ANST - Names of Groups
Chris and Elisabeth Zakes
moondrgn at bga.com
Tue Oct 14 19:31:35 PDT 1997
At 12:17 AM 10/14/97 -0500, you wrote:
>While we're discussing how various groups got their names, how about
>Bjornsborg?
>
>Bjornsborg is San Antonio, which in Bexar County. Give "Bexar" its correct
>Spanish pronunciation, and it almost sounds like "bear", which in turn
>gives you the "Bjorn" part of the name.
>
> Add the Alamo, a fort, and you have the "-borg" -- Bear's Fort,
>Bjornsborg.
>
>Of course, we did not realize until much later that as a group we would
>have a BjornsBORG-Mind... you WILL be assimilated!
If I recall correctly, in the *very* early days (~AS 10), the San Antonio
group was called "Bear's Fort" for a short while. (This was just after it
was called "The Wastes".)
-Tivar Moondragon
resident fossil
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