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It just occured to me Etzel Send a noteboard - 31/12/2009 10:12:12 AM
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. :)
Towers of Midnight
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It just occured to me - 31/12/2009 10:12:12 AM 1578 Views
I tink they did - 31/12/2009 10:52:32 AM 872 Views
Re: It just occured to me - 31/12/2009 11:07:29 AM 834 Views
Yeah, if you compare it to the Catholic Church... - 31/12/2009 11:34:49 AM 807 Views
Re: Yeah, if you compare it to the Catholic Church... - 31/12/2009 02:20:32 PM 698 Views
In a democracy though... - 31/12/2009 02:38:21 PM 699 Views
Re: Yeah, if you compare it to the Catholic Church... - 31/12/2009 04:30:58 PM 729 Views
Depends on what the actual translation is... - 31/12/2009 04:49:54 PM 707 Views
The translation... - 31/12/2009 06:17:07 PM 724 Views
Look at M'Hael - 31/12/2009 08:12:35 PM 731 Views
No... - 31/12/2009 08:19:18 PM 688 Views
And Sedai is not a title? - 31/12/2009 08:47:03 PM 783 Views
Nope, it is an honorific. - 31/12/2009 09:31:37 PM 845 Views
You're really splitting hairs... - 01/01/2010 04:06:02 PM 951 Views
That's why I said I was. - 01/01/2010 06:19:22 PM 856 Views
My 2 cents... which may only be worth 1 - 01/01/2010 06:39:52 PM 850 Views
I'll cash that check, but I doubt my bank will care much. - 01/01/2010 06:49:25 PM 838 Views
Re: I'll cash that check, but I doubt my bank will care much. - 01/01/2010 07:27:57 PM 811 Views
Re: I'll cash that check, but I doubt my bank will care much. - 01/01/2010 07:37:17 PM 805 Views
Re: I'll cash that check, but I doubt my bank will care much. - 01/01/2010 08:08:58 PM 834 Views
Re: I'll cash that check, but I doubt my bank will care much. - 01/01/2010 09:05:45 PM 811 Views
I think we're pretty much in agreement - 01/01/2010 09:26:26 PM 831 Views
I'd agree with that. - 01/01/2010 10:20:52 PM 783 Views
I think it's a pride of humility thing.... - 31/12/2009 06:24:17 PM 760 Views
They don't care. The meaning of the honorific is irrelevant - all significance comes from context - 01/01/2010 06:08:40 AM 741 Views
I Agree - 01/01/2010 08:36:40 AM 681 Views
Re: I Agree - 01/01/2010 03:04:18 PM 669 Views

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