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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What term would have been used for archery?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Leithio i philinn!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (9 children)

Are we saying they never lit their arrows on fire before the invention of gunpowder?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Then "fire" would be the first step into shooting the arrows.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Yeah, hearing "release" on screen might sound even more wrong...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Sure, but you have to keep modern audiences in mind when making these films.

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