[ANSTHRLD] Conflict checking device

[doug bell]

Consistancy is the hobgoblin of little minds.

Look at how this item has been registered.

Magnus

Randwulf the Hermit June of 1993 (via Ansteorra):
Or, in pale a t'ai-chi argent and sable and an aloe vera vert.
Morgan ap Llewellan Peregrine August of 1979 (via Atenveldt):
Sable, a Tai-ch'i, the line of division forming a hawk's head erect, voided,
orbed argent.
Malik the Malicious February of 1999 (via Atenveldt):
Sable, a tai-chi sable and argent, fimbriated Or, within flames in annulo
proper.

>"t'ai chi".  Apostrophes are important.
>
>     The charge ...was blazoned a yin-yang on the LOI, at the
>     submitter's insistence.  The term does not appear to be correct.
>     Yin-yang is the Chinese philosophy of opposing cosmic forces; the
>     motif in this submission is a yin-yang symbol, according to the
>     OED Supplement.  (The submitter's own documentation refers to the
>     motif as a ``yang-yin disc''.)  The OED Supplement also gives t'ai
>     chi as the name for this fusion of forces, the Supreme Ultimate
>     --- but also as the name for the symbol of that concept.  (The
>     martial art characterized as ``low- impact aerobics'' on the LOI
>     is properly called t'ai chi *ch'uan*.)  The term t'ai-chi is
>     correct for the motif; it's been used in previous SCA blazons; so
>     long as we register the symbol, we will continue to so blazon it.
>     (Randwulf the Hermit, June, 1993, pg. 2)


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