Epeeists only

[Mr Epee]

Hmph - what about sisteren?

A. It's not a real word (I double checked).

Sister Tazz,

I happen to like the word "Brethren" because it has such a natural camaraderic ring to it, and "Comrade" has a couple of other connotations.

BUT if you can find more correct term it may be used instead.

[Epee_Pox]

Hmph - what about sisteren?

Well, "sistren" hasn't been a word in English usage since Middle English in the 1300s. Even then, it was mostly replaced by "sisters," which had been in common use since the Battle of Hastings.

Strangely, the Middle English "britheren" was still in use by the 1600s, while "sistren" was long gone. Hence this line from the King James Bible: "And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life."

I think we ought to bring the word back, however. It sounds cool.

[glowstix]

Epee... is the true weapon. Its closer to combat than foil or sabre will ever be.

hey, what took you so long to get up in here?? its the EPEEISTS thread!!

[Mr Epee]

I think we ought to bring the word back, however. It sounds cool.

Re: Sistren

Sadly, it sounds like something I would like to avoid falling into.

[mrbiggs]

Yes it is.

Cool.

I started to teach myself Polish, but then I got tired of it after about a day.

[Westley]

I'm learning Japanese! Honto!

[Zasha]

*jumps up and down in chair over the presence of second dot*
yes the above description is correct.
thank you very much.

[Westley]

You're Welcome.

[InweCiryatan]

I'm going to learn German this fall. Does anyone else speak German? Or do you all speak Polish?

[Inquartata]

They are epeeists; they speak Slowly and Haltingly...

[mrbiggs]

I'm going to learn German this fall. Does anyone else speak German? Or do you all speak Polish?

My Chinese teacher speaks German. And a few of my fellow fencers do. From what I hear, there are declensions, like in Latin and Polish. And it sounds hard to pronounce to me. Alot of cognates, though.

"I wish I could speak French. I only speak German. French is the language of love. German is the language of persecution." -Some standup comedian I saw whose name is worth a rep point

(Don't mind Inq, he's a sabereur, and therefore never stops speaking.)

(Yeah I'm proud of that one.)

[InweCiryatan]

Bah! After Latin I + II, any declensions are a piece of cake. And yes, Inquartata speaks an infinite deal of nothing. (rep points to anyone who can tell me where that quote is from...)

[Inquartata]

Nothing is all that epeeists can comprehend.

[rmyounis]

Greek, Sanskrit, and most of the Slavic languages have harder declensions than Latin

[CvilleFencer]

Nothing is all that epeeists can comprehend.

Somewhere there is a bridge desperately missing its troll.

[Victor]

I-guy was missing the attention. We're the only group on this board who gives him what he desperately desires but is afraid to admit.

[Zilverzmurfen]

I-guy was missing the attention. We're the only group on this board who gives him what he desperately desires but is afraid to admit.

...a backrub..?

[Have At You]

...cookies and milk?

[D+F+P=Hadouken!]

hey, what took you so long to get up in here?? its the EPEEISTS thread!!

just took a while.... didnt care for a long time.

[Mr Epee]

Today it has been laid upon my heart to share with you the nobel wisdom of the great EPEEist, Demosthenes of Athens.

He reminds us the importance of standing together against the despotism and tyranny that faces those around us.

Please, take a moment and remember with me the words of the great orator.

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The eyes of the EPEEists are opened to the fact that they are now fighting not for glory, not for a strip of territory, but to avert the overthrow and enslavement of their sport. They know how Rene treated those foilists who betrayed the straightness of their weapons and those Sabereurs who opened their legs to him. And despotism, I take it, is as a rule mistrusted by free thinking EPEEists, especially when they are near neighbors.
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So think of this and remember the justness of our cause.

To hit first and bring true truth to the world.

In the name of the holy weapon, EPEE.

So be it....