[ANSTHRLD] Name Conflict?

Teceangl tierna at agora.rdrop.com
Tue Mar 25 06:06:53 PST 2003


> I got an email from one of the members of my shire today, informing me that
> she had asked the Academy of St. Gabriel to look at her name and help
> provide some documentation. She mentioned that she found a name that might
> be conflicting with hers.
>
> The name she wants is: Catriona ingen ui MacLochlainn and the name she's
> found conflicting is Catriona Heather MacLochlainn.
>
> I'm assuming that she would not get a difference under Article 5, Section 1,
> Part A of the RfS because while her byname is one of relationsip, the other
> is not. However, I was not sure if this rule can apply to name phrases as a
> whole, or if it must be applied to each element. I was hoping you could
> confirm that this name will indeed conflict, so we can work on a way to get
> a difference.

Your initial intrepretation is right; it applies to the name as a whole
for purposes of conflict.  Nicely analyzed.

- Teceangl
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