[MR] [Fwd: Re: Troll Rights - was Re: [Sca-cooks] *&^%$Feastocrat!]

[Leesa Orton]

The term "gate" has been used for a while in Caid...I think it's a bit nicer 
than "Troll", grin

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Subject: Re: [MR] [Fwd: Re: Troll Rights - was Re: [Sca-cooks] 
*&^%$Feastocrat!]


> Kiri-sensei writes:
>
> [I]nstead of referring as the person to who checks folks into events as 
> "trolls" (a fantasy type term), how about what is recommended here: 
> Porter.
>
>
> I'm all for it. Problem is, we have decades of tradition working against 
> it.
>
> I undertand that the term started when the entry to an early event was 
> placed under a bridge. According to folklore, trolls dwell  under bridges, 
> and so . . .
>
> And I don't doubt that the assonance wtih Toll was a factor also.
>
> I certainly endorse the use of more period-based terms, such as "feast 
> cook" rather than tacking "-crat" on the job areas. In fact, I wouldn't 
> mind seeing the head of an event called something like steward rather than 
> autocrat.
>
>
> Your servant aye
> Donal
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