SC - How about "Cook"?

[Decker, Terry D.]

> Bearing in mind that this is purely an intellectual exercise, and I don't
> care
> what term people use as long as no one ever calls me a feast-ocrat again,
> _why_
> is there no danger of confusion between Meister and Master/Mistress? It's
> just
> like saying there's no similarity between Magister and Master. Just a
> cognate
> in a different (albeit _very_ similar) Indo-European language.
> 
> Now, I don't care about the Master thing either, since being Master /
> Mistress
> of a kitchen is a transitory state, at least for SCA kitchens, and is not
> in
> any way presumptive of Mastery of Arms, Mastery of the Pelican, Mastery of
> the
> Laurel, or Guild Mastership. Some people are just way too touchy.
> 
> 
> Adamantius
> ______________________________________
> Phil & Susan Troy
> troy at asan.com
> 
The difference is in the proper use of the language.  In German, a peer
would most likely be referred to as Herr Meister or Dame (or Frau)
Meisterin.  To object to the proper term Kuchenmeister(in), demonstrates
ignorance and discourtesy, traits which are beneath a peer of the realm.

Bear
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