(11-17-2015, 07:29 PM)Yssen Wrote: Etymology and symbology are both two completely different things, and both evolve quite differently. They are similar in that they are rooted in the culture and people of particular eras, but how they evolve is completely different. Both have there place in helping to understand a period culture. That said, no one can actually be 100% certain of any of it. Much like digging up dinosaur bones, we only have our best guesses.
Still, the point was interesting tid bits on the creation of curses and swears. How they are formed and how they come to be used in language by people, and how that could be applied to Eorzea. Background research and writing technique over factual etymology and symbology. For example, Ala Mhigans may use the name of their mad king as a swear or curse because he ultimately lost them their homeland.
This is very true. However, I was responding specifically to what was stated about:
Quote:how the origins of "fuck you" were rooted in the Battle of Agincourt, essentially being diluted shifted from the words "pluck yew."
Which is both an etymology and inaccurate.
However, the rest of this is a very fun thing that people have been playing with before. I once heard of several people using the term "Mhigan Victory" instead of "Pyrrhic Victory," for instance, since Eorzea has no General Pyrrhus. The problems that arise for things like that though is expecting everyone to agree on the phrase, as well as understand the reference in the first place.
