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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 1443 Views
I tink they did ursidae - 31/12/2009 10:52:32 AM 731 Views
Yeah, you are right, checked it. For example, Mierin Sedai is mentioned! *NM* Etzel - 31/12/2009 11:02:11 AM 577 Views
Re: It just occured to me Mysteria Indictus - 31/12/2009 11:07:29 AM 723 Views
Yeah, if you compare it to the Catholic Church... Etzel - 31/12/2009 11:34:49 AM 697 Views
Re: Yeah, if you compare it to the Catholic Church... Gerbeaud - 31/12/2009 02:20:32 PM 600 Views
In a democracy though... Silence_DoGood - 31/12/2009 02:38:21 PM 570 Views
Re: Yeah, if you compare it to the Catholic Church... Kieran - 31/12/2009 04:30:58 PM 621 Views
Depends on what the actual translation is... fionwe1987 - 31/12/2009 04:49:54 PM 608 Views
The translation... Phelix - 31/12/2009 06:17:07 PM 588 Views
Look at M'Hael fionwe1987 - 31/12/2009 08:12:35 PM 621 Views
No... Phelix - 31/12/2009 08:19:18 PM 568 Views
And Sedai is not a title? fionwe1987 - 31/12/2009 08:47:03 PM 654 Views
Nope, it is an honorific. Phelix - 31/12/2009 09:31:37 PM 717 Views
You're really splitting hairs... fionwe1987 - 01/01/2010 04:06:02 PM 806 Views
That's why I said I was. Phelix - 01/01/2010 06:19:22 PM 718 Views
My 2 cents... which may only be worth 1 darius_sedai - 01/01/2010 06:39:52 PM 699 Views
I'll cash that check, but I doubt my bank will care much. Phelix - 01/01/2010 06:49:25 PM 693 Views
Re: I'll cash that check, but I doubt my bank will care much. darius_sedai - 01/01/2010 07:27:57 PM 703 Views
Re: I'll cash that check, but I doubt my bank will care much. Phelix - 01/01/2010 07:37:17 PM 673 Views
Re: I'll cash that check, but I doubt my bank will care much. darius_sedai - 01/01/2010 08:08:58 PM 715 Views
Re: I'll cash that check, but I doubt my bank will care much. Phelix - 01/01/2010 09:05:45 PM 674 Views
I think we're pretty much in agreement darius_sedai - 01/01/2010 09:26:26 PM 688 Views
I'd agree with that. Phelix - 01/01/2010 10:20:52 PM 646 Views
I think it's a pride of humility thing.... Phelix - 31/12/2009 06:24:17 PM 650 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 522 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 611 Views
I Agree Yondaime - 01/01/2010 08:36:40 AM 562 Views
Re: I Agree Watcher - 01/01/2010 03:04:18 PM 555 Views
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