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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">----- Original Message ----<BR>From: paula hanna <pippermint@sbcglobal.net><BR>To: "Western Region of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <western@lists.ansteorra.org><BR>Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 9:47:20 AM<BR>Subject: Re: [Western] Gothic Road Names<BR><BR>Salve, Dear West,<BR><BR>I think naming the roads at Gothic is a tremendous idea! And I'm thrilled to be getting a<BR>map! I LOVE maps. Good job, fellas!<BR><BR>Just some food for thought **WARNING - HISTORY LESSON ENSUING**, the word "Boulevard"<BR>doesn't mean "road" in medieval times. Here's a link to an encyclopedic entry: <BR><BR><A href="http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/BOS_BRI/BOULEVARD_a_Fr_word_earlier_bou.html" target=_blank>http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/BOS_BRI/BOULEVARD_a_Fr_word_earlier_bou.html</A><BR><BR>Or if you would like the short version, it was a gangplank for mounting artillery, and
it<BR>wasn't really put into use until the 1700s. "Avenue" works the same way. It was military<BR>in origin, and wasn't commonplace until way after 1600.<BR><BR>The other road nomenclature (a word that came around in the mid-1600s ;o) I like. Those<BR>other two just sound too modern for me. <BR><BR>Thanks for listening to the sometime-period-stickler ramble. ;o)<BR><BR>Oriana<BR><BR>--- agnarr <<A href="mailto:agnarr@suddenlink.net" ymailto="mailto:agnarr@suddenlink.net">agnarr@suddenlink.net</A>> wrote:<BR><BR>> Names for Roads at Gothic War<BR>> Am Lock Ave. <BR>> Adlersruhe Rd.<BR>> Blacklake Path<BR>> Bonwicke's Blvd<BR>> Crossrode's Square<BR>> Mendersham St<BR>> Treloc Trail<BR>> Crazy Cad's Crossing (or Cad the Crazed's Crossing)<BR>> Crane's Circle<BR>> Corsair's Corner<BR>> Western Way<BR>> DelaRosa Way<BR>> Thunder Circle<BR><BR><BR>---<BR><BR>On a bad day, I have mood swings -- <BR>but on
a good day, I have the whole mood playground.<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Western mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:Western@lists.ansteorra.org" ymailto="mailto:Western@lists.ansteorra.org">Western@lists.ansteorra.org</A><BR><A href="http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/western-ansteorra.org" target=_blank>http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/western-ansteorra.org</A><BR></DIV><BR></DIV></div><br>
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