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"Spadone" is the name of the long-swords Gladiators use. Do U think they were trying to insult the person? Strange that they would use such an archaic word and not call him a eunuch.

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HERE (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Talk:Eunuch_(court_official)#Splitting)& thus:

No, it ...

The person who split the article wrote this HERE (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Newman_Luke#Spadone.3F) in response to "Mairi":

What's your source for moving this to spadone from eunuch? "Spadone" doesn't appear to generate any relevant google results, nor appear in most dictionaries ...

Eunuchs castrated before puberty were also valued and trained in several cultures for their exceptional voices, which retained a childlike and other-worldly flexibility and treble pitch. Such eunuchs were known as castrati. . . .

The broad sense of the term "eunuch" is reflected in the compendium ...

I got kicked off Wikipedia otherwise I'd do something about it. First thing I would do is go to the discussion page and say, "WTF?"! Next time I go to a public computer, I'll do something. I notified someone of the change at Wiki but they saw nothing wrong with the split of the articles. Usually ...

Someone split-up the Eunuch article at Wikipedia.

Have U ever heard a Eunuch called "Spadone"? Me either. Check out what someone did!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spadone