Being a survey on Perso

[Randy Shipp]

On Thu, 27 Jun 1996, Keith Ewing wrote:

> I think that corpora doesn't allow for aging.
> 
> I joined the SCA in the spring of 1985. I decided that it would be easy 
> for me to identify with my persona if I always knew what the date was 
> for him. So "Kein MacEwan" came to Ansteorra in the spring of 1585. He 
> has been here for 11 years. In 4 years I will celebrate the end of the 
> millenium while Kein is celebrating the end of the 16th century. In 3 
> more years, Kein will celebrate the ascension of a Scot to the throne 
> of England. 
> I think that I will have earned the right to play out of period. Just 
> my opinion.

Hardly a flouting of the customs of the land, I should think.  What 
excuse do you suppose the more post-period (say, past 1650) personae have?

In Service,

Antoine D'Aubernoun
mka Randy Shipp
rshipp at flash.net