> So even though *historically* speaking, "minstrel" is a
> more generic term than "bard," I think the word bard in the SCA has come
> to mean a "performing artist."  I seriously doubt we can change this.

The words "garb", "feastocrat", and "remove" have all come to mean
things in the SCA which would be better served by the words "clothes",
"head cook", and "course". Change happens one person at a time, You,
for example, could ask the crowns of Atlantia to please call you the
Royal Minstrel instead of the Royal Bard, like James of Rutland did a
few years ago. Who knows if we'll change the world, but it's worth a
little effort.

Gregory Blount, self-proclaimed social reformer

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