[Sca-cooks] Alternate title
Gretchen Beck
grm at andrew.cmu.edu
Mon Apr 30 13:15:14 PDT 2007
--On Monday, April 30, 2007 4:12 PM -0400 Elaine Koogler
<kiridono at gmail.com> wrote:
> I know we discussed this in the past, but I didn't keep the message. Does
> anyone have any suggestions for an alternate title for the person who
> checks people in to an SCA event. Our person uses the term "troll" which
> is beginning to grate on my nerves...almost as badly as
> "feastocrat"...though at least troll is a real word, and one that was
> probably used in period, though not for this purpose.
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Why not Porter? According to the OED, the usage dates back to at least 1300
with the definition " 1. a. A gatekeeper, esp. at the entrance of a
fortified town or castle; a doorkeeper; (now) esp. an employee in charge of
the entrance of a hotel, block of flats, college, or other large building. "
toodles, margaret
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