ANSTHRLD - Bovines strike again!

[Teceangl]

> Scratchings in the catbox of my mind seem to hint that there
> are some precedents against using tincture words in household
> names.

>From the LoAR dated September 1994, no clue as to page number:

   Jonathan Thorne. Household name and badge for House of the Argent
   Horse. Gules, ermined argent, a single-headed chess knight contourny
   argent.
   (If registered, this was to have been held jointly with Tiernehy Shay
   O'Malley bint Muhammad, but her name is being returned in this LoAR.)
   "Argent" is not a common English element; as an adjective referring to
   a color, its use is confined almost entirely to heraldry. English,
   unlike German, has no tradition of house names based on armory; the
   authentic usage would be White Horse.


Registered on the October 1994 LoAR:  
   
   Edric Aaron Hartwood. Household name only (see RETURNS for badge) for
   Domus Draconis Argentei.

(This implies to me that the above is a language-specific problem.  -T)



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