| How to spell "sabre" | |
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JavaGuy - Student  |
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Odan-Wei Belouve - Student 
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Mmm, I agree spelling is important but this is not a vital issue, is it ? Now back to the spelling of sabre/saber: when I was in schoold learning Enlgish, some teachers told me US English spells some words differently than the British English. Among those words there is for example: centre (British) and center (US) A bunch of words like those are slightly differently spelled but the meaning is the same. I think sabre or saber is fine because we'll probably understand both anyway  And IMO, saber makes for sense because of the pronunciation  My $0.02  Odan-Wei _______________ Padawan and brother to SmilyKrazy - Adopted in the Belouve Family by Fizz and Bubu, BELOUVE ON! - Vladarion, you'll always be in my heart and memories - Spam-Padawan of Jacen Aratan  - [DJ is my beloved wife! - JA Family: Brothers:
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Halendor - Ex-Student 
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Well, languages evolve. Some changes are welcome, some changes are hard to accept by people who think decent spelling is important (like me - 'beter als', anyone?), but it happens, and you'll have to live with it  |
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JavaGuy - Student 
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I'm pretty sure George Lucas spelled it sabre in his original novel and scripts, but I can't seem to find my copy of the original novel to veryify this, so maybe I'm mistaken. (Does anyone have it? I mean the original print of the novel from 1977.) In The Empire Strike Back it is, indeed, "saber." Fair enough, it's become acceptable and is even in many dictionaries of American English, but don't pretend that it isn't a new thing--I can remember when most Americans (the Army manual notwithstanding) spelled it "sabre," so for me it will always be a symbol of the laziness of those who got it wrong in the first place. _______________ My signature is only one line. You're welcome. |
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Eleanor Rigby - Ex-Student |
Its spelt saber, a contraction of lightsaber. A sabre is a completely different weapon. Its single edged, made of metal and has a hilt guard. You do NOT lunge with the back of the blade and you certainly can't DFA without a wire crew |
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Mreoton - Student |
in the film it was saber but the british made it sabre like center and centre |
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Xavier - Student 
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what he said.... but its saber _______________ ~Xavier |
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Zing98 - Student 
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surely as its a fictional weapon invented by Lucas they can spell it however the hell they want _______________ "Stop acting like little girls and learn to suck up to the mods like normal people" Remind me to kill my parents for loss of JA for so long. |
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{RH} ReaperXIII - Student 
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Quote: *punches himself really hard* Man don't do that, it makes MY head hurt... _______________ Master of the almighty BOGONE! (tm) No one can stop me now, unless you stand right in front of me. |
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Thomasooo - Student 
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Ditto _______________ In the navy and LOVING it!
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Odan-Wei Belouve - Student 
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*punches himself really hard* _______________ Padawan and brother to SmilyKrazy - Adopted in the Belouve Family by Fizz and Bubu, BELOUVE ON! - Vladarion, you'll always be in my heart and memories - Spam-Padawan of Jacen Aratan - [DJ is my beloved wife! - JA Family: Brothers:
Virtue, Furi0us, Vladarion, Hardwired, Janus, Axion, D@RtHM@UL, Motrec, Mike , xAnAtOs , Luke Skywalker; Little bro to SilkMonkey ; Special kind of brother to Kenyon ; Sisters in-law: Rosered, Ain-Soph Aur] Photoshop works: click here |
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(Jedi)Obi-JK - Student 
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I got a better, since there are to many languages and words already. I say we just get a standard one. Which one though, English, cause we Americans already expect everyone to cater to us, nah Some asian derivative, they have the coolest looking written language, nah I guess some language most be the easiest to learn, maybe we should go with that, nah I propose I make up a new universal language. 1.) Its based off English cause thats all, I speak. 2.) No word may have more than one meaning, nor can you have two different words to mean the same thing. 3.) Our alphabet, now has 20 letters, z, x, q, and a few other just werent used enough, they lose. 4.) Everyone MUST learn this language and speak it exclusively, unless they are, college wasting thier parents money learning some ancient langauge liek Latin or Spanish. 5.) If you are caught trying to make up new words without my consent you will be killed, with a "sabre" why cause it's my freaking language and I like that spelling better. --------------- Now on to the whinners, who think this isnt the best idea since video games. Q.) But in the above statements you contradicted yourself "X" times. A.) Yeah, I know I did that on purpose, to see who would point it out, you will be killed with a "sabre" Q.) This is dumb, this obviously isnt the best idea, ............... A.) Yeah that person proably had more to say, but I stabbed them, with my "sabre" Oh and last, if you actually wasted time reading all this, punch yourself really hard. _______________ Silent Bob (Kevin Smith): You know, there's a million fine looking women in the world, dude. But they don't all bring you lasagna at work. Most of 'em just cheat on you. -Steve (Obi) |
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Odan-Wei Belouve - Student
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I'm ashamed of the Frensh translation : 'sabre-laser' or 'sabrolaser' *runs away and hides* Odan-Wei _______________ Padawan and brother to SmilyKrazy - Adopted in the Belouve Family by Fizz and Bubu, BELOUVE ON! - Vladarion, you'll always be in my heart and memories - Spam-Padawan of Jacen Aratan - [DJ is my beloved wife! - JA Family: Brothers:
Virtue, Furi0us, Vladarion, Hardwired, Janus, Axion, D@RtHM@UL, Motrec, Mike , xAnAtOs , Luke Skywalker; Little bro to SilkMonkey ; Special kind of brother to Kenyon ; Sisters in-law: Rosered, Ain-Soph Aur] Photoshop works: click here This comment was edited by Odan-Wei Belouve on Mar 18 2004 10:01am. |
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Nero - Student 
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/me knows the dutch word lichtsabel *shivers* _______________ -Nero Quote: Curious, Smartass, what else? |
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Buzz - Student 
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no tarp, saber is a misspelling that has become a correct spelling. _______________ When you are going through Hell, keep going. -Sir Winston Churchill. Those who seek power and control of others, no matter the level, no matter the intentions, should never be given it. |
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{RH} ReaperXIII - Student 
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yea, well since Lucas spells it sabre in his screen writings, its... sabre, end of story =P _______________ Master of the almighty BOGONE! (tm) No one can stop me now, unless you stand right in front of me. |
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tarpman - The Tarped Avenger 
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damnit ppl! sabre is the French spelling! get your languages straight! _______________ Saving the world, one kilobyte at a time. |
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JamesF1 - Student 
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Or we can use the coooooolio name: OMG-l33t-gl0wy-st1ck-th1ng!! _______________ Website |
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Halendor - Ex-Student
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Eh that sounds horrible Maul |
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D@RtHM@UL - Student 
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Luke Skywalker activated his lichtstaf eh Hal |
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Darth Bamse - Student 
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Quote: Or I can use the Swedish name ljussvärd. Ljussabel works fine too, I think its an older word, from the first three movies. _______________ Why use only one saber, when you can use two, and double the mayhem? |
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Halendor - Ex-Student 
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Is there a Dutch word for saber? Lichtstaf? That sounds lame |
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_cmad_ - Ex-Student 
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k i looked it up in a dictionary and it said: sabre (British English) - saber (American English) that better now? _______________ Your friends of today, are your enemies of tomorrow. |
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Iceman - away- - Student |
Or I can use the Swedish name ljussvärd. |
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Ashyr - Student 
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What's a sabre anyway? OH, YOU MEAN SABER! _______________ Top ten reasons to get a better computer...|My fan |
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Jacen Aratan - Student |
Would anyone mind if I skip saying 'saber' or 'sabre', and just go for 'lyssværd', its Danish name? |
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