Travis (and others reading along), ... Not just one, but a whole series of novels set in the far east of Middle-earth? You expect a lot of Mr. Rushdie! :) ... ...
Hello Melroch, is there an attested example of the Q agental suffix -mo directly corresponding to an *-ef in Sindarin (Noldorin?) _gollor_ "magician"; is in...
Jason, ... Though I haven't met him face-to-face, I know Tolkien. I know him though his writings, his depiction in photographs, and his recorded voice. My...
Hello there, _-kse_ is an old reflexive ending in Finnish, that is seen for instance in "The Kalevala" (<www.finlit.fi/kalevala/>): _Istuiksen ilokivelle, ...
[...] Is the name _Elostirion_ Quenya or Sindarin? If it is Quenya, why does it appear in Middle-earth, where most of place names are Sindarin? Considering...
Q(u)enya _aure_ 'sunlight, sunshine, gold light, warmth' (PE12:33) with its later glosses (such as 'day(light)', RC:727) is suspiciously similar to Finnish...
... No. Tolkien's "versions"; are called Adűnaic, Quenya, Sindarin, et al. It's as simple as that. There is no need for qualifiers. The fact that you think...
Hi Travis, And so, "the Trumpet call us to the breech" again, eh? All right, I'm game. :) ... Your perspective, fair enough. But we must all remember that none...
Just a few thoughts ... ... Yes, I've heard a few different versions from a few different sources. And thanks for sharing your side. But one point of...
This is a short poem which I hope you will enjoy. All comments are welcome here or over at Aglardh where it has also been posted. Calafiriequenta Sanome...
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Ambar Eldaron has tried to create a "runic mode" and a specific font for the Tengscribe in order to transcibe your texts easily into Runes.
You can find...
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Some of the visitors of my website using MacIntosh have problems for transcribing Tengwar and Runes, because they cannot use the Tengscribe.
YATT should...
I wanted to contact you all regarding my film project Born of Hope, which is a very high quality Lord of the Rings fan film being produced in the UK. Although...
... Personally, I was very well welcomed (by their Solicitor Cathleen Blackburn) when I requested the authorization of the Tolkien Estate to translate in...
... I am sure Tolkien would've come up with something inherently more elegant though... Concerning Sindarin or Noldorin, you have also _bragol_ in the...
... Well. I guess you are talking about the Ataremma affair. For the uninitiated: Some years ago, before it had been "officially" published, one version of...
... Nicely put. "Developing" languages from outside the Elvish family is however difficult, if one wants to maintain the contact with Tolkien's original work. ...
Hello, I was directed to this community as some here might be able to assist me with something that I am working on. I am trying to translate the name Michael...
What is actually known of diminutives in Eldarin? _atya_, _ataryo_ and _atto_ from _atar_ and the suffix _*-inki*_ seem to be all there is. /BP 8^)> -- Benct...
I have a question which arose through a member of a Myspace Elvish group attempting a transcription and translation of the tengwar on the cover of PE10;...
Hi, I've been seeking advice through the elfscript group on the translation of a phrase (there is no wealth but love) and have been advised that "Ume alma er...
If the language of the southern Stoors and Bree-men had similar phonetic processes as Welsh, then "father, dad" may've actually been <tab> instead of <dab>,...
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There are several examples of the Translated Northern language -- that is, Old Norse -- such as the westronized/anglicized <Dalr> "Dale", <Bardr>, <Brandr>,...
... Well, if these crops were brought to Ennor before the rounding of Arda and the raising of the New Lands near the end of the Second Age, then the crops...
... Well, thank you for your feedback, then. I must urge people to carefully read what I actually write, and not rely on an (often superficial) impression of...
I'm glad that there is either resolution, or at least a conclusion, to several of the disagreements. Though I'm meandering into other topics, here are some...
Travis, Lest the following seem like just an endless and mean-spirited harangue, let me assure you that this is not my intention, and I'm very happy to make...
