Poll: THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A "NINJA SWORD"!

[Merkavar]

Ninjato and/or shuriken are 'ninja' words for ninja sword and throwing star.

who cares any way pirates win hands down every time.

 

[Daniel Laeben-Rosen]

I use whatever the hell I feel like using at the time of speaking it. If I'm talking to someone with an interest in military history and/or historical weaponry I'll usually use whatever the weapon I'm talking about was actually called.
If I'm not but just trying to explain something that happened in a movie or game... I'll usually just say "Throwing star." or "Samurai sword". Why? Because it get's the point across and I don't have to spend 10 bloody minutes explaining the minutia of every single detail of every single subject that might have come up.

 

[Seitou]

Ninjato and/or shuriken are 'ninja' words for ninja sword and throwing star.

who cares any way pirates win hands down every time.

Dude did you just call ninja-to and shuriken "ninja words"? Japanese man, not "ninja"

 

[Merkavar]

Ninjato and/or shuriken are 'ninja' words for ninja sword and throwing star.

who cares any way pirates win hands down every time.

Dude did you just call ninja-to and shuriken "ninja words"? Japanese man, not "ninja"

i said ninja cause i dont want to offend the other non japanese ninjas. like that fat white ninja pirates ftw

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

OH NOES!!! PEOPLE DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT CULTURES THAT AREN'T THEIR OWN!!!

Who. Gives. A fuck.

Why do you expect people to care about something so incredibly irrelevant?

 

[kikon9]

I still prefer Katanas over ninja weaponry.

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

A ninja sword is a sword used by a ninja. In the same way that a disc tray is a tray for discs.

 

[Mr Pantomime]

Maybe they are not refering to Ninjato, but another type of sword that ninjas use. In a way, isnt any sword a ninja uses therefore a ninja sword. And If every sword is a ninja sword,then they are no longer ninja swords. Theyre just swords.

You're assuming that the set of swords that ninjas use is identical to the set of all swords, which is not the case.

But whos to say whats a sword and whats a ninja sword. If a sword is frequently used by Ninjas, does that make it a ninja sword? By that logic, a ninja sword being frequently used by clowns would be a clown sword.

 

[Kukakkau]

So... under that idea

You can't call a Claymore a two handed sword
You cant' call a 12lb shot a cannonball

Not everybody knows those names. Get over it

 

[Kukakkau]

Isn't Ninjato just Japanese for Ninja Sword. Anyway, apparently they never existed.

A ninjato in the Iga ninja museum - there's other pictures are they appear pretty rustic

 

[GDLC]

Personally I prefer to use Ninjato and Shuriken, since that is the weapons proper name, but I have caught myself calling the ninjato as "ninja sword" from time to time, but that happens when I'm trying to explain the concept/difference between the weapon to those who don't understand.

 

[Icarion (aka Stockholm)]

What's the big deal? Let people call it what they want.

Well, good sir. You see; that's my problem. It actually has a name, therefore I don't like that people refer to it as something that sounds shitty.

Quick question, do you get pissed if someone calls something "One"? ex. "Toystory one" Or "God of War one"
OT:I say shuriken and I dont talk about ninja swords

 

[some1stolemyusername]

as my dad used to say:

'do you know what he is talking about?'
'yes'
'then who cares'

 

[Caliostro]

Ninjato/Shuriken = Japanese.

Ninja Sword/Throwing Star = English.

Guess what, different languages use different expressions! Amazing! I know!

Less weaboo rage please.

 

[The Last Nomad]

I always called it a ninja sword or a katana, but mostly katana. I would have called them shurikens though. But I could call them apples and oranges but it still wouldn't make a difference to how deadly they are.

 

[monkey_man]

This is like saying "big assed gun" instead of minigun is a bad thing.
btw, my TrollSence is tingling

So... under that idea

You can't call a Claymore a two handed sword
You cant' call a 12lb shot a cannonball

Not everybody knows those names. Get over it

yeah, i was playing Gmod some time ago, and Claymore popped up in the tf2 browse list. turn out it was the eyelander.
I never knew

 

[A Free Man]

Pokeemon, Karatee...

Just two major examples of how the Japanese language gets raped. And I'm Japanese. And yet, I don't care. Because people are stupid. And I've come to accept that.

I think this is a bit harsh... Words have always been translated from language to language just because people choose to use a form that is more comfortable to them doesn't make them stupid. I would not expect any other country to call all inventions or techonologies used in English speaking countries by their original name that and to think that anyone actually would expect that.. well that is what sounds stupid to me.

-- Not having a go at you as I realize you said you don't care, this was more of a general statement. Your comment was just what sparked me.

 

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

This is silly, especially when everyone knows that the proper terms are "Knifey knife" and "Doom Doilies".

 

[KSarty]

Because while they have proper nouns associated with them, they are still a sword/throwing star. The same way a Dodge Ram is still a truck.

 

[Caliostro]

i said ninja cause i dont want to offend the other non japanese ninjas. like that fat white ninja pirates ftw

Non-japanese ninjas are widely known as "spies".


Yes kids, the "ninjas" pop culture has polluted your mind with, i.e.: the magic casting lightning fast super human stunt masters that can cut through flesh and steel in a wink you heard of, didn't actually exist. In fact most of them didn't even carry swords. They were the modern day equivalent of spies/black ops. Mostly spies.