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Ryker, I don't think that was rudeness. I think he was just joking around.

A Thane and a Housecarl are real-life terms, too; old Anglo-Saxon an Nordic cultures had them. "Housecarl", also known as "huscarl", literally means "house man". IIRC they're almost like servants. A Thane, also spelled theign, is a servant to an aristocrat or minor noble.