[Ansteorra] history of SCA placenames

[Jean Paul de Sens]

Sigh, and the perception persists to this day:

"You're from Ansteorra?  Which part? Dallas?Houston?"

"Um, no, Stillwater."

"Stillwater, where in Texas is that?"

"<sigh> Oklahoma."

JP


On 9/27/06, Chris Zakes <dontivar at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> At 11:50 PM 9/26/2006, you wrote:
>
> >Of course, as Vicount Tiernon of Calontir pointed out, the good
> >people of the Texas part of Ansteorra might not have missed the
> >alternate "Lone Star" interpretation of "Unicus et  Singularis..."
> >
> >Blessings,
> >Ceridwen, Stirrer of Pots
>
> No, that was quite deliberate. In its very earliest days, all the
> Ansteorran groups were in Texas (Namron--which is the oldest SCA
> group in Oklahoma--didn't get started until several months after the
> organizational meeting in Bjornsborg that Clare mentioned yesterday)
> so an Old English and/or Latin rendition of "Lone Star" seemed quite
> reasonable at the time.
>
>          -Tivar Moondragon
>
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