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34526 traversetravis Send Email Nov 1, 2007
11:10 am
... conceived of by you and you alone.<< That's not true. I am not only referring to myself. I am impressed with the work of many other hands. [In regard to...
34527 Jason Fisher
visualweasel Send Email
Nov 1, 2007
2:06 pm
Travis, Despite the adversarial nature of this discussion, I want you to know I am enjoying it. I hope you are too. ... as conceived of by you and you alone.<<...
34528 Jason Fisher
visualweasel Send Email
Nov 1, 2007
9:34 pm
For those following the discussion ... ... Reading over my last message again, I realized I might have mischaracterized the Tolkien Estate and Christopher...
34529 Travis Henry
traversetravis Send Email
Nov 2, 2007
1:11 am
... I've enjoyed some of it. :-) I want to avoid argument like the plague. Yet being vigorously challenged helps hone my own conceptions, so I'm glad for that....
34530 Christina
wiccanslyr Send Email
Nov 4, 2007
1:02 am
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...
34531 Arthur Boccaccio
elhanan_austin Send Email
Nov 4, 2007
1:43 am
Actually, the name MIchael means "Who is like God?". Your translation of the name gives it a completely different connotation.' In Quenya it is generally...
34532 Travis Henry
traversetravis Send Email
Nov 5, 2007
1:03 pm
... of grammar to go on. In my experience, even a long Neo-Quenya translation of random text will overwhelmingly consist of Tolkien's own words (ca. 95 %). ...
34533 Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@... Send Email
Nov 6, 2007
5:03 pm
... Well. I guess you are talking about the Ataremma affair. For the uninitiated: Some years ago, before it had been "officially&quot; published, one version of...
34534 Jason Fisher
visualweasel Send Email
Nov 6, 2007
8:21 pm
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...
34535 Giraudeau David
davidkiks Send Email
Nov 7, 2007
1:07 pm
... Personally, I was very well welcomed (by their Solicitor Cathleen Blackburn) when I requested the authorization of the Tolkien Estate to translate in...
34536 Evenstar
evenstar62 Send Email
Nov 7, 2007
8:02 pm
Hi everybody! How can we render "suddenly"; into Quenya? Thanks in advance for your help. Evenstar http://www.ambar-eldaron.com Le Monde des Elfes...
34537 TF
percival64 Send Email
Nov 7, 2007
10:43 pm
This is just a workaround, rather awkward, but there is #apacen "foresight&quot; from _apacenye_ "of foresight" or rather "foreseen, expected", a plural adjective...
34538 S P
elenyona Send Email
Nov 8, 2007
12:18 am
... Apart from compounding, the first plausible roots that come to my mind are BEREK (Q semantics?) and RIK(H), with at least noting GOR. Most "irregular&quot;...
34539 TF
percival64 Send Email
Nov 8, 2007
9:58 am
Hi, ... From: S P <sp12@...> To: elfling@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 8, 2007 12:12:34 AM Subject: RE: [elfling] [Q] Suddenly ... Apart...
34540 Giraudeau David
davidkiks Send Email
Nov 8, 2007
2:18 pm
... I am sure Tolkien would've come up with something inherently more elegant though... Concerning Sindarin or Noldorin, you have also _bragol_ in the...
34541 Kenneth Chaij
smaug667 Send Email
Nov 8, 2007
2:18 pm
I found in my dealings with the TE that they were very easy to work with and quickly allowed me the opportunity to get my efforts published. A second printing...
34542 actorsatworkproductions
actorsatwork... Send Email
Nov 9, 2007
3:08 pm
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...
34543 Evenstar
evenstar62 Send Email
Nov 10, 2007
5:12 am
Hi! Some of the visitors of my website using MacIntosh have problems for transcribing Tengwar and Runes, because they cannot use the Tengscribe. YATT should...
34544 Evenstar
evenstar62 Send Email
Nov 10, 2007
5:14 am
Hi! 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...
34545 Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@... Send Email
Nov 12, 2007
12:19 am
... The cover on Tyalie 18 may say that it was published on December 15, but as I well remember, it wasn't actually distributed before some days (weeks?) into...
34546 Jason Fisher
visualweasel Send Email
Nov 12, 2007
5:45 pm
Helge, ... Isn't this a purely semantic argument? From what I know, Tyalie did, in fact, appear first, whether it was mere days or not. And in any case, the...
34547 TF
percival64 Send Email
Nov 13, 2007
3:26 pm
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...
34548 traversetravis Send Email Nov 15, 2007
1:37 pm
... remodeling of his languages? I do. Just my opinion, of course, for what it's worth.<< It seems to me that a lot of people (mis)represent Tolkien as a ...
34549 Petri Tikka
petristikka Send Email
Nov 16, 2007
11:37 am
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...
34550 Petri Tikka
petristikka Send Email
Nov 16, 2007
2:39 pm
Carl F. Hostetter just informed me that the similarity between Q _aure_ and F _aurinko_ has been noted before, namely in VT33:23 by Christopher Gilson (January...
34551 Jason Fisher
visualweasel Send Email
Nov 16, 2007
3:17 pm
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...
34552 traversetravis Send Email Nov 17, 2007
5:49 am
... Hmm! That makes sense. A second Primary World influence is likely Latin <aurum> "gold" and its Proto-Indo-European ancestor *<aues> "to shine; gold" and...
34553 Travis Henry
traversetravis Send Email
Nov 17, 2007
5:49 am
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...
34554 Melroch 'Aestan
melroch Send Email
Nov 17, 2007
9:25 pm
... I have thought of the possible adjective _aurinque_ 'full of daylight'. /BP 8^)> -- Benct Philip Jonsson -- melroch atte melroch dotte se ...
34555 Cara Loup
caraloup Send Email
Nov 18, 2007
2:03 am
Hello, all! I'm hoping that some of the esteemed list members will be able to help with a little puzzle I'm currently pursuing. Rereading parts of "The History...
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