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	<title>Comments on: Any Officer Who Goes Into Action Without His Sword is Improperly Dressed</title>
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		<title>By: yupodium</title>
		<link>http://www.damninteresting.com/any-officer-who-goes-into-action-without-his-sword-is-improperly-dressed#comment-24326</link>
		<dc:creator>yupodium</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:26:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[quote]me09 said: &quot;I know!!!! He&#039;s like some modern Don Quijote de la Mancha walking around the place. Wonder who kept his sword after his death…&quot;[/quote]

actually, his sword was put into a museum, and i don&#039;t remember, but i think his bow was as well.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[quote]me09 said: &#8220;I know!!!! He&#8217;s like some modern Don Quijote de la Mancha walking around the place. Wonder who kept his sword after his death…&#8221;[/quote]</p>
<p>actually, his sword was put into a museum, and i don&#8217;t remember, but i think his bow was as well.</p>
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		<title>By: sweeper</title>
		<link>http://www.damninteresting.com/any-officer-who-goes-into-action-without-his-sword-is-improperly-dressed#comment-23425</link>
		<dc:creator>sweeper</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ok, old thread, but in response to the athor&#039;s comment

&quot;I concur, actually. The Claymore is a giant Scottish sword, and the English created one later that was called by the same name most of the time, though technially the later is a Claybeg. Instead of going into the history of swords though, I adopted the axiom&quot;

spelling mistakes aside, the claymore (big sword in anglicised Scottish Gaelic) refers to two different swords, a large,  2 handed weapon and a smaller broadsword, often with a basket hilt. Claybeg means small sword, and is, as its name suggests, a smaller sword. Churchill carried the broadsword-type claymore, not a claybeg. None of these weapons were created by the English (hint: the names of the weapons come from the Gaelic). I think the reason the author doesn&#039;t go into the history of swords is that he knows sod-all about it.

Oh, and bagpiping is not that an unusual hobby for a Brit, I see at least one bagpiper most days and I live in Britain.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ok, old thread, but in response to the athor&#8217;s comment</p>
<p>&#8220;I concur, actually. The Claymore is a giant Scottish sword, and the English created one later that was called by the same name most of the time, though technially the later is a Claybeg. Instead of going into the history of swords though, I adopted the axiom&#8221;</p>
<p>spelling mistakes aside, the claymore (big sword in anglicised Scottish Gaelic) refers to two different swords, a large,  2 handed weapon and a smaller broadsword, often with a basket hilt. Claybeg means small sword, and is, as its name suggests, a smaller sword. Churchill carried the broadsword-type claymore, not a claybeg. None of these weapons were created by the English (hint: the names of the weapons come from the Gaelic). I think the reason the author doesn&#8217;t go into the history of swords is that he knows sod-all about it.</p>
<p>Oh, and bagpiping is not that an unusual hobby for a Brit, I see at least one bagpiper most days and I live in Britain.</p>
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		<title>By: Watcher</title>
		<link>http://www.damninteresting.com/any-officer-who-goes-into-action-without-his-sword-is-improperly-dressed#comment-22351</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;all the peace that was roaming around Europe irritated Jack right out of the army.&quot;

LOL!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;all the peace that was roaming around Europe irritated Jack right out of the army.&#8221;</p>
<p>LOL!</p>
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		<title>By: Vinko</title>
		<link>http://www.damninteresting.com/any-officer-who-goes-into-action-without-his-sword-is-improperly-dressed#comment-18533</link>
		<dc:creator>Vinko</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[quote]igorbeevor said: &quot;Erm…Claymores are not English, but Scottish Highland…another example of ignorance…Or English arrogance?

Would have been nice article had I continued reading, but was too insulted…Please, author, please would you correct your mistake so I can read this?&quot;[/quote]

Had you not been so horrendously offended, I am sure you would have read the earlier comment of the author explaining the usage of the word.
By the way, Chuck Norris has Nothing on this guy. And that’s saying ALOT.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[quote]igorbeevor said: &#8220;Erm…Claymores are not English, but Scottish Highland…another example of ignorance…Or English arrogance?</p>
<p>Would have been nice article had I continued reading, but was too insulted…Please, author, please would you correct your mistake so I can read this?&#8221;[/quote]</p>
<p>Had you not been so horrendously offended, I am sure you would have read the earlier comment of the author explaining the usage of the word.<br />
By the way, Chuck Norris has Nothing on this guy. And that’s saying ALOT.</p>
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		<title>By: Former-Marine</title>
		<link>http://www.damninteresting.com/any-officer-who-goes-into-action-without-his-sword-is-improperly-dressed#comment-18276</link>
		<dc:creator>Former-Marine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2007 07:14:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>By the way, just in case you were wondering, today - 10 November 2007 - is the 232nd U.S. Marine Corps Birthday.  That&#039;s right sports fans, the U.S. Marine Corps is &quot;older&quot; than the USofA.  Oorah!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By the way, just in case you were wondering, today &#8211; 10 November 2007 &#8211; is the 232nd U.S. Marine Corps Birthday.  That&#8217;s right sports fans, the U.S. Marine Corps is &#8220;older&#8221; than the USofA.  Oorah!</p>
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		<title>By: Former-Marine</title>
		<link>http://www.damninteresting.com/any-officer-who-goes-into-action-without-his-sword-is-improperly-dressed#comment-18275</link>
		<dc:creator>Former-Marine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2007 07:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oorah!  Jack Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill would have made a damn-fine U.S. Marine.  Thanks for the story.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oorah!  Jack Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill would have made a damn-fine U.S. Marine.  Thanks for the story.</p>
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		<title>By: igorbeevor</title>
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		<dc:creator>igorbeevor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Erm...Claymores are not English, but Scottish Highland...another example of ignorance...Or English arrogance?

Would have been nice article had I continued reading, but was too insulted...Please, author, please would you correct your mistake so I can read this?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Erm&#8230;Claymores are not English, but Scottish Highland&#8230;another example of ignorance&#8230;Or English arrogance?</p>
<p>Would have been nice article had I continued reading, but was too insulted&#8230;Please, author, please would you correct your mistake so I can read this?</p>
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		<title>By: Leeroy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Leeroy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2007 22:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;He isn&#039;t a madman nor a BMF, rather a brave and bold man.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He isn&#8217;t a madman nor a BMF, rather a brave and bold man.</p>
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