SR - Naming the region

[Gail P. Taylor]

Hehe....

One thing to add....
One shouldn't name a principality after Amber.  Her SCA name is Amerinda.

Isobel ;)

Timothy A. McDaniel wrote:

> Amber wrote:
> > How about Amerinda. In homage to the American Indian.
>
> I wish I had more time at the moment to reply -- I fear that this
> reply will come out sounding snippy or short, and that's not my intent
> at all.  I'm just trying to show a basic idea for getting a period name.
>
> One of the requirements for principality status is a name registered
> with the SCA College of Arms.  The SCA CoA Rules for Submission has
> (RfS I):
>
> 1. a. Compatible Content - All submissions shall be period in
> content. Each element of a submission shall be compatible with
> period usage.
>
> 1. b. Compatible Style - All submissions shall be period in style.
> All elements of a submission shall be used in a manner that is
> stylistically compatible with period usage.
>
> Chopping off parts of words and running together the result is, I
> believe, at best a 19th Century technique (Searoco: Sears, Roebuck,
> and Company).  Nor can I think of a language in which "Amerinda" would
> be a place name, though I could be wrong.
>
> Modern names can be made up of arbitrary words, sounds, or even
> letters.  I do not know of any period culture where that was done.
>
> It is far more productive to look at the sorts of names that were used
> in period and constructing names based on those patterns.  Cariadoc of
> the Bow has an analogy: the reverse is like getting dinner by
> generating an address, trying to find it on a map, and driving there
> in hopes of finding a restaurant there.
>
> Daniel de Lincolia
> --
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