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<blockquote data-quote="Xanaqui" data-source="post: 4182394" data-attributes="member: 56394">GrammerIf you think that it's Japanese, please use 剣聖, not &quot;kensei&quot;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; It's far easier for me to understand, particuarly since there are multiple &quot;kensei&quot; in Japanese that refer to different types of fighting people (using different Kanji, &quot;kensei&quot; is closer to the D&amp;D &quot;Monk&quot; than the D&amp;D &quot;Sword Master&quot;).None of the sentences above about 剣聖 describe the relative importance of the group you're in versus the 剣聖's group. The tenses also seem to be wrong in most (if not all) of the sentences, and some instances of 剣聖 are conjugated completely incorrectly. Even worse, the gender of the author is indeterminate in declarative sentences, inaccurate self-references are present, and I don't even want to get into the complete numerical illiteracy.Or we could assume that &quot;Kensei&quot; is an English word that has only a bit to do with the language it was originally taken from (heck the pronunciation, meter and meaning are pretty far off just to start with), and ignore the above paragraphs (which, since they're in English, have the exact same problems that they complain about <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :-)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" /> ).This is why I think that all loanwords are words in the language they are loaned to, not the language they are loaned from.For those who are mourning the loss of 剣聖 as a future oriental base class, it really shouldn't be one. 剣士 (&quot;Kenshi&quot;) would likely be more appropriate for a base class. Kenshi loosely translates to &quot;Swordsperson&quot;, although the weapon classification is a bit more specific than &quot;sword&quot;.My understanding is that &quot;their&quot; was preferred when the gender was indeterminate until sometime in the 1800s.My preferred construction is &quot;hir&quot;, but it never seems to catch on <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :-)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" /> Apparently, academia accepts &quot;tey&quot; these days.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Xanaqui, post: 4182394, member: 56394"] [b]Grammer[/b] If you think that it's Japanese, please use 剣聖, not "kensei" :) It's far easier for me to understand, particuarly since there are multiple "kensei" in Japanese that refer to different types of fighting people (using different Kanji, "kensei" is closer to the D&D "Monk" than the D&D "Sword Master"). None of the sentences above about 剣聖 describe the relative importance of the group you're in versus the 剣聖's group. The tenses also seem to be wrong in most (if not all) of the sentences, and some instances of 剣聖 are conjugated completely incorrectly. Even worse, the gender of the author is indeterminate in declarative sentences, inaccurate self-references are present, and I don't even want to get into the complete numerical illiteracy. Or we could assume that "Kensei" is an English word that has only a bit to do with the language it was originally taken from (heck the pronunciation, meter and meaning are pretty far off just to start with), and ignore the above paragraphs (which, since they're in English, have the exact same problems that they complain about :-) ). This is why I think that all loanwords are words in the language they are loaned to, not the language they are loaned from. For those who are mourning the loss of 剣聖 as a future oriental base class, it really shouldn't be one. 剣士 ("Kenshi") would likely be more appropriate for a base class. Kenshi loosely translates to "Swordsperson", although the weapon classification is a bit more specific than "sword". My understanding is that "their" was preferred when the gender was indeterminate until sometime in the 1800s. My preferred construction is "hir", but it never seems to catch on :-) Apparently, academia accepts "tey" these days. [/QUOTE]

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