[Ansteorra] Why aren't we doing this?

[HerrDetlef]

So change the name :-)

On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 8:42 PM, Tim McDaniel <tmcd at panix.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 3 Nov 2010, HerrDetlef <herrdetlef at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The fact that we call our game the Society for CREATIVE Anachronism
>> and not the Society for RECREATIVE Anachronism says a lot to me.
>>
>
> Marion Zimmer Bradley was at the parks department applying for the use
> of a park for the sequel to a rather successful medieval-themed party
> of May 1, 1966.  The form had a line for the name of the group.
> She came up with "the Society for Creative Anachronism".
>
> I think it an error to try to ascribe too much significance to a snap
> decision made by one person, especially when (I think) she had no
> notion that there would even BE an actual organization, which was
> unilaterally imposed later.
>
> Danel de Lyncoln
>
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> Tim McDaniel, tmcd at panix.com
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