A bent wooden practice sword beside a red spinning top on a dark surface.

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Ramirez

Crude and slow, clansman. Your attack was no better than that of a clumsy child.

— Highlander • 1986

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What it means

Our interpretation.

A haughty critique of a fighting attempt. The speaker calls it crude, slow and no better than a clumsy child's, which is meant to sting. The address 'clansman' adds a formal, faintly mocking tone, as though the speaker is a teacher marking a poor performance.

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