[MR] Names and stuff (fwd)

[Becky McEllistrem]

--- Aedan Aylwyn <aedan at mindspring.com> wrote:
> 
> >Actually it is about recruitment that I worry
> though. Would you like to 
> >move a kingdom and have everybody
> >"correct" you with "proper" terminology as you walk
> in
> >the door?  This is what gets encouraged and has
> >already been mentioned.
> 
> This happens, no matter what.  For example, if
> you're
> brand new to the SCA and you show up at an event,
> how do you know to ask for Troll?  You ask "where
> do I pay my money" and someone says "The troll
> is over there" or "The porter is over there".
> 
> Or perhaps...
> 
> You've been in the SCA for a while and you move out
> to the West Kingdom.  Someone points you to the
> "eric".  Do you have any idea what they are talking
> about?  (BTW - they mean the list field).  So if
> you're
> not sure, you ask.
> 
>

Actually this part of it wouldn't bother me so I'm not
sure I was clear.  What would bother me is what I've
seen before where some self-important troll that says
"Oh it's not a troll, it's a gatekeeper".  Not a very
friendly welcome and possibly some newcomer's first
experience at an SCA event.  Not great for them to
watch either but we increase such chances when we
start with our own language.

I'm not saying we must conform or that we should not
strive to be period (I'm the one with the research
paper competition for crying out loud).  But no one
has told me how such situations are going to be less
than what happens already.  And so far my fears have
been confirmed that such situations increase when a
kingdom chooses its own language. 

Besides that, no one has come up with a word that
hasn't been used or means something else already
except maybe Calli.

Rebecca

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