Hello everyone. It's my first letter and, on the whole, I am not an expert on Tolkien lingustics and all, so forgive me for any stupidities you may find. ...
Aiya! I am glad to congratulate and to remind you that we are entering a new year by reckoning of Imladris! Yestare of 128-th loa of 14-th yeen from...
I, Edward J Kloczko first wrote: P.S. *Over the past years I have proposed to use "good and sound" terminology. Again, I repeat my propositions. We should use...
Suilaid! For those interested in how Peter Jackson will handle the languages, there's a RealAudio sample of someone involved in the movies uttering two phrazes...
Here is a quote from Ian McKellen (playing Gandalf in the upcoming LotR ... saying "palanTIR"; instead of the Old English stress on the first syllable. Just as...
Is there an Albanian/Elvish connection? This is the Lord's Prayer in both Gheg and Tosk Albanian: Albanian, Gheg At yn, q je n qiell, shejtnue kjoft mni yt. ...
Not sure I follow, I believe I called what is the Internet, the "web" back before HTTP came out.. Back when it was me in Pine using the old Bitnet/Usenet or ...
... **Judging and guessing "stained" is here participle, isn't it? If it is, than _vahtaina_. ... **_apaceno_ I'd say, _uu_ is said to be connected with a...
eGroups: elfling digestAiya! from Poland. I want to announce that I have began a new linguistic webpage. It's name is GWAITH I-PHEDDAIN or FELLOWSHIP OF THE...
I'd want to ask you to look over my little Quenya song :) I know its quality is not very high, but I'd want to know wether I have made a great number of...
Edward J Kloczko wrote: P.S. *Over the past years I have proposed to use "good and sound" terminology. Again, I repeat my propositions. We should use "Old",...
Taniquetildesse nar i Valar, Andon Lómeo tere hehtanente Melkor, Sauron cánorya ná vanwa yando, entuluváro Ambar-mettan, númeheruvi mahtuvar so an i telda...
Sorry if I seem obsessive at making sure my usage is correct. I believe in "Kubrikius Perfectus" when writing stories and such. In a nutshell I need someone to...
... In fact it is palantiir, with a long ii in Quenya. Palantir with a short i is a name : Tar-Palantir. These seeing-stones were called _gwachaedir_...
... I smell a red herring. :-) There is _no_ lenthening of e in **lasseeva according to the letter JRRT sent to Mr Plotz. It si published in full in my book....
I once heard of a project to do the news in Quenya/Sindar (or was it another lingo) so as to flesh it out more for a moder audience.. Anyone doing a like...
In an earlier posting Josu Gomez suggested that the verbal ending in -e simply forms the present tense of strong verbs (as contrast to those in -a). So that...
So far no etymogy was given for this place name. I propose Arvernien < *ar-barn-iend, "royal protected land". Royal because Gil-Gald was living there ; but if...
... Can't but agree! ... It's the same in the Scandinavian languages ("brev"/"bref";) ... My suggestion is also "tence", as a reasonable general word for 'a...
Hi, all, I am happy to say that B. Philip Jonsson has agreed to become the maintainer of the Elfling FAQ. Philip is much more qualified than I am to do this,...
In Quenya and Sindarin/Noldorin, a number of words which derive from roots ending in *d and *th change this consonant to s when it appears before an ending...
... meaning, either having its properties or being produced by the verbal action in question, or even being a tool used to accomplish it" ... accomplish it"......
Just for the heck of it, I printed out a list of the email addresses of Elfling's members. There are 357 addresses subscribed (note that this emphatically does...
... Actually it is "aith'e:r" gen. "aith'eros" in Greek. ... The funny thing is that it originally meant 'fresh, clear air'! Perhaps it could be used about...
... I've earlier suggested to apply the word "tanwe" 'craft, thing made, device, construction' ("The Etymologies" sub TAN) to the concept of 'machine', and...
i.e. which elvish (and other nonenglish) lines from the RB is it known to or suspected (not speculated) will be used in the film versions? i understand from...
As the posting of Herwig shows again, the use of _tengwa_ for both "letters" is unfortunate. All the more since in English/French they collided in sound, but...
Aiya! just one question - are there any etimological relations between words _nis_ and _nisima_? In Ardalambion index I've found that _nis_ descendent from...
