SR - Lions and such

[Kevin Varner]

Greetings All!

I don't think I could really get along with Sudsteorra (pronounced with
a long u or double o). I can easily imagine corrupted pronounciation
brings it down to Suds...as in soap or beer foam. Of course I can't
imagine anyone here in Texas mispronouncing "foreign" words, can you?
(wink, wink, nudge,nugde)

Duncan

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Dennis and/or Dory Grace [SMTP:amazing at mail.utexas.edu]
> Sent:	Thursday, February 19, 1998 3:32 PM
> To:	southern at Ansteorra.ORG
> Subject:	SR - Lions and such
> 
> Salut, Cozyns,
> 
> Lyonel aisai.
> 
> Well, I haven't had a chance to research anything as far as Lions and
> Lowens in period, but the SCA Ordinary and Armorial lists only the
> following locations under Lions:
> 
> Lion's End
> Lion's Gate
> Lion's Keep
> Lion's Tower 
> 
> So, I guess that leaves Lion's Reach and Lion's March.
> 
> The O&A doesn't list any place names starting with Lowen.  I guess
> there's
> always Lowenfeld (or the OE version Leonfeld), Lowenland, or
> Lowensteppes.
> 
> Also, I suppose we could always do the Sussex thing. Sussex (and I
> think
> someone mentioned this) is a contraction of South Saxon (Sud Saxon).
> So I
> suppose a contraction of South Ansteorra would render something like
> Susteorra, Susteor, or Sustar.  
> 
> We could also consider the terrain.  The hills around here are
> primarily
> white limestone, but I believe the soil is redder towards Raven's
> Fort.
> 
> lo vostre por vos servir
> Sir Lyonel Oliver Grace
> _____________________________
> Dennis Grace
> University of Texas at Austin
> English Department
> Recovering Medievalist
> mailto:amazing at mail.utexas.edu
> 
> Micel yfel deth se unwritere.
>                            AElfric of York
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