SC - Great Celebration in Atlantia
david friedman
ddfr at best.com
Fri Feb 23 10:29:07 PST 2001
> I'm sure "brunch" is not a period word, but oh well, how can you
>argue with the Queen?
>Olwen
Politely.
If nobody in a kingdom is willing to tell royalty when they are
wrong, the kingdom is in serious trouble.
Oddly enough, "brunch" bothers me less than "tea," although I would
prefer to avoid both.
We can't, in practice, entirely keep the 20th century out of our SCA
activities, given that it is all around us--although we can try to
avoid it when possible. So when someone at an event uses a 20th
century term, the implication is that he is, in that respect,
speaking as a 20th century person rather than a medieval person. When
we have an activity titled a "tea," the implication is that Jane
Austen is medieval.
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David Friedman
Professor of Law
Santa Clara University
ddfr at best.com
http://www.daviddfriedman.com/
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