[MR] Re: Use of the word 'Troll'

[Brett W. McCoy]

Nicholas Malone wrote:

> "unchivalrous",   a sexist classist system not to the taste of all
> "rude",   a matter of interpretation
> "discourteous",   not being courtly, doesnt sound that bad, changes 
> depending on location and period
> "a cheat"?,    not taking a blow you do not feel was good is exactly the 
> rule
> "One who will not accept a good blow."       Once put to me by a duke I 
> met on the list as I was about to walk off from a "fair" - If you have 
> to think about whether it was good or not, it wasn't"

Well, the term "rhinohide" is subjective to begin with, so any other 
words used are also going to be subjective.  The point isn't whether or 
not the terms resemble the truth in any way, but that they are more 
appropriate for being medieval than "rhinohide".

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