[SCA-Dance] Translating Dance Names

Jane & Mark Waks waks at comcast.net
Mon Jul 9 08:12:32 EDT 2007


Bruce Padget wrote:
> There could also be a practical aspect to this.  I'm sure we've all 
> heard the complaint, "I know the dances, I just don't remember the 
> names." Would it help to have the names in English?

I'm not sure it would, actually -- I've generally found that people are 
no better at remembering, eg, Chestnut and Mage on a Cree by name than 
they are at Geloxia and Petit Vriens...

				-- Justin



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