[Ansteorra] history of SCA placenames - wne / why the second "r"
Stefan li Rous
StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
Mon Sep 25 15:19:30 PDT 2006
On Sep 25, 2006, at 1:10 PM, Marc Carlson wrote:
>> Jay Yeates jyeates at realtime.net
>> speaking of the history "placemenames" ... some of us silverbacks
>> were
>> discussing the old days at our weeekly communal dinner yesterday,
>> and a
>> question came up ... exactly when/why did the kingdom name get the
>> second
>> "r" tacked onto it ????? our oldest documents (popular and
>> official) that
>> we still hold use the origional spelling of "ansteora"
>
> I have been told that the change occured when the principality
> became a
> kingdom.
>
> (and I bet folks thought I just couldn't type :) )
>
> Marc/Diarmaid
From the Anst-hist-msg file in the Florilegium:
<<< Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 16:43:10 -0500
To: ansteorra at eden.com
From: Chris and Elisabeth Zakes <moondrgn at bga.com>
Subject: Re: the Arms of Ansteorra
> On the Name... there was a big argument on whether
Ansteorra has
>two "r" s or one. Sounds silly but the fight really reached huge
>proportions before it was resolved.
>
>How's that for history.... this was something like A.S. XIII, IX or
X can't
>remember. They say your memory goes first.
>
>Clare
It was in XIII, I believe. At one point there was support for the name
"Sable Star" instead of "Black Star" for the newsletter, and a few were
printed that way. And, just to be fun, Prince Simon spelt Ansteorra with
*three* "r"s (since the first principality reign was Ansteora and the
second was Ansteorra, he decided to continue the "r" trend).
Aethelyan (who doesn't go back *quite* as far as Clare, but who still
thinks about a walking stick from time to time) >>>
Stefan
--------
THLord Stefan li Rous Barony of Bryn Gwlad Kingdom of Ansteorra
Mark S. Harris Austin, Texas
StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
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