[Sca-cooks] Alternate title

[Ysabeau]

I just typed an email and found myself wondering the same thing...so I
just called that person "gatekeeper". We call it the gate in Ansteorra
(having managed to do away with troll), so they would be gatekeeper,
right?

Ysabeau

On 4/30/07, Gretchen Beck <grm at andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
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> --On Monday, April 30, 2007 4:12 PM -0400 Elaine Koogler
> <kiridono at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > 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. "
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> toodles, margaret
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