Isn't it a bit curious that many Aes Sedai demand of lesser people that they are called by their name and the "honorific Sedai". After all, many or most Aes Sedai and other educated people should know that "sedai" just means "servant" in the Old Tongue. That basically means an Aes Sedai e.g. wants to be properly adressed by a servant/novice as "Servant Lelaine", "Servant Elaida" or "Servant Cadsuane", for example. On the other hand, it's said that a character like Nynaeve often tries to make a point by never adding the honorific Sedai to the name, though that only means that she doesn't call the Aes Sedai servant.
I also wondered, did we ever learn if the Aes Sedai in the AoL, also added the honorific sedai to their name, like Lews Sedai? I only remember their honorific third name.
Anyway, on an unrelated side-note:
Just learned that you can already preorder Towers of Midnight from Amazon.uk.
I also wondered, did we ever learn if the Aes Sedai in the AoL, also added the honorific sedai to their name, like Lews Sedai? I only remember their honorific third name.
Anyway, on an unrelated side-note:
Just learned that you can already preorder Towers of Midnight from Amazon.uk.
It just occured to me
- 31/12/2009 10:12:12 AM
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I tink they did
- 31/12/2009 10:52:32 AM
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Yeah, you are right, checked it. For example, Mierin Sedai is mentioned! *NM*
- 31/12/2009 11:02:11 AM
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Re: It just occured to me
- 31/12/2009 11:07:29 AM
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Depends on what the actual translation is...
- 31/12/2009 04:49:54 PM
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The translation...
- 31/12/2009 06:17:07 PM
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Look at M'Hael
- 31/12/2009 08:12:35 PM
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No...
- 31/12/2009 08:19:18 PM
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And Sedai is not a title?
- 31/12/2009 08:47:03 PM
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Nope, it is an honorific.
- 31/12/2009 09:31:37 PM
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You're really splitting hairs...
- 01/01/2010 04:06:02 PM
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That's why I said I was.
- 01/01/2010 06:19:22 PM
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My 2 cents... which may only be worth 1
- 01/01/2010 06:39:52 PM
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- 01/01/2010 06:39:52 PM
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I'll cash that check, but I doubt my bank will care much.
- 01/01/2010 06:49:25 PM
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- 01/01/2010 06:49:25 PM
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Re: I'll cash that check, but I doubt my bank will care much.
- 01/01/2010 07:27:57 PM
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- 01/01/2010 07:27:57 PM
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Re: I'll cash that check, but I doubt my bank will care much.
- 01/01/2010 07:37:17 PM
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- 01/01/2010 07:37:17 PM
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Re: I'll cash that check, but I doubt my bank will care much.
- 01/01/2010 08:08:58 PM
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- 01/01/2010 08:08:58 PM
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Re: I'll cash that check, but I doubt my bank will care much.
- 01/01/2010 09:05:45 PM
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- 01/01/2010 09:05:45 PM
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I think it's meant to be more like "public servant" than "household help" or "farmhand"
- 31/12/2009 07:11:28 PM
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They don't care. The meaning of the honorific is irrelevant - all significance comes from context
- 01/01/2010 06:08:40 AM
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