SR - Naming the region

[Timothy A. McDaniel]

On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, Jax wrote:
> So, what ever happened to Sunsteor? It may not be quite so period, but it
> does show our loyalty and connection to Ansteorra, and it's still my
> favorite.

I don't have his exact comments myself, but AElfwyn sent this summary
back in February:

    From: Jodi McMaster <jmcmaste at accd.edu>
    To: southern at Ansteorra.ORG
    Subject: Re: SR - Sunsteor, Land of Lions
    Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 00:39:54 -0600

    Well, I asked the opinion of the "name stud," as Daniel referred
    to Baron Talan Gwynek, regarding the various forms that had been
    posted as contractions of Old English "Su{dh} Ansteorra." He
    pointed out that from a historical point of view, Ansteorra is not
    a probable name, and doesn't really fit the Sussex pattern, since
    that was contracted from a tribe called the "South Saxons."  He
    concluded that rather than try to shoehorn it into an OE
    construction to use "South Ansteorra." (For those of you keeping
    score at home, two points for Daniel for authenticity, zero for
    "sounds cool.")

    Oh, well, I tried.

    AElfwyn

I gather it's not a case of "not quite so period", but rather "can't
really be justified on period grounds".  Registerable?  I don't know.
I'd much prefer something that's not questionable.

Daniel de Lincolia
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