[MR] Pennsic Name Origin?

[Cecilia Jaeger]

Mazzone, Tracy (Mitchell) wrote:

>Today I was trying to explain Pennsic and how wonderful and unique it
>was to one of my mundane co-workers and was confronted with the
>question, "So what does 'Pennsic' mean?"  To my embarrassment, I stood
>there with a dumb look on my face and had to admit that I didn't know
>what it meant, if anything at all.
> 
>So, my question to the populace is: Does anyone know how/why the name
>Pennsic was chosen for the War and what, if anything, it means?
>

I just did a yahoo search on the words "pennsic history" which came up 
with this link among others

http://www.florilegium.org/files/PENNSIC/P-history-msg.html

This is a collection of  messages from rec.org.sca.
Here are two explanations.  You learn something new everyday. :-)

> From: ddfr at best.com (David Friedman)
> Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
> Subject: Re: Etymology of Pennsic
> Date: 27 Sep 1996 05:45:53 GMT
>
> In article <52erg4$en at lombardi.wctc.net>, Sara Friedemann
> <RandomSF at wctc.net> wrote:
>
> > Since our first exposure to the SCA I have been
> > trying to find the etymology of Pennsic.
>
> From "Pennsylvania" in analogy to "Punic."
>
> David/Cariadoc



>
> From: baronfum at aol.com (Baron Fum)
> Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
> Subject: Re: Loser Gets Pitt (was "Bigest interkingdom war/event")
> Date: 3 Dec 1995 22:42:26 -0500
> Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)
>
> Swami corrects me- Pennsic V was also in Ohio, along with IV. The rest
> were definitely in Pennsylvania. Pennsic as a name came very early
> because of the play on the first and second Punic wars (many wars having
> been caused by puns, and others having been caused by pens).
>
> Ritter Baron Karl Aerdigwidder von Zauberberg, C.P.
> Baron Andelcrag, Middle Kingdom
> Saepe errabimus sed semper honore!
> Morte ex morte
>
Cassair mka Ceci


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