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34628 Helge K. Fauskanger
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Dec 19, 2007
10:37 am
... Drawing on PE17 vocabulary, I'd write: Moica tóquetië auquerë aha, mal naraca quetta quirë rúsë. - HKF [Non-text portions of this message have been...
34629 raven_grey_milano
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Dec 19, 2007
10:37 am
Hello everyone, first off I want to apologize for tormenting you guys with what must be another in a series of seemingly endless translation assists. I have...
34630 Travis Henry
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Dec 20, 2007
1:31 am
Here's all I could find on the Hvendi language: In July, 2000, Lisa Star included Hvendi in her "List of Tolkien's Languages": "In addition Tolkien developed...
34631 Annaka Shultz
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Dec 20, 2007
1:31 am
Just out of curiosity, 'da chaer' fits the rules of nasal mutation, but I was wondering why 'dan' becomes 'da'. If 'dan gaer' is used(c becoming g in soft...
34632 Travis Henry
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Dec 20, 2007
1:31 am
... already a primitive harbour there of fisherfolk" = quasi-Lepontic<< I meant to say Ligurian. The "Bel-men" would be evocative of the Ligures people, and...
34633 Giraudeau David
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Dec 20, 2007
1:32 am
I'm glad to announce you that the Vinyar Tengwar 43 is now (legally) available in French here : http://lambenore.free.fr/telechargements/VT43.pdf thanks to the...
34634 aelindis Send Email Dec 21, 2007
1:05 am
... published in Vinyar Tengwar #42, <bêl> likely meant "shore", and was likely the native name, or part of the native name, of the region that would later...
34635 crowbabe74 Send Email Dec 21, 2007
1:05 am
Suilad all, I was wondering if anyone reading this knows how involved getting permission to use Sindarin and or Quenya in the text of a novel would be. I...
34636 Travis Henry
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Dec 21, 2007
1:06 am
I suggest that the Vidugavian Northmen -- the "Goths of the Third Age" -- would've originally used a mode of Cirth, just as the Goths originally used Runes:...
34637 jesper
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Dec 21, 2007
8:50 am
... Whatever you learn, please keep us posted since I'd be much interested to learn too. And how much can you copyright a language. Sure, in a text where it is...
34638 finsen@...
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Dec 21, 2007
12:07 pm
Would recommend a search through the Yahoo Group for Elfling for "Copyright&quot; to see previous arguements. caio Graeme...
34639 Giel van Schijndel
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Dec 22, 2007
2:38 am
... Having elves to speak that language will still not be enough to breach copyright law. You'd have to let those elves say exactly (or almost exactly) the...
34640 jesper
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Dec 22, 2007
7:55 pm
... thanks for a good walk-through. I appreciate it a lot! I guess I'll go with Angaudlinn now since I bet someone do have a trademark on Silmarillion. I think...
34641 Annaka Shultz
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Dec 23, 2007
1:44 pm
Suilad, everyone - Just thought I'd let you all know that I grabbed ahold of the brass today and sent a letter to the solicitor of Tolkien's estate requesting...
34642 kuniklo
bunnycatch3r Send Email
Dec 23, 2007
1:47 pm
... in "The ... Middle-earth). ... recommend the ... earth ... vocabulary of ... It seems that this language has disappeared. Does anyone know where I can find...
34643 trilogy9@... Send Email Dec 24, 2007
2:35 am
Suil Giel, I noticed this on the elfling website and was wondering if there is any chance I could obtain a copy of the music your band, Angaudlinn, which I...
34644 Petri Tikka
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Dec 24, 2007
2:36 am
Merry Christmas! I have made a Vin-Quenya translation of "Arkihuolesi kaikki heitä". It is an old Finnish Christmas song by Alpo Noponen, with a melody by ...
34645 Helge K. Fauskanger
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Dec 24, 2007
2:36 am
... Try something like _Asto yondo [or, Astion], eterúnaina lo Hristo umbarinya caita máryatse_. - HKF [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
34646 jesper
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Dec 24, 2007
11:47 am
... I promise to update the list once I have a few tracks of the tracks recorded and good-sounding. Now there are just simple demo versions. Thanks for the...
34647 Petri Tikka
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Dec 24, 2007
3:11 pm
... **_umbarinya_ should be *_umbartinya_, cf. _umbar_ (_umbarten_) "fate, doom" (MBARAT-, LR:372). I would also prefer _ambar_ (_ambart-_), because _u_ tends...
34648 Giel van Schijndel
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Dec 24, 2007
3:11 pm
... Happy to have been able to help you! ... Since all trademarks are only valid when registered at goverment run trademark registries you can actually search...
34649 Giel van Schijndel
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Dec 24, 2007
3:11 pm
... I think you'll have to ask jesper for that since I merely answered some of his questions and commented some of his statements in regards to copyright law....
34650 raven_grey_milano
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Dec 25, 2007
11:37 pm
... Thank you both for your assistance! I was off pretty badly!! Glad I talked to you guys here first, looks like other than word choice I also missed some...
34651 Helge K. Fauskanger
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Dec 25, 2007
11:38 pm
Well, X-mas is here, and as usual I have uploaded some stuff to Ardalambion. I'm afraid it's only updated material this year, not completely new stuff, but I...
34652 Helge K. Fauskanger
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Dec 27, 2007
3:03 pm
... doom" (MBARAT-, LR:372). Yes and no. There is indeed the genitive (later presumably dative) form _umbarten_ in Etym, and one may also point to the name...
34653 Helge K. Fauskanger
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Dec 29, 2007
1:22 pm
... It will make sense, yes. But whether it will be "correct" is a more complex issue, and neither Petri nor I claim to be Tolkien reincarnated. Let us have a...
34654 Helge K. Fauskanger
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Dec 31, 2007
3:36 am
The sole known attestation of a Quenya word for "hobbit, halfling" occurs in Tolkien's book dedication to Elaine Griffiths, including the words _tárin...
34655 "Beregond, Ander...
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Dec 31, 2007
10:25 am
... According to what Carl Hostetter wrote on Lambengolmor a few months ago (September 30), it "should of course read _Periandion_". It is also included in the...
34656 raven_grey_milano
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Dec 31, 2007
1:46 pm
Thanks for the in depth info. It's pretty fascinating how languages come together. I kind of look at this situation like "live" languages that we use today....
34657 "Beregond, Ander...
j_beregond Send Email
Dec 31, 2007
2:02 pm
... It is happily not uncertain. Their publication has already gone on for a long time, and will go on until all is out. At least that goes for all the...
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