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> unfamiliar, unfriendly, too cerebral The Witcher is one of Netflix's most watch shows. I'd also imagine that most people in English speaking countries have b
by anonymouskimmer 3y ago
> unfamiliar, unfriendly, too cerebral
The Witcher is one of Netflix's most watch shows. I'd also imagine that most people in English speaking countries have been exposed to Shakespeare's nickname in high school English classes.
- LudwigNagasena 3y agoIt’s generally a common trope in fantasy and Romanticist literature. It’s also a word that exists in virtually all European languages in a similar form (bard, bardo, barde, бард), although similar but different forms may be a negative.
- anonymouskimmer 3y agoYes, but I didn't want to assume that most people read literature. Even if they hadn't, "bard" is definitely out there.
- CydeWeys 3y agoI don't think it's that out there. You'd have to be quite uninformed to have never heard of it. It's no verderer or reeve (medieval positions that most people actually will not have heard of).
- anonymouskimmer 3y agoI meant "out there" as in a word people are exposed to. Not "out there" as in outside of most people's experience.
- CydeWeys 3y agoI knew what you meant, and I disagree. I don't think the word "bard" is out there in the sense of being a word people are exposed to.