sca-cooks Re: Terms
Beth Morris
bmorris at access.digex.net
Thu Apr 10 10:24:25 PDT 1997
The learned Joshua wrote:
>
> Keilyn wrote:
> > Someone used steward earlier, and even that, while not precisely
> > correct, is better than mumble-o-crat.
>
> My impression is that the "steward" (an EXTREMELY old English word --
> the OED dates it to the 11th or 12th century, if I remember right) runs
> a household, supervises all the other servants, orders supplies, etc.
> I think it would make a good replacement for "autocrat" in SCA parlance.
And in fact we're trying to use it as such, with some success!
I meant to say that I'd rather see Steward slightly misused than the
vile -crat construction.
Keilyn
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