| Wiktionary:Requests for verification Feb 1st 2012, 04:02 padawan: | ← Older revision | Revision as of 04:02, 1 February 2012 | | Line 437: | Line 437: | | | :: We do now ;) [[User:Leasnam|Leasnam]] 21:00, 5 April 2011 (UTC) | | :: We do now ;) [[User:Leasnam|Leasnam]] 21:00, 5 April 2011 (UTC) | | | | | | | − | == [[padawan]] == | + | == <s>[[padawan]]</s> == | | | | | | | | The first couple of pages at {{google|padawan -jedi -intitle:padawan -anakin -star|type=books}} all seem to refer to the universe, or to be of a different sense altogether (a place name, capitalized).<span class="Unicode">​—[[User:Msh210|msh210]]℠</span> ([[user talk:Msh210|talk]]) 20:20, 6 April 2011 (UTC) | | The first couple of pages at {{google|padawan -jedi -intitle:padawan -anakin -star|type=books}} all seem to refer to the universe, or to be of a different sense altogether (a place name, capitalized).<span class="Unicode">​—[[User:Msh210|msh210]]℠</span> ([[user talk:Msh210|talk]]) 20:20, 6 April 2011 (UTC) | | Line 449: | Line 449: | | | ::::I think we can say that the word "padawan" (which may or may not be capitalized, depending on whether one treats it as a person's title or merely a status or rank), and which is made plural with an "s", has made the transition to everyday English, to the extent that people can be expected to understand it without further reference to ''Star Wars''. The phrase "my young padawan" is idiomatic, a bit like "my dear Watson," but the word can be and is used independently; and despite the idiom, a padawan need be neither young nor formally apprenticed. | | ::::I think we can say that the word "padawan" (which may or may not be capitalized, depending on whether one treats it as a person's title or merely a status or rank), and which is made plural with an "s", has made the transition to everyday English, to the extent that people can be expected to understand it without further reference to ''Star Wars''. The phrase "my young padawan" is idiomatic, a bit like "my dear Watson," but the word can be and is used independently; and despite the idiom, a padawan need be neither young nor formally apprenticed. | | | ::::The origin of the term is indisputable; if George Lucas didn't invent it, he's the one who made it known. Its current usage has nothing to do with the city in Malaysia. The word seems to be used variably, to refer to 1) an apprentice; 2) a pupil, student, or learner (the phrase "padawan learner" is sometimes used in-universe); 3) a protégé. All of these are related, but restricting the definition to any one of them would be inaccurate, given the current usage. [[User:P Aculeius|P Aculeius]] 14:26, 15 January 2012 (UTC) | | ::::The origin of the term is indisputable; if George Lucas didn't invent it, he's the one who made it known. Its current usage has nothing to do with the city in Malaysia. The word seems to be used variably, to refer to 1) an apprentice; 2) a pupil, student, or learner (the phrase "padawan learner" is sometimes used in-universe); 3) a protégé. All of these are related, but restricting the definition to any one of them would be inaccurate, given the current usage. [[User:P Aculeius|P Aculeius]] 14:26, 15 January 2012 (UTC) | | | + | | | | + | ::Passed. [[User:-sche|- -sche]] [[User talk:-sche|(discuss)]] 04:02, 1 February 2012 (UTC) | | | | | | | | == [[estamentally]] == | | == [[estamentally]] == | | |
