"Unleashing The Eastern Hordes " Topic
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| Tango01 | 07 Jun 2016 11:51 a.m. PST |
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| Condottiere | 07 Jun 2016 4:37 p.m. PST |
Why are Eastern armies almost always referred to as "hordes"? Seems rather derogatory. |
| jeffreyw3 | 07 Jun 2016 4:55 p.m. PST |
The Golden Horde was nothing to sneeze at… |
| Hafen von Schlockenberg | 07 Jun 2016 7:35 p.m. PST |
No,that would be goldenROD. |
| Tango01 | 08 Jun 2016 12:46 p.m. PST |
Good question my friend!. Amicalement
Armand |
| Chinggis | 08 Jun 2016 2:18 p.m. PST |
The English word 'horde' derives from the Mongol word 'ordu' meaning camp or group. |
| Condottiere | 08 Jun 2016 4:42 p.m. PST |
Yup: "1545-55; earlier also hord, horda ≪ Czech, Polish horda < Ukrainian dialect gordá, Ukrainian ordá, Old Russian (orig. in Zolotaya orda the Golden Horde), via Mongolian or directly < Turkic ordu, orda royal residence or camp (later, any military encampment, army); cf. Urdu" Why not simply use the Mongolian word to describe the Mongoian army? Horde still has negative connotations. Eh but in the end, I guess it really doesn't matter. |
| Lewisgunner | 09 Jun 2016 2:15 a.m. PST |
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gets medieval.
