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Originally Posted by mariusgmioc
...I simply find hard to accept the idea that a sword bears a name or another simply because somebody called it this way.
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the classic example is the spanish 'falcata', a made-up name from the mid 19c used by a historian to differentiate it from the classic greek kopis, which it was a variant used in greek colonies, of course. the name stuck and we are stuck with it now too.
a rose by any other name would smell as sweet...