[ANSTHRLD] more name info
Jay Rudin
rudin at ev1.net
Fri Mar 30 08:05:10 PDT 2007
Faelan Caimbeul asked:
> Why is Rhiannon a weirdness? The name is that of a celtic goddess from
> millenia ago. Also, beings as the Scots and Welsh intermingled at many
> points in history, why would it be such a stretch to have a Welsh surname
> and a Scots given name? That doesn't seem like a stretch at all, they're
> all
> from the same little island.
That's twice in a row you used logic, when the issue is history. This is a
standard fallacy people fall into when dealing with the College of Arms.
1. "Rhiannon" as a name for a medieval name for a human is a weirdness
because we can't find anybody named "Rhiannon" in period.
2. A Welsh given name and a Scots surname is a weirdness because we haven't
found people with Welsh given names and Scots surnames.
SCA naming practice rules don't say it has to "not seem like a stretch";
they say it has to be shown to be period practice.
Robin of Gilwell / Jay Rudin
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