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I shrug at the weirdness of my Kingdom

Enough grrr for me to want to bop someone upside the head!

But is it ‘authentic frontier gibberish’ or simply ‘Gaelic gibberish’?

Professional wrestler name – DRINK

But WHY??? Why can’t it just be “because I said so?”
Because we’re not knights?

Asks for the cream and mice to be passed

Fjord is one syllable, not two.
Spelling it fiord doesn’t change that
Nor ‘fnord’

So close and yet so meh

I’m trying to have a little preparation for the inevitable stupid question

Thanks to the magic of Lillia, this name is fine.

Dumb commenters are dumb.

I’ve decided to start throwing some carrots at [Submissions Heralds]

And into the dreaded As

In my munificence, I do not use my personal taste as a rule

Drink for opera name, then!

Autocucumber is the devil

She’s trying to bring a cricket bat to a baseball game.

(What he asked for was dumb and he doesn’t deserve it )

Vent your bile. Give in to the Dark Side

One cannot summon Yehuda during tax season

Goes looking for his Cthulhu balaclava.

How about wired drunken angels?

Ah… but it doesn’t matter 'cause…he’s his own son

Don’t make me unnecessarily pull up 17th C manuscripts!!!

I hear Panama now when I heal the name avacal…thanks Alys
My work here is done.

Mobs of marauding Finns . . .

Road trips and heraldry should never mix

Romance novel name, DRINK!

All righty. So much for benevolence

Let it never be said that I did not occasionally try to take it easy on these poor bastards

Living la vida La Loca

Scuba masks for everyone!

I know, but "my knight said that I should try for vaguely obscene thing, what do you think?" was not my best Pennsic conversation.

Oh, this one made me want to flip a table.

I want this to be a character in a 19th C novel.

Hippies....

Sorry, I double NEXTed

I'm disobedient, but you're just bad.

We could just rename this chat "The Group W Bench"

Blazing Saddles flashback time!

"Yoinks and away!" needs to be your new "NEXT"

Drink for regency romance novel villain name?

This name is just so Mean Girls for the 13th C.

Star Wars name! DRINK!

Too much fizz in the green

Start the reactor.

This is the letter of too many u's

https://alysteaparty.blogspot.com/2020/01/harney-sons-valentines-day-tea.html

https://alysteaparty.blogspot.com/2020/01/tea-fortes-darjeeling-quince.html

My tea blog is back in operation after life ate my ability to write for a year.
https://alysteaparty.blogspot.com/2020/01/were-back.html

Beer for breakfast is a valid thing.
Oatmeal stout is cereal, right?

May your tea be a comfort and a defense against The Stupids.

I drink tea and know things.
I drink coffee and know other things, apparently.

That ogonek gets mislaid not at all infrequently.

Pardon my Jersey

I love names documented from cookbooks

I have orcs and hobbits.

Duck season
Wabbit season!
Rabbit season
Mongoose season!

Muirenn: Penetrex seems to do a bit more than Biofreeze for me.
Alys: Although it helps more than biofreeze
Alys: DRINK! Eastern Heraldic Brain!
Alys: Eastern Heraldic Pain Brain, even

We already have wind today

Pelican Queen of 4 a.m. typos

OK, anger translators

It's Finnish, it's never fine

Cormac was blamed
I'd expect no less

"Lillia and Alys think it's reasonable" isn't exactly documentation

We know it works, we just... take too long to get there for normal humans to understand?

I am Herald With Chopsticks

Commas save lives!

I read 'tickle box' instead of 'tickie box'.

So this will be "fun"

German is always metal

CTRL-F is my super power.

Sorry you name has been returned because we have reached the monthly quota on Viking names.

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. And pedantic heralds.
Foolish hobgoblins are consistently little.

Medieval naming: where a great deal is made up, and the finer points don't matter?

I only like dirty martinis.
How would you wash one, anyway?

Has to be Dainty, because we can't document Delicate Fucking Flower.

We can all swear HERE - just not in the LoAR

Just a soft fluffy floor please...

The LoAR Of All The Norse Names, similar to the Feast Of All Cheese

I thought Herald Helper was what you spiced heralds with
Only ground heralds
Make a herald in 30 minutes with Herald helper?
I don't think I can make a one-pan meal out of any heralds, even the 10 year olds who helped at Heralds Point this Pennsic.
My Herald Helper would have scotch in it

"I can leash the bees!!!"

