Carbineer Archive
Thread: Alright, **edit**, is it CarbinEER or CarbinIER
Fahd Krath Master Bounty Hunter/Master Jedi StalkerI believe that:
The proper Englishword is Carabineer- although noone likes the second "a" for some reason. (I believe devs stated this was the correct version as well in some post but said since everyone wanted Carbineer it would be Carbineer.
Now, theItalian version of the word (Carbineers came from around there)ends with a "nier". I think thats why some people insist on it.
The profession was originally Carbinier when the game started, because SOE says that is a correct spelling. However Carbineer is also correct and the player community convinced SOE to change the message board name.
But they haven't cleaned up all the other instances of the spelling.
It is Carabineer because that is that my correspondant title is 
I have been pushing for them to standardize the spelling to Carbineer and I will continue to do so.
It come from a french word. The Italian version has an extra E at the end and seem to be the title of the Italian national policemen
Main Entry: car·a·bi·neer
Variant(s): or car·a·bi·nier /"kar-&-b&-'nir/
Function: noun
Etymology: French carabinier, from carabine carbine
Date: 1672
: a cavalry soldier armed with a carbine
Main Entry: ca·ra·bi·nie·re
Pronunciation: "kar-&-b&n-'yer-(")A, "kär-
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural ca·ra·bi·nie·ri /-'yer-E/
Etymology: Italian, from French carabinier
Date: 1847
: a member of the Italian national police force
see? thats what you get when you mess with the italians, french and the brits.
I propose we send inspectors to SOE headquarters to see where they are hiding their phonic books!!!
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10 years later, SWG2 is released.
During the Napoleonic Wars the French had quite a LOT of different Cavalry Types.
The Main french heavy cavalryman was a Cuirasier.Because of the Breastplates They wore.
The other Main Heavy Cavalry Type was the Carabinier-The Role of a Carabinier in Naploeons Army was
Basically ,Military Police-Note the main weapon of a Carabinier was the Heavy Broadsword NOT a carbine.
The Carabinier was Also armed with a Cuirass much like The Cuirasier
Now the Other Types of cavalry were the Hussar-Light cavarly and the
"DRUMROLL"
Dragoons -Who were armed with Broadswords and Carbines -They were Medium Cavalry that didnt wear Armour and acted like infantry in times of need.The Other Name For the Dragoon is
CARBINEER-because they carry carbines and dismount like infantry.
Ps You Can Blame Napoleon for creating 2 very Similar Named Type of soldiers with Different Roles 
This Carbinier speeling to me is a Offshoot of the Carabineer Spelling and is incorrect,
In my opinion Carbineer is the Correct Spelling.
Im a Avid History Buff and ive had this Same Debate with my brother on numerous occasions
who also has the same Interests...
Its Carbineer
