[MR] University Class Plug - Naming Practices

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Ever wonder why it matters to Laurel what your name is? That your first  name 
is from 947 Norway and your byname is from 1579 Provence? Ever wonder how  
the Gaelic speaking folks put their names together? Germans? Moors? Or why  
heralds twitch when a client says they want to be Morwenna Nagoshka the  Wanderer?
 
There are distinct naming patterns used throughout our time periods and  
places. They follow certain rules and traditions and it's all fairly  
straightforward and simple. Some traditions cross borders . . . others, not so  much. The 
Germans did one thing while the Italians did something quite  different. And 
the Welsh? Has anyone found the vowels they've lost?
 
Come on out and play at Fall University this week and we'll talk about  how 
it works and have some fun doing it. Overview of Medieval Naming Practices  
Room 8 at 2:30 Saturday   _http://university.atlantia.sca.org/_ 
(http://university.atlantia.sca.org/)    
_http://acorn.atlantia.sca.org/event_flyer.php?event_id=107eaab9_ (http://acorn.atlantia.sca.org/event_flyer.php?event_id=107eaab9) 
 
Gisela vom Kreuzbach



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