ANST - More from the Chemical De-peanut Gallery
Dennis and/or Dory Grace
amazing at mail.utexas.edu
Thu Apr 30 14:31:46 PDT 1998
Salut Cozyns
Lyonel aisai
Theudegisklos quotes Prince Barn's response to:
>> >Drinking at events is a long-standing tradition.
>> Yes, drinking at events is a long-standing accepted practice, though I
>> wouldn't call it a tradition.
And replies:
>Speak for yourself, Your Stellarity.
>
>:P
Uh, he *was* speaking for himself. That's what the "I wouldn't" phrase
means, that he's stating an opinion.
I, on the other hand, am going to be quite pedantic and speak for a larger
community of English speakers: drinking at SCA events is a *practice*, not
(in the principal use of the term) a *tradition*. Folks who drink at
events do so for personal comfort and pleasure, not in order to fulfill
customary obligations. Anyone who says to her/himself, "I'm going to have
a beer because it's my duty to the society to uphold this fine tradition,"
is in desperate need of intervention.
lo vostre por vos servir
Sir Lyonel Oliver Grace
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Dennis Grace
University of Texas at Austin
English Department
Recovering Medievalist
mailto:amazing at mail.utexas.edu
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Micel yfel deth se unwritere.
AElfric of York
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