How about the usual honorific for ordinary men? Why didn't Mat like Elayne calling him "Master"? For the simple reason that it has nothing to do with any acknowledgement of superiority, any more than "Sedai" - in an entirely different language no less - conveys a sense of servitude.
The meaning of the title and the meaning of the word aren't the same thing.
"Take the Gleeman!" Rand and Mat cried, throwing Thom to the Myrddraal. Then they ran away as fast as they could, and Thom's screams quickly faded into the distance along with any inconvenient feelings of guilt.
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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I'll cash that check, but I doubt my bank will care much.
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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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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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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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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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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