[Northkeep] So, yah, da Northern Ansteorra name problem...

[Etienne de St. Amaranth]

I will freely admit that drinking while I was reading this was a tactical error on my part.  Somehow a vision of Bob and Doug Mackinzie as Vikings came to mind.

I'll leave you to your normal list traffic now so I can get a napkin.

Respectfully,
Sent from my iPhone,

Etienne
NR Seneschal

On Mar 27, 2011, at 6:20 PM, "Peter Schorn" <peterschorn at pdq.net> wrote:

> ...it makes me t'ink of dat time I spent in Michigan, where dey got dat
> place over da Straits o' Mackinac called de Upper Peninsula, or da U.P.
> Folks dat live dere, dey call 'em "Youpers."
> 
> Now yer typical Youper, he's darn proud to be from Michigan, but he does
> t'ings a bit differ'nt from da folks down in "da Glove," an' he's darn proud
> o' dat, too.
> 
> A Youper's a bit more rough-hewn, an' woodsy, an' he likes t'hunt an' fish
> more dan most (you ever hear dat song "Second Week of Deer Camp?"  Yah,
> dat's Youper music).  Also he don't t'ink nothin' of da cold and da snow an'
> de ice 'cause he's lived so long wit 'em, dere kinda like family.  Or like
> annoyin' in-laws dat come and stay a long time, but it's OK, dey go away
> eventually.
> 
> So anyways what I'm sayin' is, Northern Ansteorran remind me a lot o'
> Youpers, 'cause Oklahoma is kinda like da Upper Peninsula of Ansteorra,
> separated as it is from da rest of da Kingdom by a stretch of water dat's
> awful dangerous to cross (no, really, my third cousin he tried to cross da
> Red River in winter, an' he tripped an' broke his neck).
> 
> An' maybe dat's where we should draw, y'know, our inspiration an' stuff like
> dat.  From folks who're proud to be from one place, but who're also proud to
> be from a part of a place dat's a little unusual.  Exceptional.  Distinct. 
> 
> You know, dat sorta t'ing.
> 
> --Cadfan ("Say, didja hear about da fellow got a snowmobile for his wife?"
> "No, but dat's a good trade if you can work dat.")
> 
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