ANST - Eldern XXI

[Celeste de Montomorency]

Greetings!

What's wrong with having a little bit of fun? No it does not make us look 
foolish to outsiders because normal outsiders don't have a clue what 
language was used back in the middle ages! Most of them don't care either! 
The people that do care are in the SCA or a similar group! I'm sorry if 
you're one of those people who is so anal about being authentic that you 
can't budge a little bit! I'll admit that I'm pretty good about being 
authentic in most things but if I was authentic in language as well, you 
wouldn't understand me unless you know french being that my persona is 
french. As for the words like dragon and farspeaker, I like them.  I'd much 
rather hear those words than the mundane words they refer to-car and 
telephone. What were those called in the middle ages? Maybe you'd like to 
give me a more authentic word!

                   Extremely annoyed and on my way to populace,
            Lady Celeste


>From: Dennis Grace <sirlyonel at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: ansteorra at Ansteorra.ORG
>To: ansteorra at Ansteorra.ORG
>Subject: Re: ANST - Eldern XXI
>Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 15:40:59 PDT
>
>Salut Cozyns,
>
>Lyonel aisai.
>
>Lady Celeste says:
>
>>I don't know.  When i joined the SCA they were already calling the 
>>children
>>smalls. I think it's cute and I've heard it used in other than my own
>>Barony
>>so it stuck. I've heard them referred to as halflings in other groups and 
>>I
>>like the term smalls better.  They don't seem to mind.
>
>Yes, but the children don't realize that you're calling them underwear
>(which is the only thing that was called "smalls" in Renaissance England).
>Sir Kief is correct:  *children* is a Middle English plural of children.
>Medieval people had *children*, *enfants*, *nin~os*, Kinder.  They did not
>have *smalls* or *halflings*.
>
>The use in the SCA of such terms as "small" and "halfling" is another
>example of poor medievalisms like "dragon" or "far-speaker."  Refering to
>children as "smalls" makes you look ignorant and foolish, especially to
>outsiders.
>
>lo vostre por vos servir
>Sir Lyonel Oliver Grace
>
>
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