Talk:Do-si-do

message: I am reverting "It is probably the most well-known call in folk dancing" back to "It is probably the most well-known call in square dancing".  Even though I am not a folk dancer (and that probably makes me a good judge of what "most people" would think of as a well-known dance move in folk dancing), I probably think that people who don't really know much about folk dancing would think first of a grapevine step, or a step-kick, or a hop-kick, or a run, indeed many other steps... I doubt that a back-to-back would be high on the list.  Besides I didn't believe most folk dances are called!  
If you want to include other dances in this sentence, for example, "It is probably the most well-known call in square dancing and contredance" or "It is probably the most well-known call in square dancing, contredanse and historical dancing", then I suggest be specific and say what you mean.  I can't speak for these other dances, so I wrote it as square dancing, because the general public has a vague notion of the dance and has some ideas of some dance moves, and this is one that they know (at least in the USA and Canada).  I have been to enough beginner classes that I can tell you many, many can (or at least think they can) Dosado without any instructions.  And that is why there is a section on Dosado misconceptions also. Sfdan 14:03, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Revert folk dancing --> square dancing

message: Does this belong in the basic description of the dosado, or does this belong in the styling section?  I suppose for me the difference would be, does the basic description of the step in contra dancing (if there is such a thing) also include some statement that the person could make one or more clockwise turns if they wish.  Or is this something that has developed on its own, is not standardised (if there is such a notion in contra dancing), and may or may not be more popular in this year, or in this area, or among certain dancers.  I'm no expert on contra dancing (obviously!), so please help me out.  Thanks.  --SFDan 15:48, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The contra dance article seemed to answer my question by stating in the "Do-si-do" section, "As an embellishment, experienced dancers will often add a spin while performing this move."  Therefore, I went ahead and moved the sentence with minor editing (and removal of an excessive link) from the "Description" section into the "Styling" section of this article.  If there is any difference of opinion on this matter lets discuss it here.  --SFDan 05:51, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Description - common to make one or more clockwise turns during dosado in contra dances

message: Do-si-do is also an rescue diving technique teached at most rescue diving classes. It is an technique that enables the rescue diver to do perform rescuebreaths while swimming. There might be a need to differentate this. Bio page of the inventorApneist 16:35, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Do-si-do as an Rescue technique 

message: Version I heard in 5th grade in 1990/1991 schoolyear:
"Swing your partner do-si-do. Throw him in a ditch and watch him go!"
Japanimation station (talk) 16:31, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  5th Grade 

message: I read the above discussion, which it seems was never really resolved, so I was bold and moved the article to "do-si-do" for the following reasons:
*It is the main spelling given in most dictionaries, both British and American (M-W, Oxford, Longman, AHD).
*Judging from Google Ngrams, it has been the dominant form since at least 1950
*It is generally known from contra/country/square dancing, where it is pronounced doh-see-doh (and that's the context that this article focuses on)
*WP:COMMONNAME: "Article titles should be neither vulgar nor pedantic. The term most typically used in reliable sources is preferred to technically correct but rarer forms, whether the official name, the scientific name, the birth name, the original name, or the trademarked name."
I'm going to update the section on spellings and etymology and check that there are redirects. Lesgles (talk) 17:13, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spelling 

message: Please explain the term ‘contra dance’. 110.175.183.9 (talk) 08:00, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please explain…