Received: from ATHENA-AS-WELL.MIT.EDU by po6.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA09100; Wed, 19 Jan 94 22:34:22 EST Received: from BLOOM-BEACON.MIT.EDU by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA03602; Wed, 19 Jan 94 22:34:14 EST Received: by bloom-beacon.mit.edu (5.61/25-eef) id AA27007; Wed, 19 Jan 94 22:26:59 EST Received: from lynx.dac.neu.edu by bloom-beacon.mit.edu with SMTP (5.61/25-eef) id AA26989; Wed, 19 Jan 94 22:26:56 EST Received: by lynx.dac.neu.edu (5.65/DEC-Ultrix/4.3) id AA14082; Wed, 19 Jan 1994 22:23:44 -0500 Message-Id: <9401200323.AA14082@lynx.dac.neu.edu> Subject: Carolingia v. Carolingia To: carolingia@bloom-beacon.mit.edu (Barony of Carolingia) Date: Wed, 19 Jan 1994 22:23:43 -0500 (EST) From: Solveig Throndardottir X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL21] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 354 Noble Cousins! The barony is named after the Charles River by folks who had not yet learned that Carolingia is a direct reference to the Carolingian Empire aka Holy ROman Empire (early period Karl der Gross and heirs) Your Humble Servant Solveig Throndardottir Totally Ignorant P.S. Concordia of the Snows has a somewhat similar problem