[MR] Names and awards

[Glynis Knibb (Glynis Gwynedd)]

Speaking of misspellings...

Please, folks, PLEASE, try to make sure you give an SCA name for people when
you recommend them for awards. It's really awkward to call someone into
court only to find out later that you've given their award under their
modern name.

Glynis Knibb
aka
~Lady Glynis Gwynedd
Barony of Highland Foorde
"Have you hugged a harp today?"
--
"Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the
difference."


On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Sharpe, Angela <angela.sharpe at hp.com>wrote:

> Lady Alexandra,
>
> Misspellings happened all the time in period. The scribe that created the
> scroll may have made a mistake and just misspelled the name accidentally or
> may have been given the wrong spelling... you can find manuscripts in period
> that have corrections made, such as, having a bird fly in a letter that was
> missed, or a person with a wheel barrow full of the right letters to where
> it needs to go. I've also seen one where there is a hatchet wielding critter
> destroying a letter that shouldn't have been there. So, there's all sorts of
> ways to fix it. Just have to nicely tell the scribe about the mistake and
> then they can fix it.
>
> In Service
> Mordrea
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: atlantia-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org [mailto:
> atlantia-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org] On Behalf Of Lady Alexandra
> Scott
> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 1:35 PM
> To: atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
> Subject: [MR] Scrolls, Promissories and Name Misspellings
>
> A note about scrolls, promissories . . .
>
> When a scroll has been given, consider it an honour and a privilege to be
> its
> recipient.   Others have thought of you and whatever you have done.
>
> Here is a question/comment that I hope someone can answer.
>
> Is there a proper and polite way to inform others when a name is
> misspelled?
>
> On the chance that your name has been misspelled, the honour still remains.
> There are many unusual names amongst us and often the spellings are skewed.
>  I
> would suspect that Promissories, event scrolls done on the spot etc. should
> not
> be recreated.  On the other hand, if an Award of Arms scroll is presented,
> a lot
> of thought and work went into the illumination.  It would be a pity to have
> a
> misspelling at that point.
>
>
> Graciously,
> Alexandra (with no "i")
>
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