Definition of the word Period (again) Re: SC - Alternate spicing

[RichSCA at aol.com]

I say... YES.  There is a difference in the definition of the word "period" 
when used in many different contexts and by many different people.  How do I 
know this?  'Cause right now, as we speak... I am running a Feast Survey on a 
variety of different SCA Lists. It has around 20 questions about feasts, 
food, feast set-up, etc.  I asked that (if possible) people respond to the 
survey in the mind frame of the "eaters" of feasts rather than the 
"preparers" of feasts.  I have got some surprising (for me) answers and 
comments. 

Rayne    


In a message dated 4/20/00 3:19:50 AM Central Daylight Time, 
CBlackwill at aol.com writes:

<< 
 > 
 >  We have come to use a definition for Period on this list, which means 
what 
 >  you have called "Documentably Period". we are using the rather nebulous 
 >  term "period" as a "term of art"  with that definition for the purposes 
of 
 > this 
 >  list.
 
 Allright.  So, if I were cooking at a feast you were attending (obviously 
off 
 this llist), and had made a substitution to a "documented recipe" and you 
 noticed it, would you still consider it "not a period dish"? Is there a 
 difference between the definition of "period" on the sca-cooks list and at 
 SCA events in general?  This, I think, is where the confusion lies, at least 
 for me.  
 
 Balthazar of Blackmoor
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