Quote Originally Posted by Ancienne Alliance View Post
This is why we use Or and Argent even in English !

Best,

Robert :ootd:
Yeah, it helps us thoroughly confuse the non-English speaking world.

Of course, when the rules of heraldry were first laid out, I suspect that Latin was considered the only appropriate language for such elevated pursuits. And having an agreed upon set of technical terms takes the guess work out of it.

Since English is such an amalgamation of so many languagues--inlcuding Old English, Old French, Gaelic, etc--there really is rhyme and reason to the mess of spelling and pronunciation, but it's something you're only likely to understand if you already speak the language!

Cheers.