[Northkeep] newbies tonight

[Tina Michael]

Rats! I am at work and the filter will not let me see it, found the link
but can't see it! oh, the curse of Tantalus!
Tina

On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 9:19 AM, Linda Moore <gwyneth1362 at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> I admit, being also newer to the group I found it with an internet search.
> Gwyneth
>  > Oh, now you are killing me......you tease...
> > tina
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 8:47 AM, Katherine A. Herndon <
> bka28252 at nerdshack.com
> > > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > On Dec 6, 2012, at 9:31 PM, Marc Carlson wrote:
> > >
> > > > Poor boy was sadly in need of a Herald.
> > > >
> > > Or an onomastician (name guru).
> > >
> > > When Hiiam had been called Hiiam for several months, one of his friends
> > > pointed out that if he did not pick out a "real" name soon, he was
> going to
> > > be known as Hiiam forever.  And, while the name had been a splendid
> joke
> > > for a while, Hiiam did not want to be Hiiam for the rest of his SCA
> life.
> > >  So Hiiam sat down for a consultation with Northkeep's resident name
> > > expert, Lady Livia Madeleine Montgomery (now H.L. Livia, but at the
> time
> > > she hadn't yet received her Iris).
> > >
> > > Like many new SCA'ers fishing around for a persona name, Hiiam first
> > > suggested the name of his favorite D&D character.  Not surprisingly,
> that
> > > made-up name was not to be found in any of Livia's extensive
> collection of
> > > reference books.  However, she did find a reference to an obscure third
> > > century saint whose name was quite similar if a few letters were
> switched
> > > around.  And so she began gently nudging him in the direction of a
> > > registrable name.
> > >
> > > Rosamund
>
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