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Charles Gilman wrote on Thu, Feb 23, 2006 11:07 AM UTC:
I am currently planning to submit a separate page for the Hybrid Diagonal,
to avoid confusion on other radial-piece pages for those not interested
in
hex-prism boards. I have reviewed the names of pieces using that
direction,
and thought up better alternatives to some of the more tenuous names for
forward-only pieces, in each case more closely relating to the
corresponding symmetric piece. Thoughts on whether these are an
improvement or the reverse are welcome.
	ASTERISK for the FO Rumbaba has problems because it refers to a pattern
specific to a hex-ranked orientation. Therefore I suggest extending the
substitution of Rum- for Dab- to give RUMCHICK.
	GOSSIP for the FO Bellman and BROADCASTER for the FO Bellwoman do not
fit
in with the usual male-female pairings. Howerver, when considering
improvements I recalled that a hôtel bag-carrier is sometimes known as a
BELLBOY - someone answering a bell rather than ringing their own, and
certainly of lower status than a Bellman. The term is alo sex-specific
with an obvious extrapolation for the other sex. I therefore suggest
BELLBOY for the FO Bellman and BELLGIRL for the FO Bellwoman to form a
neat foursome.

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