10, 2023, at 9:23 PM, ROBERT FABINSKI via Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: I look forward to a day in the future when the "quaintness" of the gendered terms will be used as a quirky theme for a dance evening, and people will think it's so old fashioned that no one will take offense; gendered terms will just be "the way it was a long time ago" and not the contentious topic it has been for the last few years. If that ever happens, the "Push Pa, Pull Ma" type dances with original will be pure gold! bob...@aol.com On Fri, Feb 10, 2023 at 3:03 PM, Rich Sbardella via Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: _______________________________________________ Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net<mailto:contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net<mailto:contracallers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net> _______________________________________________ Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net _______________________________________________ Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net
