ANST - Fwd: [Re: [IR] Young Liar]

[Padraig Ruad O'Maolagain]

'wolf wrote:

>fun story .. this iteration placed it 15 years back ... heard first variant of 
>it 25 years back when i was in Steppes and origionating somewhere out Aten Way 
>... surfaced again in slight variations about every 5 years (i remember the 
>next iteration was supposidly Merides ... and remember one placed in the West) 
>.. some urban legends are eternal, such is the nature of "the tale"
>
>'wolf
>

Though possibly with some basis in fact.  To wit:  Baroness Dana Mac an Ghabhann's grandson, Daniel, was talking in school about his grandma's friend, Lady Bice' di Pietro.  Well, the proper pronunciation of "Bice'" is "bitchy", which is, the lady herself acknowledges with an evil grin, part of the reason she chose the name.  There is no way an 8-year-old can make this sound plausible to a teacher, so Daniel ended up in the Principal's office for referring to grandma's friend "bitchy", and it required a visit to the school by Daniel's mother and grandmother to convince them that:  
1)  No, Daniel was NOT being disrespectful and smartmouthed, and
2)  The name of the lady in question really is "bitchy", her SCA name being the only name that Daniel knows her by.  I'm  sure this required a more lengthy and elaborate explanation than I will speculate on here.
Truth is not only stranger than fiction, but often much more amusing.

Padraig

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