Note to self: convince some poor sucker to submit Cheese Danish and ask for authenticity for Danish.

It's a terrible but legal idea.

Now I want to write Saint Bull fan fic.

That's a nice century you've got there... be a shame if something were to happen to it.

Goats: most important

This is such a Daphne DuMaurier name

I am trying to avoid harsher profanity but it taxes me

I'm on a lot of cold meds and it seems like a good idea

Artisanal hand-coded html at its best

Nobody can spell "cats' elbows" consistently

Elision doesn't eliminate the gap between the syllables, it just camouflages it
There's still a pimple under that concealer

[drinks but almost chokes at the notion of Diego's devices]

Your better angels are probably drunk

Umlauts were all over the place

This transcended the usual level of uselessness, moving straight into being counterproductive.

Overheard at the Pellicane Meeting: The Superhero Edition

Anyone want to get a last word in?
Terminal.
Final
Word
2 cents
That’s 2 words
wo-
You’ll be here all week; try the veal

Lillia: the snark is alllll me.

I give credit where due, even when people routinely annoy me.

Pellicane Meeting: the Musical

Mmmm, I get part of the Pelican brain today

slippery vowels!

capes for everyone!
No capes, dahling

You are just fulfilling your job as the voice in my head

And now I have Tigger’s song stuck in my head.

If this were any more of a D&D name it would come with a free set of dice

I expect a menhir delivered to my apartment

Maxwell Smart-ed it.

i psel derp gud

It’s very authentic for the 1980s

We have data. Weird, wonderful, screwed up data

Aethelstan had a lot of daughters!
Almost as many as Ulfr

Let's be sex-positive

LilieDubh - did you order more Pixie Dust? I think Alys may be running low

I just Googled it, which is the opposite of thinking about it

Prayer to the deities of names - Oh Saint Walburga, protect my research!

A buttload of wine is a thing

They tried for Terpsichore's Mouffle once

You could draw a grey-period spud.

With or without a trampoline?

Now I’ve done my howdy duty

What’s a Dicke?

They were really stoked about the otter

Seraphina, you and Lilie completely share a brain
So she like the really ragged stick?
Ragged Twig

No one other than the submitter is going to be able to pronounce this name.
Well if that were the standard we’d have to ban Gaelic (which I know doesn’t upset most of you)

Wasn’t that the name of one of the heroes in Mystery Men?

And the sound of bending metal and breaking glass.

I just want to hug [person] with a straight jacket

Abominations R Them?

Hey, I'm not going to object to people in the SCA wanting to play ordinary humans

Well, it's Russian, so it's "fine"ness is dubious

Are you trying to summon Yehuda?
It's tax season. Yehuda won't be summoned by just garden variety nonsense.
Someone has to be seriously wrong on the Internet and there has to be a LOT of beer.

This has hot mess written all over it

There are times whenn pubic laughter is important.
spelling!

We'll get back to him with options and a gentle suggestion to reconsider his life choices

Like many submitters, there's a blend of fiction, fantasy, and 100% impossibility in his [persona] story.

Oh sweet snow flurries give me strength.

Ducks can't ramp

The wings are under that hump

"Hey there, nice hump. Want to go home with me?" << picking up a bison
The bison responds, "Hey, my eyes are up here!"

Sometimes I share the voices in my id.

It was the least worst one.

"All I can think of is a million frogs on tiny crutches"

I'm still trying to figure out why they are putting spurs on dicks

Boy, I could cement that "Worst Peer Ever" status.

And the [redacted] is now the Thingamabob. It’s a Lingua Anglica form.

The byname is really Frenchy, but accepted

I want to watch you tell Bruni that "really Frenchy" is reason for return

We ALL want to watch her tell Bruni that

Alert the vowel police

Can I smack Yehuda with a fish?

Step heppin' Istvan.

*Slaps Istvan with a Fish*

I'm out of booooze

There's an emergency. Someone get Pellycan some booze, stat!

There are no Greek orders, right?

"Two gyros to go" doesn't count, right?

*sneaks fish closer to Istvan, just in case*

Somebody turn that fish in Herveus' direction.

That's weird but not Greek

I'm buying all of us rubber fish.

Of course you see flesh and leashes, Istvan

Shauna: BHO?

Lillia: British History Online

Istvan: Big Hairy Otto, actually. He's a name source.

*makes note to pack a fish*

So the submitter wants teeny tiny authenticity.

There's something fishy going on around here.

