[NR] NORTHERN REGIONAL NAMING POLL

[Ulf Gunnarsson]

That is a brilliant idea.  I would suggest getting the branch herald
from each group to get together a volunteer list of people with
experience in this type of research and co-ordinating through the
regional herald.

Why *experience*, some may ask?  For the same reason you would not want
the Crown to be forever after dressed in robes of state designed by
people who volunteer after making one T-tunic and watching a bunch of
Xena. While there have been a few queens *I* think would ... well, never
mind that.

The point - you don't take the love of your life to an amateur.  You
seek professional help if they mean so much to you.

Ulf

On 06/28/2011 02:50 PM, Master Finnacan wrote:
> This was extremely informative and I'm thankful for the time you took to write this. 
> I'll give Baron Cassius some credit, though - one person researching and documentating a name for personal submission is far easier and simple than asking hundreds of people for their feedback, polling, etc, especially since a lot of the names don't pass heraldic muster, despite a majority having some research.
> 
> I'm wondering if concepts like...
> 
> Plains
> Open
> Meadow
> Field
> Horse
> Hawk
> Grass
> Clay
> Dust
> Dry
> ...etc, should be given to a group of heraldic volunteers so that they could come to us with a list of names that they have researched, checked for conflict and spelling.
> Then instead of voting on a small group of names only to have them rejected, we could go in knowing that our top choices are viable.
> 
> we might also include a list of name elements we like, stuff like... 
> lund/land,
> mearc/marc/march,
> gard/geard,
> wold/woede/wood, 
> stuff like that, or merely state a preference for a certain language, like Latin, French, German, Norse, Old English/Saxon, Irish/Scots, Russian, Italian, Spanish, etc...