[ANSTHRLD] name help please
Mistress Bronwen
mistressbronwen at solhaven.com
Wed May 3 20:03:06 PDT 2006
The name Robert Glendon of Auk was registered in October of 1990 via the
Outlands.
but I have no idea what documentation was used for the locative byname.
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Bronwen
"A Peerage relationship, therefore, is not just "Pelican to cleanup on aisle
nine - ego spill"...Tibor of Rock Valley
"Quod Excogitem Sum"..."I Am What I Can Imagine"
[Per pale sable and argent, an antelope statant and in chief a pearled coronet
counterchanged]
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----- Original Message -----
From: <tmcd at panix.com>
To: "Heralds List, Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <heralds at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: [ANSTHRLD] name help please
> On Wed, 3 May 2006, Hedwig von Luneborg <lochherald at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have a gentle wishing to use the name "Auk" for his surname.
>
> Does he say anything about the surname? The questions that occur to
> me:
>
> - Does he have any data about "Awk": has he seen it as a surname (or
> other name component) anywhere? If so, where, and what's his info?
>
> - Why does he want it? That is, does he like the meaning, and if so,
> what does he think it means? (Hint #73: if a client says that they
> like "the meaning", ask what they think it means; if a client says
> that they like "the sound", ask what they think it sounds like.
> They're often incorrect.) Or does he like the sound "AWK" or
> whatever? Such questioning can be handy in suggesting alternatives
> if you can't find "Auk" -- we might be able to suggest similar names
> but we have to know what *he* regards as "similar".
>
> ("Auker", in R&W, frex., or "Aukin", if he wants sound.)
>
> - I can't refer to your original message at the moment: did he
> indicate any culture / place / language / time-period preferences?
>
> - Do you have a feel for how wedded he is to this name? Maybe it's
> just a nickname he got in college and he's curious about whether he
> can have it, but he's fleximble -- or it's another
> I Want What I Want Dammit.
>
> Danett de Linccolne
> --
> Tim McDaniel; Reply-To: tmcd at panix.com
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