[Ansteorra] Children in the Sca

[Jessica Doss]

bummer.  :(

Bill Toscano <liamstliam at gmail.com> wrote:

>Rule No. 6: Never apologize.
>
>No, "Liam."
>
>*****
>The name *Liam* is certainly a modern Irish
>[1]<http://medievalscotland.org/problem/names/liam.shtml#note1> pet
>form of *Uilliam*, but there is no persuasive evidence that it was used
>before the 17th century. In particular, no one has found direct evidence
>that it was used that early. Indirect evidence for the name has been
>offered, in the form of a surname which might be derived from it; but
>careful analysis shows that the surname was actually derived after 1600
>from an independent source. Therefore, no evidence supporting earlier use
>of *Liam* remains. (For this reason the SCA College of Arms will not
>register the name.)
>****(
>
>
>
>
>On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 11:33 AM, SoldierGrrrl <soldier.grrrl at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 10:22 AM, Bill Toscano <liamstliam at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > The background check thing is a button, Hellene.
>> >
>> > Can you tell?
>>
>> I'm sorry, honey.  I was mostly teasing, but I can totally see how it
>> would be a button.
>>
>> > Let's talk about "problem names" instead.
>> >
>> > Liam
>>
>> Um.  Like what sort of names?  The Rom-Ninja-Pirate-Slave-Geisha-Girl
>> who's named Cassandra?
>>
>> Helene
>> --
>> "Whatever their fond sentiments for men and women in uniform, for most
>> Americans the war remains an abstraction – a distant and unpleasant
>> series of news items that do not affect them personally."- Robert
>> Gates, Secretary of Defense.
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