The many 'accents' of Channelers

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There are words that Ra used that I'm guessing are as uncommon in British usage as they are here. For instance, chirurgeon, leitmotif, chary, athanor, honestation, tesseract, sigil, tau, demesne.

I think Ra chose the most precise term for the concept they were trying to convey rather than concern themselves with contemporary usage.