mangoe@mimsy.UUCP (Charley Wingate) (11/26/86)
D. W. James writes: > One more thing before I leave this sad discussion behind. I have been >in the SCA for about 5 years now, and until 6 months ago had never heard the >term "ska" used for SCA, or 'SCAdians' for SCAers. It grates about the same >way hearing Clarke and Asimov described as 'sci-fi' writers does. The correct >pronunciation is to say each letter "ess see (long)a", with an -er for >members. Up here in frozen Maryland, everyone refers to the members of said organization as scadians. Tastes in English are highly regional. AEthelfrith of the Firth (who is a Marklander, by the way)