SC - Great Celebration in Atlantia

[sdrake]

If someone can give me a good alternative that is period, I'd be happy to
suggest it to Her Majesty, but I'm not sure what it would be.  It's a gathering
of the ladies of the Kingdom, with finger foods, usually during the afternoon,
but in this case, I think it's been moved to late morning.  I'm not sure, but
this Queen seems to be one who might be willing to listen to such a suggestion.

Kiri

Jenne Heise wrote:

> > It isn't, of course, Kiri's fault (nor, probably, Olwen's), but this
> > pushes one of my buttons. "Tea" as a drink is either very late period
> > or out of period for western Europe. "Tea" as the name of a social
> > occasion is more than a century out of period; as best I recall the
> > term first appears in the 18th century. It is entirely appropriate
> > for regency recreation, and wildly inappropriate for the SCA.
>
> The term "Queen's Tea" for an afternoon gathering with food is a spreading
> SCAism, of the same genre as 'Chivalry Meeting' (I don't think they had
> those in period either!) The Royals would be the ones responsible for
> spreading this terminology: perhaps if an alternative period term for an
> afternoon gathering with food were suggested, they might be willing to
> change over.
>
> Someone was whining at our shire meeting last night that 'dayboards aren't
> period'. I know that the period term is 'dinner' but that means something
> different to modern people. 'Nuncheon' would be the Regency term. Anyone
> have any other suggestions?
>
>  --
> Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, mka Jennifer Heise        jenne at tulgey.browser.net
> disclaimer: i speak for no-one and no-one speaks for me.
> "Are you finished? If you're finished, you have to put down the spoon."
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