(catching up on LJ) In real life: It is undoubtedly period to pronounce names of persons not from your court the way that *you* want to - after all, this is *your* court (or your sovereign's, and you speak for him/her). The King's Way of Speaking Is Correct, which is why "Thames" is pronounced "Temmes," and an entire Spanish court lisped, and . . . (I'm sure there are other examples)
In SCA life: As a Court Herald, I felt it was my duty to make the experience of being called into Royal Court as memorable as possible for the callee - in a *good* way. As such, I always talked to people who knew them to find out how *they* pronounce their name (or asked them, if the calling wasn't a surprise) and did my absolute best to pronounce it their way.
This may be the difference you wrote about once between Steffan the medieval person and Baron Steffan in the SCA.
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Date: 2008-05-20 06:28 pm (UTC)In real life: It is undoubtedly period to pronounce names of persons not from your court the way that *you* want to - after all, this is *your* court (or your sovereign's, and you speak for him/her). The King's Way of Speaking Is Correct, which is why "Thames" is pronounced "Temmes," and an entire Spanish court lisped, and . . . (I'm sure there are other examples)
In SCA life: As a Court Herald, I felt it was my duty to make the experience of being called into Royal Court as memorable as possible for the callee - in a *good* way. As such, I always talked to people who knew them to find out how *they* pronounce their name (or asked them, if the calling wasn't a surprise) and did my absolute best to pronounce it their way.
This may be the difference you wrote about once between Steffan the medieval person and Baron Steffan in the SCA.