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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 1714 Views
I tink they did ursidae - 31/12/2009 10:52:32 AM 1005 Views
Yeah, you are right, checked it. For example, Mierin Sedai is mentioned! *NM* Etzel - 31/12/2009 11:02:11 AM 815 Views
Re: It just occured to me Mysteria Indictus - 31/12/2009 11:07:29 AM 968 Views
Yeah, if you compare it to the Catholic Church... Etzel - 31/12/2009 11:34:49 AM 934 Views
Re: Yeah, if you compare it to the Catholic Church... Gerbeaud - 31/12/2009 02:20:32 PM 814 Views
In a democracy though... Silence_DoGood - 31/12/2009 02:38:21 PM 818 Views
Re: Yeah, if you compare it to the Catholic Church... Kieran - 31/12/2009 04:30:58 PM 854 Views
Depends on what the actual translation is... fionwe1987 - 31/12/2009 04:49:54 PM 824 Views
The translation... Phelix - 31/12/2009 06:17:07 PM 841 Views
Look at M'Hael fionwe1987 - 31/12/2009 08:12:35 PM 865 Views
No... Phelix - 31/12/2009 08:19:18 PM 810 Views
And Sedai is not a title? fionwe1987 - 31/12/2009 08:47:03 PM 916 Views
Nope, it is an honorific. Phelix - 31/12/2009 09:31:37 PM 975 Views
You're really splitting hairs... fionwe1987 - 01/01/2010 04:06:02 PM 1082 Views
That's why I said I was. Phelix - 01/01/2010 06:19:22 PM 989 Views
My 2 cents... which may only be worth 1 darius_sedai - 01/01/2010 06:39:52 PM 988 Views
I'll cash that check, but I doubt my bank will care much. Phelix - 01/01/2010 06:49:25 PM 982 Views
Re: I'll cash that check, but I doubt my bank will care much. darius_sedai - 01/01/2010 07:27:57 PM 934 Views
Re: I'll cash that check, but I doubt my bank will care much. Phelix - 01/01/2010 07:37:17 PM 937 Views
Re: I'll cash that check, but I doubt my bank will care much. darius_sedai - 01/01/2010 08:08:58 PM 957 Views
Re: I'll cash that check, but I doubt my bank will care much. Phelix - 01/01/2010 09:05:45 PM 935 Views
I think we're pretty much in agreement darius_sedai - 01/01/2010 09:26:26 PM 954 Views
I'd agree with that. Phelix - 01/01/2010 10:20:52 PM 913 Views
I think it's a pride of humility thing.... Phelix - 31/12/2009 06:24:17 PM 884 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 735 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 859 Views
I Agree Yondaime - 01/01/2010 08:36:40 AM 817 Views
Re: I Agree Watcher - 01/01/2010 03:04:18 PM 796 Views
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