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  • Members: 2020
  • Category: Tolkien, J.R.R.
  • Founded: Sep 5, 1998
  • Language: English
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Hello, I would really like it if you sent me the LOTR list. I have "attempted&quot; to learn elvish but there isnt any time!! But i'm trying, ok well please send it...
3 May 4, 2002
8:53 pm

Blaze Tigereye
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Hey!! Please come to my Yahoo! group. It is mostly about the Elves ... FICTIONS!! It is at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the_elfhavensofmiddle_earth...
2 May 4, 2002
8:53 pm

lordofthe_eagles
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Aiya ilquenen, for those who might be interested: I have started to build a small webpage on which I will publish my Quenya poems and translations. It is very...
3 May 4, 2002
8:31 pm

Thomas Ferencz
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Hi! ^_^ Only my second post to the group since I joined. I hope that someone can help me. A friend asked me about a phrase he saw on an away message, wondering...
4 May 4, 2002
6:15 pm

Jesse White
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Kamusta: Hi...i'm not really new to the group, but this is officially the first time i'm going to ask a question. My friend and I recently started reading the...
3 May 4, 2002
6:15 pm

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Suillë! I am creating a "translation wheel" for the Tengwar which will (hopefully) make translating from both English and Quenya simpler, if not easier. Does...
6 May 4, 2002
6:15 pm

octaviamarcellus@...
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Oops! Is English written from right to left? Boy, to realize ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
1 May 4, 2002
6:15 pm

octaviamarcellus@...
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... The KL mode *IS* JRRT's Westron mode for English. See the King's Letter in 'Sauron Defeated'. The title page tengwar inscription is just two lines of what...
1 May 4, 2002
10:59 am

D. Daniel Andriës
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I expect that Elven Haven, is more than just Tolkiens Elves, but also Norse and other Germanics, as well as those creatures in literature that are often called...
1 May 4, 2002
3:59 am

Michael Adams
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... What I am attempting is J.R.R. Tolkien's ("Westron";???) Mode of converting the English alphabet to Tengwar, an example of which is written out in the title...
1 May 3, 2002
11:41 pm

Lee, Esther (NYC-ME)
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... Neither. ('i' tehta? 'inglish&#39;?) In the tehta mode for English on the LotR title page: nwalme + 'e' tehta (accent), lambe, aha + 'i' tehta (single dot)....
1 May 3, 2002
10:23 pm

D. Daniel Andriës
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Speaking of getting confused (left-to-right, top-to-bottom, etc), I have completed the first draft of my English-to-Tengwar table and have gotten all turned...
1 May 3, 2002
8:30 pm

Lee, Esther (NYC-ME)
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Could there be any way of reconstructing a sensible word for "colour" in Quenya and Sindarin? And what about "different&quot;? Petri Tikka Helsinki, Finland ...
5 May 3, 2002
8:30 pm

Thomas Ferencz
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Written english derived its appearence, alphabet and right to left, linear structure from Latin, which had pretty much always been written this way. Though...
2 May 3, 2002
7:27 pm

Thomas Ferencz
percival64
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Old versions of the game Nethack used to have "Elf" as a character class. The level titles for this class were derived from Quenya and Sindarin, a few from...
1 May 3, 2002
5:59 pm

Kassandra Velez
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I find myself uncertain as to what would be the normal plurals of: _te(i)lien_ 'sport, game', _sirion_ 'great river' and _ortheli_ 'roof'? Also has anyone...
2 May 3, 2002
5:10 pm

Gildor Inglorion
elfiness
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YODA: Continued the translation is... ~THE KALEVALA~ --THE EPIC POEM OF FINLAND-- TRANSLATIONS INTO QUENYA ... With Direct Translations From Quenya Into...
1 May 3, 2002
3:05 pm

Petri Tikka
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Almarë, lambendili! Forgive the stupidity of my question, but how could I translate the following sentence into Quenya: "Welcome to the Halls of Mandos,...
11 May 3, 2002
2:25 pm

Thomas Ferencz
percival64
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me again... Since I don't know quite how to post an image with my messages and therefore couldn't include the actual calligraphy, here is what I hope to be a...
5 May 3, 2002
1:49 am

Kai MacTane
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I wonder if "drott" is cognate with the Anglo-Saxon word "dryghten";? That too tends to mean "sovereign lord" or "king." Sara...
13 May 2, 2002
5:46 pm

Lukas Novak
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Hello everyone, I am a new member to Elfling and I had a question. Is there an Elvish-English dictionary anywhere and how much does it cost. Please let me know...
3 May 2, 2002
5:15 pm

Nick Zeniuk
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I have updated my site with this poem... LÓTESSE Ai! Laica Lótesse Sie, sie vanima Melinye lúme sina Arwa helwa helleo Arwa helce nénion Hísier Víresseo...
2 May 2, 2002
5:14 pm

almie_elenwe
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A few days ago, Sergi Oliva Valls informed me that the Lambenor people have made it rather easier for people (including me!) to reach my website. Instead of...
8 May 2, 2002
2:10 pm

Gildor Inglorion
elfiness
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If Gwaith-i-Phethdain is "Fellowship of the Word Smiths", then what would "Fellowship of the Language Smiths" be? Gwaith-i-Lhamdain?...
2 May 2, 2002
2:35 am

dayakara2@...
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I am using a smattering of Quenya and Sindarian in poems that I will sell...is this a copyright infringement? Also, is it possible to buy an updated...
1 May 1, 2002
11:23 pm

JAMES HINTON
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The translation continues... ~THE KALEVALA~ --THE EPIC POEM OF FINLAND-- TRANSLATIONS INTO QUENYA ... With Direct Translations From Quenya Into English ...
1 May 1, 2002
7:21 pm

Petri Tikka
petristikka
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Aiya, please let me suggest some Quenya newwords that might be of use. If some of them are evident, or simply rubbish, please forgive me. Comments welcome. ...
14 May 1, 2002
7:16 pm

Kai MacTane
kmactane
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Aiya ilye vánin ar aiya ellen! Hail to all geese and hail to you! I've revamped my site with framed pages and a Quenya 'Months&#39; crossword. Come and pay a...
6 May 1, 2002
10:04 am

Alex Grigny de Castro
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Aiya Alex, yesterday I studied the Quenya particles page on your excellent website, and have a comment to the prefix yo-, which is generally and by you also...
13 May 1, 2002
6:52 am

Alex Grigny de Castro
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I have joined this group because of an interest in calligraphy (Tengwar?) of the Quenya language. Currently studying the simpler "Parmaite"; script but am...
3 May 1, 2002
12:20 am

D. Daniel Andriës
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