[Moo] Axe

[enequy at comcast.net]

If the rules that Evan is applying here actaully work out (and Evan is one I really trust that is up on most of the rules)  - - - then I myself really would go for the idea of the "Award of the Silver Hatchet". And it also matches the device. You got my vote on it.

Enequy

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From: Dave Montuori <damont at wolfstar.com> 

> > I would love to quote you on that. The Golden Dolphin Herald said I 
> > couldn't use different words for the same thing and have it pass when we 
> > sat down and talked at Fall University. She knew that we were trying to 
> > pass award names when she made that statement. I might have 
> > misinterpreted her statement but I was sure she said that it had to be 
> > something completely different. Can you give me a link to that ruling? 
> > Is it on the SCA precedents page? 
> 
> You have my permission to quote me on that. It's straight from the Rules 
> for Submissions, Section V.2 -- I am unaware of any precedent that 
> overrules the basic rule in this case. 
> 
> "a. Difference of Descriptive Elements - A descriptive element is a word 
> other than a designator, an article, a preposition, or the name of a 
> branch of the Society." 
> 
> Here's the first important part: 
> 
> "Two descriptive elements are considered significantly different if they 
> differ significantly in both sound and appearance. Descriptive elements 
> that are not significantly different are said to be equivalent." 
> 
> And in the section immediately below that part, the middle paragraph is 
> the most important: 
> 
> "b. Conflict of Names with the Same Number of Elements - Two non-personal 
> names with the same number of descriptive elements conflict unless at 
> least one of the following conditions is met. 
> 
> " i. Change of Elements - Two such names do not conflict if each of 
> them contains a descriptive element significantly different from every 
> descriptive element in the other. 
> 
> " House Saint Mary , Saint Mary Herald , and the College of Sainte 
> Marie all conflict with one another because their descriptive elements are 
> equivalent; House , Herald , and College of , being designators, are not 
> descriptive elements. The House of the Red Dolphin does not conflict with 
> the House of the Blue Dolphin or the House of the Red Lion . The Order of 
> the White Scarf of Ansteorra conflicts with the Order of the White Scarf 
> of Atenveldt because Ansteorra and Atenveldt are not descriptive elements 
> as defined above in clause 2. a." 
> 
> Evan 
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