SC - choosing a Persona

[Bonne of Traquair]

>
>I love the naming threads. I find it fascinating to see how people develop 
>their
>personnas and names.

Bonne de Traquair is a woman of Scots-French ancestry from some point in 
time after Jean II ("le Bon") of France and his wife Bonne of Luxembourg soI 
can document the first name from there through the Duke de Berry's 
granddaughter. Traquair is a neat word that is the name of a castle 
belonging to the Stuarts,still does in fact, though the remaining Stuarts 
are descended from non-Royal cousins. The Scots and French now and again got 
together against the English, and Isabel of Scotland (sister of James II) 
was married to the Duke of (Burgandy?) so interaction and intermarriage of 
the noble families is also documentable. that's probably as firm as my 
persona will ever be.

The first event I trotted it out, the weather was really hot and my then 
13.5 year old was being a real trial and lady Jocetta pointed out that I was 
a "hot, cross, Bonne".  Scots tend to pronounce it "bonnie", which is fine.  
A woman in the area who knows Old French pronounces it extremely nasally, 
and others attempting to copy her pronounce it bun--with a southern drawl.  
Oh well.

My not-my-daughter 15 yr old is Cecily of Elmstead Market.  Cecily because 
she liked it, Elmstead Market because she's been there and knew it was old 
enough (Near Colchester, Wivenhoe, & Alresford in Essex, my husband's home.)

My not-my-daughter almost 13 year old is Bronwyn (becuase it's her real best 
friend's name) of Ruthan, a town she saw on a map of Wales at the Herald's 
table.

My not-my-husband is currently trying on the name Gregory, after playing 
very occaisionally for a few years and using his confimation name of 
Frances.  (though really, everyone calls him Tony.)

I say not-my-daughter and not-my-husband because our personas are not 
connected.  I like having an unmarried, childless persona ;-)  !


bonne

>
> > I agree with both comments:  When I first started playing people seemed 
>to be
> > picking names that were in SCI-FI stuff (which I have never read) and/or 
>picking
> > names which no one could spell or pronounce.  I would meet someone and 
>they would
> > tell me their name is:  dsafjlk  sadld jdslaureoi jkln (example only).  
>Then when I
> > would call them by their name they would never answer to it.
>
>Well I'm mainly Swedish although I look more Irish and I was very 
>interested in
>Vikings
>when I started. Being that my last name is Gunter and I'd been called that 
>most of my
>life I simply put that in its proper place at the front of my name and 
>since my real
>father's
>name is John I put that at the end. Hence: Gunthar Jonsson. Passed first 
>time.
>Now nobody but co-workers and my mother call me Michael.
>
>(A side note: when I got to the Barony I was going to live in there were 
>tons of
>Vikings
>running around. So, being the contrary galoot I am, I stayed Swedish but 
>became 14th
>Cent.)
>
> > Kristel became Amethyst Starr
>
>Please forgive me but...ouch!
>
> > Rayne      (who isn't sure what her own daughter's name is)
>
>That's okay, I frequently forget my own.
>
>Yers,
>
>Gunthar Jonsson
>Neither German nor Viking
>
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