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Do we differentiate between English and US-centric spellings? The US spelling is saber. Should we have an article that redirects to sabre, or just indicate that it is spelled differently in Leftpondia? -- Zoe
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[edit] Merge with Szabla
[edit] Szabla
Why in an English-language resource would the English term be merged with a Hungarian term that is never used in English? The link on Szablya should be plenty connection enough. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by LINKBook (talk • contribs) .
[edit] Sabre
Note that the -pedia has both the US and the "other English speakers'" spelling for saber saw amid the discussion for jigsaw. A search for "saber saw" took me there. But a search for "sabre saw" brought me only to this sword entry. A system of cross references would indeed be helpful. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by LINKBook (talk • contribs) .
[edit] ?
What the heck is a Zsblaya? Or whatever it's called? Nobody is going to search for that. It's bad enough having the page named "sabre" instead of "saber"...but this?
Flameviper12 15:23, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Sabre
There should still be separate pages because the two are slightly different, just to keep the Wikipedia as diverse as possible, if nothing else. It's interesting to find these things when you're searching random articles an such. Oh, and by the way, "sabre" IS the proper spelling. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Linkmask77 (talk • contribs) .
- keep: Sabre or saber is the english term that would be most likely used in a search, I can't see a merge with Szabla as being useful, if anything it could be the other way. It's listed under See also so time to move on — Graibeard (talk) 09:57, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
Closed as a keep This debate was kicked off on 25 April 2006 with LINKbooks comment above, the merge template was added on 07:40, 13 February 2006 Yakudza (Talk | contribs) (merge with Szabla) — Graibeard (talk) 09:57, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Saber:origin and usage
The word saber or sabre is from the Hungarian SZABNI, i.e. "to tailor." The term evolved from the orginal sarcastic usage "to tailor" i.e. 'szab-ni" one's opponent. The saber or "szabja" was orginally the weapon of the LIGHT cavalry, (see HUSSARS, another Hungarian term i.e. HUSZAR) while the heavy cavalry (DRAGOONS, CUIRASSIERS,)more often used the PALLASH, (or PALLOS,) a straight, single or sometimes double edged blade frequently with a rounded point. The sabre was primarily a slashing weapon and as the article correctly notes it probably evolved from the Persian SHAMSHIR. The Hungarian language is full of words of Persian/Turkish orgin for all that iit is being classified as a Finno-Ugrian language. The Hungarian word for sword is KARD which is also the Persian word for a single edged, rigid backed cutting/thrusting weapon. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.146.62.11 (talk) 03:49, 10 February 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Saber:origin and usage
The word saber or sabre is from the Hungarian SZABNI, i.e. "to tailor." The term evolved from the orginal sarcastic usage "to tailor" i.e. 'szab-ni" one's opponent. The saber or "szabja" was orginally the weapon of the LIGHT cavalry, (see HUSSARS, another Hungarian term i.e. HUSZAR) while the heavy cavalry (DRAGOONS, CUIRASSIERS,)more often used the PALLASH, (or PALLOS,) a straight, single or sometimes double edged blade frequently with a rounded point. The sabre was primarily a slashing weapon and as the article correctly notes it probably evolved from the Persian SHAMSHIR. The Hungarian language is full of words of Persian/Turkish orgin for all that iit is being classified as a Finno-Ugrian language. The Hungarian word for sword is KARD which is also the Persian word for a single edged, rigid backed cutting/thrusting weapon. With all respect due to Lt. much later Gen. George S66.146.62.11 04:00, 10 February 2007 (UTC). Patton,) the rigid, straight bladed weapon he called the "saber" is properly called a TOR (put two right-hand slashes over the "o" in the word) and was supposedly first evolved by the Czehs (Bohemians?) to defeat mail armor sometime in the twelth-thirteenth centuries.)—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.146.62.11 (talk) 03:49, 10 February 2007 (UTC).
