NR - Principality (Name)

[Burke McCrory]

At 01:04 AM 9/8/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>In a message dated 9/7/00 10:04:01 AM Central Daylight Time,
>toadams at hotmail.com writes:
>
><<  support the idea of Principality, but I agree with Pug that this is more
>a
>  issue of do you like it or not?
>
>  It will not clear the calender,
>  it will not garner more awards for the Nordsteorra,
>  it will not mean less work,
>  it will not mean more exposure to The Crown,
>  But
>  I think it will be fun, and having a Crown Prince, will increase
>  the pomp of the north.
>   >>
>Well, I gotta respond here... I'm still weighing the pros and cons of this
>discussion. I see many worthwhile possibilities with a principality, I
>admit,...though Ireland had a northern region declare seperation, and that's
>a real cozy wake in the making....orange, heathen....ahem..I digress, sorry.
>   My actual reason for posting is the alias 'Nordsteorra'. Now, this is not
>an attack on good Timothy, he is using a label that is already commonplace.
>It's the name itself that makes me wince. Northshield is Northshield, not
>Middlesheild. Drachenwald was Drachenwald as a principality, not
>Eastwood...(The Saints be praised!)
>Why, then, must it be Nordsteorra? Sure, you can say it means 'northern star'
>all day, but it's origins are quite clear. We were Ansteorra as a
>Principality, not Atensteorra. If we ever get this principality horse
>drinking, can we at least consider something other
>then...eeeesh...Nordsteorra? Can we not, if that time ever comes, toast
>mother Ansteorra while still being our own particular realm?
>No fault on you, Timothy, it wasn't your idea, I just used your posting as an
>example.
>~Fionnagan


Nordsteorra is the name of the Northern Regional Herald and it has served 
as an unofficial rally cry for many years, but as has been pointed out here 
already things do change with time.  As an additional tangent to our 
discussions we can begin to bounce possible new names around.  Or if you 
like the name Nordsteorra you can explain why to everyone here.  But 
remember we are only a part of the people in the North so anything we talk 
about here would also have to be talked about at events and 
campfires.  Even if we never go for Principality status we can ask the 
crown to rename our region, if it something that we want.

BUT,  If we are going to talk about possible names I would strongly ask 
everyone to be civil and nice.  Please don't ridicule and scoff at 
someone's suggestion just because you don't like it.  Try to remember that 
everyone has a right to their opinion and keep the discussion pleasant as 
it should be between people who are chivalrous and nice.

Burke

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