ANST - AOA/GOA etc courts - Brand new, help!

[Tim McDaniel]

On Thu, 15 Jan 1998, Alan J. Boertjens <a-boertjens1 at ti.com>
wrote:
> Someone recently mentioned that it is OK to use one's real
> name as their society name....hmmm
>
> If "Dweezle" joined the SCA, he could be "Dweezle
> Bjornsson" (but I wouldn't necessarily want him as a
> brother)
> 
> ~Johan Bjornsson

There are three different ideas here.

You can *use* most any name you want in the SCA; there are
no Name Police to arrest you and drag you away.

You can *register* a legal name element "if such elements
are not excessively obtrusive and do not violate other
sections of these rules." (SCA College of Arms Rules for
Submission).  "Moon Unit" is one of the classic examples of
what *is* "excessively obtrusive".  Her brother Dweezle
would presumably be the same.

I like history.  I think it's neat.  I hope most people in
the SCA like history (or why are they here?  They can get
better parties elsewhere).  If you care about historical
naming, you won't use the "legal name allowance" in
registration, but ideally try to find the name element in
that spelling in the period culture you want.

I still want to write the long form of this article.

Daniel de Lincolia
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