In accordance with the grand tradition that I add something to Ardalambion every Christmas, I hereby present what must be one of the longest Neo-Quenya texts...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Dec 25, 2006 6:35 pm
... With so much material still unpublished we can't know how extensive the vocabulary provided really is. The cognate of Sindarin _dagor_ (< ndakrô_) would...
33729
Arthur Boccaccio
elhanan_austin
Dec 25, 2006 9:54 pm
Thanks Helge. _Narco_ would (in American English at least) have too many connotations with Columbian druglords and Serpico. I think _Mahtale_ will work for me,...
33730
rikkuras_del_mas_alla
rikkuras_del...
Dec 27, 2006 4:48 pm
Hi, I'm Olga García and I come from Spain. I'm very interested on Elvish linguistics. I'd like to be welcome to this list. I'm also interested on linguistics...
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rikkuras_del_mas_alla
rikkuras_del...
Dec 27, 2006 4:51 pm
Hi! I dunno if anyone has already had this idea, but I have it on my head since years ago. I thought once that Sindarin _egor_ "or" could come from the stem...
33732
Bill Welden
williamwelden
Dec 28, 2006 12:26 am
... So, Matthew. Suppose that they had gotten Tolkien himself to do the translation; but kept his participation secret. What do you suppose your evaluation of...
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Matthew Dinse
tyrhael_idhraen
Dec 28, 2006 12:48 am
... _Honestly_, if I didn't know that Tolkien had done it, I'd probably have been just as critical - for example, if someone had used _umbas_ for 'shield'...
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Thorsten Renk
trenk@...
Dec 28, 2006 7:32 pm
... I would very much like to see your reasoning why this interpretation would come to one's mind at all, given that the word is listed under both AT and RAT...
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Thorsten Renk
trenk@...
Dec 28, 2006 7:36 pm
... To which my answer would be that the Movie-Sindarin has a different 'flavour' than Tolkien's work and I think I can tell the difference. Since I can't nail...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Dec 28, 2006 10:14 pm
... It is probably not entirely unfair to suggest that certain reviews of _A Gateway to Sindarin_ may be colored by private grudges against the author. Valid...
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Matthew Dinse
tyrhael_idhraen
Dec 29, 2006 1:40 am
... Tolkien's late material has been confirmed (VT48:25, 32). If it ever existed in a geminated form -kk- (like the root ME "we" does produce forms in -mm- at...
33738
rikkuras_del_mas_alla
rikkuras_del...
Dec 29, 2006 4:30 pm
Hi! I have thought about the idea of creating new Elvish languages with different flavors, including non-European ones. I know there have been some attempts,...
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Matthew Dinse
tyrhael_idhraen
Dec 29, 2006 6:26 pm
... [snip] So, you mean new (Middle-earth) Elvish languages, i.e. somehow based on his proto-Eldarin roots? I know there have been attempts at making ...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Dec 29, 2006 11:31 pm
... Yeah, for instance because Peter Jackson found it embarrassing to publicly admit that they had been using a Ouija board to produce Elvish dialogue. :) ......
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Melroch 'Aestan
melroch
Dec 30, 2006 1:27 pm
... I for one can't see how the question of whether the etymology of _athrad_ is either a gerund or a compound of _AT_ and _RAT_ (and I would tend to favor the...
33742
Melroch 'Aestan
melroch
Dec 30, 2006 1:48 pm
... Rest assured that people have. Whether one feels that one can or wants to publicise ones efforts is another matter. For example it is in restrospect...
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Lakis Lalakis
elfiness
Dec 30, 2006 3:08 pm
AFAIK the etymology remains a mystery but if you ask me, I think it's a plausible explanation...
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rikkuras_del_mas_alla
rikkuras_del...
Dec 30, 2006 5:03 pm
... Yes, I mean Elvish langs derived from Proto-Quendian. But don't expect me to create a language so rapidly, I've never had a serious attempt at it and I am...
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rikkuras_del_mas_alla
rikkuras_del...
Dec 30, 2006 5:11 pm
... Well, read this: "An interesting side remark: Discussing modificators of root consonants, Tolkien gives in PE14:66 the example 'These relationships are...
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Bill Welden
williamwelden
Dec 31, 2006 4:57 am
... Can you imagine the ruckus if Tolkien _had_ been alive to assist? Production Staff to Professor Tolkien: we require a Dwarvish translation of the sentence...
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Atwe
percival64
Dec 31, 2006 3:09 pm
Also posted on Aglardh. It is a time for reflection, so here it is. I wish you all a new year full of peace and happiness. Silmeríne amilenyan Silmeríne...
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rikkuras_del_mas_alla
rikkuras_del...
Dec 31, 2006 6:28 pm
... Oops! I forgot to clarify one thing here: when I meant "doubtful"; on that passage I referred to "of doubtful function or meaning". I hope the matter is...
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rikkuras_del_mas_alla
rikkuras_del...
Dec 31, 2006 6:45 pm
... [for the movies]; but kept his participation secret. ... publicly admit that they had been using a Ouija board to produce Elvish dialogue. :) ... Why not...
33750
iiipitaka
Dec 31, 2006 7:38 pm
... would come to one's mind at all, given that the word is listed under both AT and RAT which very strongly suggest a compound of these two roots. I don't...
33751
iiipitaka
Dec 31, 2006 7:45 pm
... I have in my files a number of sketches (some fairly extensive) of "what-if" Elvish languages -- in large part because that sort of game tends to fix the...
33752
iiipitaka
Dec 31, 2006 7:55 pm
... Because as uncomfortable as I felt using a very poorly attested form, I would have felt even more uncomfortable using a form that wasn't attested at all....
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Matthew Dinse
tyrhael_idhraen
Jan 1, 2007 12:00 am
... Sorry for not clarifying my statement. While the _mudas_, _erias_, _istas_ is one that fits in the preterite category, I actually intended to refer to...
33754
Matthew Dinse
tyrhael_idhraen
Jan 1, 2007 1:06 am
... [snip] ... I'm going to play devil's advocate here. Such as re-interpreting _lhaw_ from _slasû_ [TolkLang 14.56] rather than _lasû_ [Etym. LAS 2] in...
33755
rikkuras_del_mas_alla
rikkuras_del...
Jan 1, 2007 4:14 pm
Hi! I wish you all a happy and lucky New Year!!! Cheers! Olga...
33756
simplyanalogue
Jan 2, 2007 7:21 am
Hi List and happy new 2007! I've been lurking for quite a while and my main interest is to get help from now and then with translating stuff for my band which...
