Correct term was probably "loose!"
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The slang term was "Fart in their general direction!"
Nobody was holding a ~90lb war bow at full draw waiting to hear "Loose". Not possible.
Given the fact that any language used in such a movie is going to be wildly unlike the language spoken in the time and place of the movie, I think that's a mild anachronism
Old English / Norman French etc would be practically incomprehensible to anybody.
There was an interesting TV show called Barbarians a few years ago where all the Romans spoke Latin but with Italian accents but they had the Germanic barbarians speaking modern German. Not sure if that would please anybody.
They also aren't speaking Gaelic.
Leithio i philinn!
Well, this is going to bug me for the rest of my life.
Thanks.
Using modern english phrases to convey meaning to modern audiences is usually fine to me, as long as they don't reference modern history or events. but what really pisses me off is movies like "The Great Gatsby" that take place during the 1920s and have JayZ and Lana del ray playing at a rich person's party
Yeah, We Will Rock you wouldn't have even been written during A Knights Tale, so unrealistic.
If you were commanding a mass of archers "Spaff!" was the correct command.
wow I'm glad that changed
The best part was when they said "ITS SPAFFFIN' TIME" and spaffed all over those guys.
"So I started spaffing"
"Ready your bows!"
"Nock!"
"Mark!"
"Draw!"
"Loose!"
"Nock! Nock!"
"Who's there?"
"Mark!"
"Mark who?"
Volley fire wasn't a thing with bows. You ever try holding a 90lb war bow at full draw waiting for someone to yell "Loose"? Never happened.
Spaffing Brits were the most underhanded of the lot.
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