Any particular reason why the text uses the archaic spelling of "mail"?
It doesn't use "sweord," "knif," "armure," or any other pre-modern spellings. Why is "maille" the exception?
Why "maille"?
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Re: Why "maille"?
The term "chain mail" is redundant, because mail or maille itself literally means "armor/cloth made of metal rings." We go with the term maille over mail because while both are correct, one of them has a different connotation for English speakers who will naturally associate it with the postal service.
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Arrakis teaches the attitude of the knife — chopping off what’s incomplete and saying: "Now it’s complete because it’s ended here."
Collected Sayings of Muad’Dib, the Princess Irulan
Arrakis teaches the attitude of the knife — chopping off what’s incomplete and saying: "Now it’s complete because it’s ended here."
Collected Sayings of Muad’Dib, the Princess Irulan
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Re: Why "maille"?
Makes sense, thanks.
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Re: Why "maille"?
Quoting this for truthfulness.dysjunct wrote:Makes sense, thanks.
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