Hi Frank,
Just where should we go? 

 I am not intending to debate the reason Polish swords were termed such. It is just an old tired  discussion to me. Nor am I excusing Neumann and others regarding straight sabres. It is simply information I would be repeating myself again and again, hence leaving it as a link.
Cheers
Hotspur; 
I am truly not one to worry about it a great deal