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[Dennis and/or Dory Grace]

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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