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<font size="2">Oh you don't have to worry whether or not you tell people your nicknames arround here. Trust me, they'll come up with plenty of new and "interesting" ones on their own.
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<br />Donnchadh Beag mac Griogair
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Barony of Namron
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<br /><b>---------- Original Message -----------</b>
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From: Zach Greggs <chrisfroste@yahoo.com>
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To: Barony of Namron <namron@ansteorra.org>
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Sent: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 12:28:41 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: Re: [Namron] Help me find a name!
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<br />> On the subject of people calling you what they want
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to, do NOT let them know any wierd nicknames. I was
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introduced to the SCA by my computer science floor
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friends, and now am stuck with the nickname Bit (as
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in, Bit & Byte, me and my twin brother).
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Christopher Froste
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--- marc adkins <winkleried@oecadvantage.net> wrote:
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> My understanding ( Based on when I was the founding
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> herald of the defunct shire based outta Chickasha)
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> Is that you can keep one element of your mundane
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> name as long as it is in the proper order. I.E. On
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> mine I took my first name and converted it to
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> German.My advice is not to get too wrapped up in the
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> multiple layers of each meaning of the individual
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> portions of your name.
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> Other guidelines from the College of Heralds for
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> submitting a name ; No mixing of languages( A
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> mixture of Latin and French and roma will be nixed )
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> no titles (until awarded by the SCA); No famous
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> personality (Eleanor of Aquitaine will be nixed as
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> well), No conflicts with any other name in the SCA (
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> Agnese de Siena is already spoken for) and no
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> obviously fantasy names ( Arwen daughter of Elron ).
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> We as Americans come from a varied and wildly
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> mixed heritage that simply was not the case in the
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> periods that we are trying to portray.
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> My advice is to find a time period and a country
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> that fascinates you and go from there. Again as an
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> example when I first started playing I was extremely
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> interested in Switzerland particularly around the
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> period during the rise of the Swiss Confederation.
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> So I based my persona around that region and time
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> period.
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> My lady on the other hand took a little bit longer
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> to determine what she wanted. all she knew was that
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> she was interested in pre renaissance Italy. after
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> some false starts she landed on a time, place and
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> background for her persona. that she still portrays.
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> I Guess what I am trying to say is take your
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> time, it will come and you definitely don't want to
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> get stuck with a name that you are unhappy with.
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> No one is forced to register a name and I know
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> several in this group that have not done so. Keep
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> talking to the heralds and let me know when You are
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> going to be at the next pop meeting. I have a
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> article that address this and a couple of related
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> topics.
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> As a side note I was the only Germanic persona in a
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> shire full of Celtic type personas. Wilhelm von
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> Winkleried( Pronounced Vilhelm Won Vinkleried) was a
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> bit too complicated for them to say. So it was
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> shortened to Willy ( As in Free...) 13 years later I
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> am still referred to that today. People are going to
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> call you what they want to and mean no ill will when
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> they do so.
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>
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> Lord Wilhelm von Winkleried (OHSS)
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>
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>
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: Sami
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> To: Namron@ansteorra.org
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> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 10:47 AM
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> Subject: [Namron] Help me find a name!
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>
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>
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> To the Populus of the Barony of Namron and all
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> it's territories.
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>
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> Greetings all!
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>
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> I've spent all morning researching names and
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> personas and I'm more confused than when I first
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> started. So, I am most humbly asking for help in
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> creating my personna and name. Once mine is done,
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> we'll work on Heathers.
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>
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> As my actual given name is Samantha
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> (Hebrew/Aramaic meaning She Who Listens) and Faye
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> (Latin French for of the fairy folk) I almost want
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> to keep my own name (She who listens to Fairy
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> Folk)...but where would be the fun of that? So, I'm
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> taking suggestions. I'm not settled on a period or
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> an era, so I'm open for suggestions there as well.
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> However, I'm told that my personality traits include
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> the following and would like my personna to be
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> similar....
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>
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> 1. Earthy and Bohemian/Free Spirit
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> 2. Spiritual and Joyous faith in God (NOT a
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> prudish stick in the mud however)
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> 3. Adventurous and funloving/impish
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> 4. Creative and musical
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> 5. Nurturing and caring
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> 6. Reliable and hard working
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>
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> My actual family origins are English( Weatherford)
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> Danish(Jensen) Native American
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> Scotts (Leslies) Irish/French (Flournoy) and
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> German (Brown) and I'm told some Gypsey.
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>
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> So, the polls are open...please submit any
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> suggestions you have, and have fun with this, as I
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> hope to! All suggestions will be considered
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> thoroughly and with sincere interest. If I do
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> choose your suggestion, there may be an apple pie in
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> your future!
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>
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> With Sincere Thanks
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> Sami of Maysville
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>
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> PS...Apparantly I'll be married to a
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> Scotts/Viking. I don't know quite how that will
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> affect my personna, but cest la vie....
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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