sca-cooks Re: intro
Mark Schuldenfrei
schuldy at abel.MATH.HARVARD.EDU
Thu Apr 10 07:34:07 PDT 1997
> On the nomenclature issue, how about "chef" or "head cook"? The fact
> that these terms are comprehensible to modern ears doesn't ENTIRELY
> disqualify them from SCA use :-)
I don't think it disqualifies them from SCA use but it depends upon
the way it is used. I have concerns over "chef" for two reasons.
First it implies a mundane ranking and second it could make things
confusing for the listener. Saying "I have been a chef many times."
could imply either that a person has "feastocratted" several events
or been the "chef de cuisine" for a nice mundane restaurant.
Context matters. I don't see a problem.
I prefer "Head Cook" but I'm not thrilled with that either. The
phrase "...and bottle washer." always runs through my head when I
hear it.
The phrase is "Chief Cook and Bottle Washer". Not "Head Cook". There ya
go!
I may not like "feastocrat" but at least we know what we are talking about.
Yes, but we are also not doing the best we can to be a good medieval
organization.
Tibor
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