{"items": [{"author": "Andrew", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/282773125115119?comment_id=282779535114478", "anchor": "fb-282779535114478", "service": "fb", "text": "As I recall from the 80s, callers (and dancers) wouldn't only say \"make it twice,\" they'd say \"why twice?\" - since \"because, just because\" is an answer to a question.  For a while, Tod would rhyme various other phrases there, including \"fried rice,\" and \"Roger Weiss\" (a contra dancer, dance teacher, and pal of Tod's.  Have you talked to Tod or Walter about their calls and ideas about this?", "timestamp": "1327265100"}, {"author": "Jeff&nbsp;Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/282773125115119?comment_id=282799721779126", "anchor": "fb-282799721779126", "service": "fb", "text": "@Andrew: I should talk to them.<br><br>You can hear Walter putting in other things (\"fried rice\", \"ain't that nice\", \"your very own\") while all the dancers shout \"make it twice\", which I tried to notate.", "timestamp": "1327267163"}, {"author": "Danner", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/282773125115119?comment_id=282852108440554", "anchor": "fb-282852108440554", "service": "fb", "text": "Can I see this in diff format?", "timestamp": "1327273064"}, {"author": "Jeff&nbsp;Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/282773125115119?comment_id=282875245104907", "anchor": "fb-282875245104907", "service": "fb", "text": "@Danner: I don't think they're similar enough for that.", "timestamp": "1327275753"}, {"author": "Andrew", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/282773125115119?comment_id=282907741768324", "anchor": "fb-282907741768324", "service": "fb", "text": "It's possible to do diffs, I just diffed the two Frank Fortune versions, and I diffed Tod's to Walter's.  I might look more when I have time later.  I used tkdiff, but any side-by-side diff should work.", "timestamp": "1327280174"}, {"author": "Michael", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/113326111422538073515", "anchor": "gp-1327477464575", "service": "gp", "text": "I think the issue of whether to call before the step or with the step is a difference between New England style dancing and \"Old Timey\" [square] dancing, not between sung and spoken calls (though my experience is limited; there may be other styles of set dancing that would also be helpful to look at).  Also, I think it's partly a matter of not caring \nquite\n so much about the phrasing, and partly a matter of getting used to the different calling style.  Think of it as a regional accent...", "timestamp": 1327477464}]}