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I Agree Yondaime Send a noteboard - 01/01/2010 08:36:40 AM
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.
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It just occured to me Etzel - 31/12/2009 10:12:12 AM 1663 Views
I tink they did ursidae - 31/12/2009 10:52:32 AM 959 Views
Yeah, you are right, checked it. For example, Mierin Sedai is mentioned! *NM* Etzel - 31/12/2009 11:02:11 AM 766 Views
Re: It just occured to me Mysteria Indictus - 31/12/2009 11:07:29 AM 914 Views
Yeah, if you compare it to the Catholic Church... Etzel - 31/12/2009 11:34:49 AM 884 Views
Re: Yeah, if you compare it to the Catholic Church... Gerbeaud - 31/12/2009 02:20:32 PM 763 Views
In a democracy though... Silence_DoGood - 31/12/2009 02:38:21 PM 770 Views
Re: Yeah, if you compare it to the Catholic Church... Kieran - 31/12/2009 04:30:58 PM 805 Views
Depends on what the actual translation is... fionwe1987 - 31/12/2009 04:49:54 PM 771 Views
The translation... Phelix - 31/12/2009 06:17:07 PM 792 Views
Look at M'Hael fionwe1987 - 31/12/2009 08:12:35 PM 811 Views
No... Phelix - 31/12/2009 08:19:18 PM 752 Views
And Sedai is not a title? fionwe1987 - 31/12/2009 08:47:03 PM 857 Views
Nope, it is an honorific. Phelix - 31/12/2009 09:31:37 PM 927 Views
You're really splitting hairs... fionwe1987 - 01/01/2010 04:06:02 PM 1031 Views
That's why I said I was. Phelix - 01/01/2010 06:19:22 PM 935 Views
My 2 cents... which may only be worth 1 darius_sedai - 01/01/2010 06:39:52 PM 926 Views
I'll cash that check, but I doubt my bank will care much. Phelix - 01/01/2010 06:49:25 PM 934 Views
Re: I'll cash that check, but I doubt my bank will care much. darius_sedai - 01/01/2010 07:27:57 PM 879 Views
Re: I'll cash that check, but I doubt my bank will care much. Phelix - 01/01/2010 07:37:17 PM 884 Views
Re: I'll cash that check, but I doubt my bank will care much. darius_sedai - 01/01/2010 08:08:58 PM 907 Views
Re: I'll cash that check, but I doubt my bank will care much. Phelix - 01/01/2010 09:05:45 PM 887 Views
I think we're pretty much in agreement darius_sedai - 01/01/2010 09:26:26 PM 905 Views
I'd agree with that. Phelix - 01/01/2010 10:20:52 PM 867 Views
I think it's a pride of humility thing.... Phelix - 31/12/2009 06:24:17 PM 834 Views
I think it's meant to be more like "public servant" than "household help" or "farmhand" BlackAdder - 31/12/2009 07:11:28 PM 687 Views
They don't care. The meaning of the honorific is irrelevant - all significance comes from context Cannoli - 01/01/2010 06:08:40 AM 815 Views
I Agree Yondaime - 01/01/2010 08:36:40 AM 761 Views
Re: I Agree Watcher - 01/01/2010 03:04:18 PM 748 Views
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