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Sabreurs don't need a rep thread... ...thier lives are thier rep thread. If you need us we'll be down at the pub having pint or 2, havin' a round of darts and chattin' up the locals. -
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Array That's SABRISTS you numb skull!!!!!
And we shall be drinking martinis!!!!!
Semper Fi! If you don't stand behind our troops, please feel free to stand in front of them. Trust me, they'll appreciate it. -
Pfft...even epee fencers can agree on how to spell their own discipline...
Get it together, sabre. Then, you might have a chance at overtaking epee. Never foil, but at least epee. -
 Originally Posted by Mr BadGuy Pfft...even epee fencers can agree on how to spell their own discipline...
Get it together, sabre. Then, you might have a chance at overtaking epee. Never foil, but at least epee. Ignore him he's drunk. 
If anything it's the ladies I should be appologizing to since they're actually sabreuses, and a curiously sensual term it is if I might add...
For those needing the link: http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Sabre_(fencing) The term sabreur refers to a fencer who fences with a sabre. A sabreuse is the female equivelant of that term.
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Array No, all wrong. We have our manly sabrists. Their better halves are called sabristas.
And, Mr BadGuy... how come I see "epee" and "épée", hmmm? Aren't those different notations? Silenced. -
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Array  Originally Posted by ParryRiposte And, Mr BadGuy... how come I see "epee" and "épée", hmmm? Aren't those different notations? Silenced. It's épée. 'Epee' is how those of you spell it who can't find the accents on your keyboard.
Possibly for english layout keyboards you'll need to enter the ASCII code for the accent. Don't ask what code it is, just perform a forum search as this has been discussed...a number...of times before. 
(And what the...is a sabrista? It sounds like you're trying to make up an italian word, or are you mistaking it for barista?! ) -
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Array  Originally Posted by Zilverzmurfen It's épée. 'Epee' is how those of you spell it who can't find the accents on your keyboard.
Possibly for english layout keyboards you'll need to enter the ASCII code for the accent. Don't ask what code it is, just perform a forum search as this has been discussed...a number...of times before.
(And what the...is a sabrista? It sounds like you're trying to make up an italian word, or are you mistaking it for barista?!  ) Yes, but those are two different spellings, so I say epeeists are the confused ones! If they really cared about their weapon they'd take the time to honour its spelling. 
Yes! I've heard a few people used it, and I don't want to get mistaken from some smelly, sweaty, man fencer. -
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Array  Originally Posted by Mr BadGuy Pfft...even epee fencers can agree on how to spell their own discipline... Go back to your love-in, hippie! Fencing is an agonistic sport, and participants are no supposed to "agree" on things!
Then, you might have a chance at overtaking epee.
We would have to go entirely around the globe before we could "overtake" those who are so far behind us already. Or maybe run backwards awhile. With that at least I agree. It should be the motto of all fencers: "Never foil!" Use the Shift key, people! Keyboard manufacturers everywhere are ineffably saddened when you ignore what they made just for you! -
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Array  Originally Posted by ParryRiposte Yes! I've heard a few people used it, and I don't want to get mistaken from some smelly, sweaty, man fencer.  Hence the feminine word sabreuse... -
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Array This is why I use "sabre fencer", and avoid the whole imbroglio altogether.
Well, except for the one about "sabre" vs "saber". Use the Shift key, people! Keyboard manufacturers everywhere are ineffably saddened when you ignore what they made just for you! -
Alright, in order of violations made:
Yes, but those are two different spellings, so I say epeeists are the confused ones! If they really cared about their weapon they'd take the time to honour its spelling.
Laziness =/= not knowing what you're fencing is called!
If you think that epeeists, whenver they finally manage once a century to perform a keystroke, are going to use accent marks then you're crazy!
Go back to your love-in, hippie! Fencing is an agonistic sport, and participants are no supposed to "agree" on things!
Hippy?! If I was an epeeist, I'd understand, but hippy? I think you're trying to cover up the fact that sabristas and sabrists can't spell without adding shouts and screams in the middle the word. -
They say the original name of Sabre was just Sab. Then, on one fateful day in alaska, a Sab fencer was asked what they fenced. What came out was: "Sab...brrrrrrrr".
Oh yes. I went there. Burn. -
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Array  Originally Posted by Mr BadGuy Hippy?! If I was an epeeist, I'd understand, but hippy? I think you're trying to cover up the fact that sabristas and sabrists can't spell without adding shouts and screams in the middle the word. I think you're HAVING a spell. I understand foilists are prone to those. Or just prone, from exhaustion after fencing a whole 5 touches. Use the Shift key, people! Keyboard manufacturers everywhere are ineffably saddened when you ignore what they made just for you! -
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Array  Originally Posted by Zilverzmurfen (And what the...is a sabrista? It sounds like you're trying to make up an italian word, or are you mistaking it for barista?!  ) sabrista /sab/riss/tar/, n. 1) a vocation in which the practice of heated water generated by passing through a hot-headed sabre fencer, pressurised and forced through unwashed fencing uniforms. The result is a small volume of off yellow coloured extraction with a sour, somewhat salty taste and highly pungent in odour but not much else. The extraction is of no beneficial value, and should only be consumed in moderation. Consumption over extended periods of time may lead to general confusion and a somewhat dazed demeanour with occasional random violent outbursts. 2) Colloq. yet another term created by a sabreur (see sabreur) for a practitioner of sabre fencing.
Until you guys can collectively manage to agree that sabreur is in fact the correct term for one who fences sabre, and that you don't fence or fence with "sabers" you do not deserve your own little thread to augment your own collective back slapping. -
 Originally Posted by Monash_Armourer The result is a small volume of off yellow coloured extraction with a sour, somewhat salty taste and highly pungent in odour but not much else. Rep for you, even if I did throw up in my mouth a little there. -
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Array  Originally Posted by pokey Rep for you, even if I did throw up in my mouth a little there. And that kids, is why you should never inquire about food preparation practices in the hospitality industry! -
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Array  Originally Posted by Monash_Armourer a vocation in which the practice of heated water generated by passing through a hot-headed sabre fencer, pressurised and forced through unwashed fencing uniforms. Where is my red pencil?
This is the problem* with pointy-weapon fencers, they can't complete a phrase properly on strip OR off!
*Well, one of them, anyway. Use the Shift key, people! Keyboard manufacturers everywhere are ineffably saddened when you ignore what they made just for you! -
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Array  Originally Posted by Inquartata Where is my red pencil?
This is the problem* with pointy-weapon fencers, they can't complete a phrase properly on strip OR off!
*Well, one of them, anyway. What you are implying here is entirely false. There are no phrases in sabre, only grunts, shouts and mumblings. -
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Array That's called Klingon opera, you philistine. Very beautiful! Use the Shift key, people! Keyboard manufacturers everywhere are ineffably saddened when you ignore what they made just for you! -
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Array  Originally Posted by Inquartata That's called Klingon opera, you philistine. Very beautiful!  Oh dear god, don't give the Trekkies any more ideas... lest we get a reworking of Wagners Ring Cycle incorporating half of the Trekverse.... Similar Threads -
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