Re: MR-Banter: Fran

[edh@ascc01.ascc.lucent.com]

Poster: edh@ascc01.ascc.lucent.com

> > 4) The Laurel Kings have rather more power than King Cnut had.
> >
>
> No, the power factor of the Laurel Sovereigns works on an inverse cube
> ratio so being Laurel is tantamount to being ground zero in
> Charleston Harbor in September, 1989.  <<<In joke alert!!!>>>
>
> Alisoun
> (Quondam Laurel Sovereign of Arms)

Used "The Laurel Kings" as a back-formation of "The Laurel Kingdom of ...",
to refer collectively to the King of Atlantia, the King of Atenveldt, etc.,
to the exclusion of the King of Denmark and England, the King of Spain and
the Netherlands, etc.  I completely forgot the heraldic title.  I also
forgot one of the sovereign rules of grammar: "Never back-form!"

So, what is the term for all those monarchs who get to hold court in
the Barn at Pennsic?

-- Alfredo
(feeling pretty lucky to be just down one willow tree and one windshield)

 
Alfredo el Bufon
Elvegast, Windmaster's Hill, Atlantia
edh@ascc01.ascc.lucent.com
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