[MR] RE: New name for Troll (This is a Poll)

[Dave Montuori]

On Sun, 9 Nov 2003, Signora Apollonia Margherita degli Albizzi wrote:
> Troll
> Modern SCA use: person who accepts your entrance fee to an event
> 
> Period uses: 1377, to move or walk about, to ramble, saunter, or
> stroll;1570, a little wheel; specifically an angler's wheel or the winch on
> a fishing rod
> 
> Suggested replacement: Porter
> (OED) Period uses: 1290, 1300, 1382, 1400, 1413, 1433, 1530; One who has
> charge of a door or gate, esp. at the entrance of a fortified town or of a
> castle or other large building, a public institution, etc.; a gate-keeper,
> door-keeper, janitor.

It's more than that. The word "porter" comes from the Latin verb "portare" 
meaning to carry.

What does that mean? It means that porters, in addition to whatever else 
they do, schlep things. The average registration staff cannot and does 
not. Ergo, this term is inappropriate.

Evan