[ANSTHRLD] Conflict check, please

[kevinkeary at aol.com]

Thank you, Daniel. That was an important bit of information I didn't 
know, and is the first concrete application I've ever heard for the 
oft-quoted fact that 'we register emblazons/the picture, not 
blazons/the words'. I'd always thought the distinction was irrelevant 
at best since most of us (until recently and increasingly) had no 
access to the pictures, just the words. But now it makes sense and I 
can agree it's a good thing.

I know I've seen things in the past I wish would get this treatment, 
but I can't think of any off the top of my head. The closest I can come 
up with was one I ran across during conflict checking once. A client 
here wanted a ferret argent on a device, and it was only on the third 
check that I realized one of the devices I was comparing said 'ermine', 
not 'ermine spot', and that was a conflict. A picture would have made 
it immediately obvious.

-----Original Message-----
From: tmcd at panix.com
To: Heralds List, Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc. 
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Sent: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 1:17 am
Subject: Re: [ANSTHRLD] Conflict check, please
...

Things occasionally get mass reblazonings, when we realize we've been
inconsistent or stupid in the past.  The ones that come to mind first:
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