Something fishy this way comes

("Keythong" always seems to me like it should refer to a very uncomfortable type of underwear or swimwear)

Anime keythongs would probably be creepier

More tentacles

Do we want to know what's causing all those green sparks?

It's best not to ask

Resistance is futile.

Resistance is never futile. It's frequently VERY important.

Ohmmmmmm

Oooo, [redacted] gets the Fish-Slapping Dance?

Schroedinger's Pellycan Meeting?

I've said several times that I'd love it if we had some kind of "Medieval Food Festival" type of event with opportunities for people to taste different kinds of period foods in small samples. One of the things I love about vigils and foodie A&S events is that I get to try something in a small batch, where I can decide if I like it or not without the added pressures of being tired and hungry after a long day of working at an event.

If I were to step up and actually run such an event, what would the cooks need to make this sort of idea work? What kinds of space and resources? Other than brewing/beverage work, are there other activities that fit naturally with a "food festival" that might bring in more people?

Would we be better off doing this as a public demo than an SCA event?

Countess Meggie suggested that we might run this as a "street fair" or "market fair," so practical ideas for making that happen would be appreciated.

Tagging

bytchearse and

loosecanon

This year, the East's College of Heralds has prepared a Feast of Fools letter filled with completely documentable holiday names and armory.

The Feast of Fools was popular festival in medieval England and France, held on or about January 1, celebrating the biblical principle that "God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise" (1 Cor. 1:27). During the Feast of Fools, mock bishops, popes and other high officials were elected, servants and masters changed places, and other foolery and foolishness was celebrated.

This Feast of Fools letter, celebrating the holiday season, was prepared based on responses to a challenge to document holiday names and create holiday armory. Contributors to this letter of mis-intent include: Alesone Gray of Cranlegh, Edwyn le Clerc, Seraphina Golden Dolphin, Godefroy de Lisieues, Conall Blue Talbot, Lillia Pellycan, Violet Sea Star, Lilie Dubh inghean uí Mórdha, and, of course, myself.

Feel free to share this letter with anyone who enjoys heraldic silliness!

You can view the letter here: https://oscar.sca.org/index.php?action=100&loi=3626

Edited to add: The link is being ornery. When you follow the link, you have to then click on KLoI at the top, then on the East 12-23-2015 link.

Best wishes for the holiday season,

Alys Ogress

(1) Deus homo factus est

Natura mirante,

Mundus renovatus est

A Christo regnante.

(2) O garçons, aquesta nit

una verges na parit

un fillo qu’es tro polit

que non aut au en lo mon.

(3) Aurum de Arabia thus

et myrrham de Saba

tulit in ecclesia virtus Asinaria

A three-fer today to make up for lost days:

(1) He rules the world with truth and grace,

And makes the nations prove

The glories of His righteousness,

And wonders of His love

(2) Thus spake the seraph,

And forthwith

Appeared a shining throng

Of angels praising God, who thus

Addressed their joyful song

(3) A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices,

For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.

Fall on your knees! Oh, hear the angel voices!

You'll notice a theme today, which may help you identify the second, medieval, tune.

(1) This star drew nigh to the northwest

O'er Bethlehem it took its rest

And there it did both Pause and stay

Right o'er the place where Jesus lay.

(2) Tidings true there be come new,

Sent from the Trinity

By Gabriel to Nazareth,

City of Galilee.

Oh when it snows ain't it thrilling

Though your nose gets a chilling

We'll frolic and play the Eskimo way

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Overheard at the Pellicane Meeting: the Really Short One
Overheard at the March 2020 Pellicane Meeting
Overheard at the February 2020 Pellicane Meeting
Harney & Sons' Valentine's Day Tea
Tea Forte's Darjeeling Quince
Alys's Tea Party is Back!
Overheard at the January 2020 Pellicane Meeting
Overheard at the December 2019 Pellicane Meeting: the One with all the Norse Names
Overheard at the Pellicane Meeting
Overheard at the Pellicane Meeting: the Superhero Edition
Overheard at the Pellicane Meeting
Overheard at the Pellicane Meeting: The Really Short Meeting
Overheard at the Pellicane Meeting
Overheard at the Pellycan Meeting: The One Where Everyone Was Late
Event idea brainstorming
Heraldic Feast of Fools!
Name That Holiday Tune: Bonus Medieval Round!
Name That Holiday Tune, day 23
Name That Holiday Tune, day 21
Name That Holiday Tune, day 20

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