{"items": [{"author": "Jessica", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/846807319222?comment_id=846945612082", "anchor": "fb-846945612082", "service": "fb", "text": "Lol. For those of us who can't tell their left from their right without serious deliberation, \"larks/ravens\" will not be intuitive.", "timestamp": "1486819150"}, {"author": "Jeff&nbsp;Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/846807319222?comment_id=846945612082&reply_comment_id=846953161952", "anchor": "fb-846945612082_846953161952", "service": "fb", "text": "&rarr;&nbsp;Contra dance already relies a lot of left/right.  Like, the caller can say \"take left hands with your partner\" and expect that people will mostly do that.", "timestamp": "1486824376"}, {"author": "Jessica", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/846807319222?comment_id=846945612082&reply_comment_id=846954199872", "anchor": "fb-846945612082_846954199872", "service": "fb", "text": "&rarr;&nbsp;Yes, of course you're right. I just found myself thinking, \"Wait, which partner ends up on the right? Which side *is* right?\" But I'm sure I'd adjust quickly, whatever terminology is used. It just made me laugh a little.", "timestamp": "1486825336"}, {"author": "Mandy", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/846807319222?comment_id=846945612082&reply_comment_id=846954853562", "anchor": "fb-846945612082_846954853562", "service": "fb", "text": "&rarr;&nbsp;I must say that I am very \"directionally challenged\" when it comes to left and right - as an ambidextrous, that instruction of \"use your dominant hand\" never helped me learn it intuitively -, but all the dances I go to regularly use Larks/Ravens and that has actually taught me to identify my own left and right more.<br>Furthermore, there's a point in dancing where everything becomes so intuitive you don't need it anymore - e.g ravens allemande right in a move where your right hand is the most convenient/logical hand for the move.", "timestamp": "1486825632"}, {"author": "Lisa", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/846807319222?comment_id=847074174442", "anchor": "fb-847074174442", "service": "fb", "text": "This is interesting. First of all a response rate of 17 of 18 is incredibly impressive, which in and of itself says something above and beyond the fact that you hire them for gigs. Overall, it seems that making a change either way isn't a deal breaker for any of your callers, as long as Lead/Follow aren't an option, with only one exception. One out of 18 I'd say is not a deal breaker as far as your calling talent goes, so now the question of how it will affect your ability to continue to have quality talent is resolved. I've gotten different feedback from callers about Jets/Rubies. For them, the gents/jets similarity actually makes it more difficult to call. For them it is not an easier transition as some of your respondants reported. I liked the way that one of your respondants put it \"... my first impression of the terms is that they are still kind of gendered, or at least can be interpreted that. 'Jets' sounds aggressive and masculine, and 'Rubies' are definitely feminine. \"  Thanks for giving us your results. You saved me from having to ask!", "timestamp": "1486877589"}]}