I LIKE THIS! I hereby nominate "jets and rubies" as the likeliest contender, far outshining my own personal fallback, suns-and-moons.
And btw, I'm absolutely seeing "jets" in my mind as black shiny beads, not flying machines. On 2/13/23, Michael Fuerst via Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > jets/rubies might be the best solution several reasons: > (1) no relation to gender roles, > (2) sound like gents and ladies, satisfying those who cognitively have > difficulty associating larks and robins with the corresponding roles. > (3) easier and faster to say. Jets, unlike larks, has no hard consonant. > Rubies has a hard consonant "b", but the sound of the "u" leaves one's lips > and tongue positioned perfectly to utter the "b". (This is a benefit to new > callers, who often have difficulty prompting on time.) > ----- > _______________________________________________ > 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
