Wouldn't cha like to beee a kumquaaaat toooo?<br><br>Emma<br><br><b><i>Ulf Gunnarsson <ulfie@cox.net></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> Master Robin wrote:<br><br>> Similarly, we're working backwards. We can't define a bard in words and <br>> then use that definition to determine if somebody is a bard.<br><br>I think the biggest hindrance here is the word "bard". An historical<br>title was given to an action happening in the S.C.A. many years ago and<br>we are trying to retro-document the term to apply to the action.<br><br>I found the use of the term "Kumquat" hilarious and an appropriate<br>illustration of this. About the closest term that works is<br>"performer"... well, no. Some bards write poetry for their newsletter<br>and never perform it. Hmmm... Okay, I'm a Kumquat. But I cannot think<br>of anyway to tell if I'm a third degree banana kumquat or a
double<br>raspberry kumquat. But I do get asked to perform for several bananas<br>and sometimes get a raspberry or two.<br><br>Ulf<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Bards mailing list<br>Bards@lists.ansteorra.org<br>http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/bards-ansteorra.org<br></blockquote><br><p>
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