I used to see this in costume judging all the time - - fellow judges insisting that X or Y "isn't period" and I'd be sitting there like "what the fuck period are you even talking about and also that's an elf costume."
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I was once working in a code of conduct where we were trying to talk about mansplaining without using the word (long story) and a colleague suggested "corrections that add nothing to the conversation," which is what historical nitpicking usually is.
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Because for one thing it's often factually incorrect. Darts have been in clothing for centuries. That anachronistic word probably isn't. But also it's about competition, not communication.
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It's saying "I only respect those who can beat me at trivia, and if you cannot then you must stop your conversation to recognize my superior wit," Except the person doing it is both a contestant and the trivia judge.
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Also I could be mistaken but I'm pretty sure credit for The Tiffany Problem goes to
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I do have a serious question about someone named Kayley in a movie about Camelot though. Kayley is a common Dark Ages name? or nah?
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"Recorded in a range of spellings including Cayley, Caley, Calley, Kayley and Kaley, this is a surname of either English, French or Manx origins." Read more: https://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Kayley#ixzz6FurbjIyI … https://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Kayley
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Hat tip to Terry Pratchett for the young Discworld witch Tiffany Aching.


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But also, Discworld isn't even set on Earth, so matching names with Earth time periods is a bit absurd to begin with.
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our theatre group's play about the production of the York Mystery Plays devoted 4-5 lines to this exact problem, as one of the leads was named Tiffany
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