[Sca-cooks] SCA names for foodie types

[Susan Fox-Davis]

Stefan li Rous wrote:

> Selene gave us:
>
>> =-=-=-=  forwarded material =-=-=-=
>> (I just found a byname for someone who 'saves bacon'...)
>> >> Okay...I know someone who just might like that. *grin* > What is it?
>>
>> Sparbakoun 'spare-bacon', dated 1338 in Jonsjo.
>> - Teceangl
>
>
> Maybe. But I think that might not go over very well today. In period, 
> "bacon" seems to be synonymous with "fat". Our idea of the perfect 
> human form seems to have changed. So, while this might have been 
> complimentary within reason in period, do you really want a name that 
> says you have "spare fat" or "fat to spare"?
>
> Stefan
> -------- 

Honeychile, Back In The Day a fat wife was dearly desired as a sign of 
her prosperity [and by implication, her husband's].
I'm not overweight, I'm just in the wrong century!

If you seek really insulting bynames, check the scatological items in 
Old Norse and Japanese, which include some of the Seven Words You Can't 
Say On TV.   I've been researching names in Solveig's Japanese Names 
book for a new Nihon-jin and been finding some fascinating things. *_*

Selene Sparbakoun Colfox