Pommel vs Pummel

[Shadar Al'Niende]

I see people all the time talking about the Pummel of their saber...:rolleyes:

Pummel as shown below is to hit or strike heavily and repeatedly. (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pummel)

A Pommel (in our hobby) is "The knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword." (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pommel) (or Lightsaber :D)

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x116/TaiDashan/Random/Pummel.jpg

Hope this helps clear up the meaning of the word Pommel vs Pummel ;)

I think it is worth noting that in Middle English they used the verb "to pommel" This may have something to do with people striking others with the pommel of their swords. Which in turn, may have been common to say "to pommel" someone which in our times translated into "to pummel" someone.

So while I get the correlation between the phrases "to pommel" and "to pummel" someone, neither is appropriate on this forum unless maybe you are talking about your latest duel with your buddy. ;)

In short. The "back" end of our sabers are Pommels...not pummels. Please take the time to understand the difference. :D

[Tomoyo]

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/8389/clipmagazinelesson.jpg

Hehehe =)

I couldn't resist!

Though I must have not read enough since I haven't seen anyone use "pummel" instead of pommel =o

[TimeRender]

That's funny, I saw a post just yesterday where someone made that mistake. I had to sit on my hands to avoid posting a correction in his thread.

[Jedi-Loreen]

I don't even bother trying to correct people about that anymore.

I've noticed it seems to be mostly people not from the US who use pummel instead of pommel.