Oh, and Curtana isn't blunted, but purposely broken; I believe it was the tip that was removed, but one has to look at the blade to know for sure. (It sits with the Crown Jewels of England right now.)

I suspect that Cortana herself would be only slightly interested in her namesake blade; I know she was originally named for Curtana, as that name is but one of a few attributed to Edward the Confessor's sword. The fact that the Aesir blades are named as such in the UFverse shows that the naming of the Dane blades can be chalked up to either Charlemagne's whimsy to circumstance.

But you repeat yourself.

	Chad Collier Smirking Kilrathi The Captain of the Gravy Train

Break: to smash, split, or divide into parts violently; reduce to pieces or fragments.

Big difference; to use a sword-based example, blunting is to create a dulled edge, while breaking is to pretty much snap it in half.

Curtana is supposed to have its tip snapped off; whether or not she was blunted as well is a moot point because... well, that's one sword who's not gonna see another Crusade anytime soon. :)

rendering it...

... wait for it...

... blunt.

--G.
Jesus Christ, you people are going to drive me to drink, and since I take Neurontin that probably wouldn't end well
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Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.

*takes a giant step to the side away from Trigger*

SHE DID IT, NOT ME!!!!

<Trigger folds her arms and looks mightly annoyed>

Does that mean you took a step too close to Lethosos?

Trigger
could use another drink. Maybe several.

Trigger Argee
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Manon, Maccadon, Orado, etc.
Denton, never leave home without it.

"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me." - HST

I may have come across as a pendant, but I do maintain the difference between what can be re-sharpened and what has to be re-forged.

I'm far more interested in the story--internet arguments drive me to drink as well.

Stupid English language.

No, no, you don't at all. We know you're not jewelry.

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"And Remember! Google is your Friend!!"

I'm having one of those Jack Aubrey moments wherein a devastatingly clever witticism regarding things lacking a point is hovering just outside my reach, so I guess we'd best just leave the matter where it lies. Besides, Geoff already got to the good part before me. :)

--G.
(Also, I think the word you're wanting to describe a blade that could stand to be sharpened is dull, not blunt.)
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So close! Well, I thought Cortana and the Sword of Mercy were the same, so I still would have been wrong.

So storyteller -- what propensity does Cortana have? We all get the Durandal/Excalibur/Grayswandir hisotry, but Cortana's a bit more mysterious. What's so special about her?

yours,
t.

Trigger Argee
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Manon, Maccadon, Orado, etc.
Denton, never leave home without it.

"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me." - HST

And then they let Urd handle the storage restocking, and, well.... did you ever wonder why Corwin had to go find it in the first place? First she filed it under 'K' for 'toy'...

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Geoff Depew - Darth Mephron
Haberdasher to Androids, Dark Lord of Sith Tech Support.
"And Remember! Google is your Friend!!"

I don't think 'kid' or 'kinder' were used to mean 'child' in Old Norse, but OK.

... yes, I actually bothered to come up with a way for "'K' for 'toy'" to make sense.

�They planned their campaigns just as you might make a splendid piece of harness. It looks very well; and answers very well; until it gets broken; and then you are done for. Now I made my campaigns of ropes. If anything went wrong, I tied a knot; and went on.�
-- Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington

It's ok, I think Meph was just tired when he posted that. Everyone knows toys file under 'H.'

	Chad Collier Smirking Kilrathi The Captain of the Gravy Train

'H' is for -toys?-

I've been filing triangles under H.

I'd wondered where all the metal shavings came from. Couldn't you have at least filed them over a wastebasket?

...I'll be over here, snickering uncontrollably. Don't mind me.

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