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Thread #170767 Message #4129775
Posted By: Lighter
23-Dec-21 - 12:06 PM
Thread Name: EFDSS proposed name change
Subject: RE: EFDSS proposed name change
As an intrusive outsider, let me put ni my two cents.
"English" in this context might mean several different but perhaps overlapping things.
It might mean a Society interested in folksong and dance but made up of only English people.
Or a non-restrictive FS & D society based in England. (As I've always interpreted it.)
Or a society devoted solely to English FS & D.
(And for added interest, recall that at the time of its organization, "England" was in frequent use - in England and the U.S. at least - as a synechdochal synonym for "Britain.")
So perhaps the Society should keep its name, while attending to any aspects of FS & D its members prefer.