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Post by Kilted Cossack on Nov 27, 2009 19:54:51 GMT
before they discovered Brazil, and Brazil nuts?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2009 20:16:03 GMT
LOL
Great question, I wonder at that myself.
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Post by Dave(utilityslave) on Nov 27, 2009 20:26:25 GMT
Perhaps they named the country and nuts after the pommel!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2009 1:01:52 GMT
Didn't Brazil nuts go by a different name during the '50s in the US?? (I'm not saying it, I just think it's funny. )
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2009 2:58:34 GMT
Those nuts were always around during this time of the year. My family referred to them as "Honky Toes". Soon as you cracked em, they shone like snow. Or Honky's toes. I have nothing against Honkies, as I am a Honky. what's a Honky?
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Post by Avery on Nov 28, 2009 3:05:14 GMT
Those nuts were always around during this time of the year. My family referred to them as "Honky Toes". Soon as you cracked em, they shone like snow. Or Honky's toes. I have nothing against Honkies, as I am a Honky. what's a Honky? Seriously? Ummm, a honkey is a (or was a) derogatory term for white people years ago. It still gets tossed around, but not really offensively anymore.
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Post by shadowhowler on Nov 28, 2009 3:09:05 GMT
Seriously? Ummm, a honkey is a (or was a) derogatory term for white people years ago. It still gets tossed around, but not really offensively anymore. Heh... I'm a white guy in georgia... I still here it from time to time.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2009 3:23:15 GMT
I live in south Georgia and I have never heard the term seriously used, although I knew what it meant. Back to the original topic, I wonder what they called different types of swords before they had Oakeshott's typology.
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Post by kidcasanova on Nov 28, 2009 3:29:39 GMT
Probably just "sword" and "pommel." They likely threw in a general description of the shape/function they wanted, and let the smith go to town.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2009 5:06:59 GMT
That is why I, at times, doubt the accuracy of what we think is "historically accurate".
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2009 5:11:37 GMT
Dont you know that some one went back in time and suggested the shape so that we would later call it a Brazil nut pommel, because I go nuts over some of the woman from Brazil!!! Thats my story and I'm sticking to it.......SanMarc.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2009 5:27:02 GMT
Seriously? Ummm, a honkey is a (or was a) derogatory term for white people years ago. It still gets tossed around, but not really offensively anymore. sorry... I am European (or ex-European as some ad), I am not really familiar with the US derogatory terminology. Anyway, going back to the original purpose of the thread, I am sure they were called everything that described what it was, including "that thing that looks like a pointy mellon sliced in half" and "an ellipsoid sliced in half with respect to the major axis of the ellipse that encompasses it," many of the names we have now (Oakenshott types, etc) were not used in history. The guy would go to the sword smith and tell him he needed a sword that would be great against say plate armor, or one for civilan use or whatever, and the sword smith would make it.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2009 16:40:53 GMT
That is why I, at times, doubt the accuracy of what we think is "historically accurate". I'm with you, little brother...but we work with what we have.
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