When you say "Ironman" it could mean (a) a person who is very strong, (b) a person with a lot of endurance, or (c) a person made of metal. Which one do you...
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maho4451
Jun 1, 2008 11:31 am
Well, (I'm not an expert so by all means PLEASE seek a second opinion) but according to the Appendix of the Silmarillion, "Iron" in Quenya is "anga" and in...
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Phillip Wayne
exuyangi
Jun 2, 2008 12:30 pm
Well, once again I am no expert here, but I speak a bit of Sindarin. A very strong man: benn ammalar. (man very-strong) A very persevering man: benn i udhaur...
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actorsatworkproductions
actorsatwork...
Jun 2, 2008 12:30 pm
Hello Everyone This is a little unusual but I am looking for someone extremely good at speaking Sindarin who can help tutor the actors in the film Born of...
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Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
Jun 2, 2008 12:30 pm
... Yes, basically. _Angaina_ is the adjective "of iron" in Quenya, the best-attested Tolkienian Elf-language. _Nér_ and _veo_ will both do for "man". You...
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peregrin_ionad
Jun 2, 2008 12:30 pm
Hi guys (and girls!) I've just joined...so I thought I'd pop in and say hello! I'll probably just end up lurking...but hopefully I will post from time to time!...
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Phillip Wayne
exuyangi
Jun 3, 2008 1:06 am
Quenya and Sindarin are very good places to start. ... -- Phil ... Horses hooves hammer Pounding priests of drumskin ground Bringing the thunder [Non-text...
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trilogy9@...
Jun 3, 2008 1:06 am
Not actually a reply, just a comment actually. Dear Mr. Salo, I am an avid reader and in particular, a devoted J.R.R. Tokein reader.? I just wanted to say that...
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Lila MacDonaugh
peregrin_ionad
Jun 3, 2008 1:07 am
Ahhhh....I so wish I was in cambridge! but I'm in India for most of July! I had a look at the website! Good luck! Wish I was involved! Pip "It's...
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maike
maikedulk
Jun 3, 2008 11:59 am
funny coincidence .. I just got that book because I was *getting serious* in studying Sindarin and we (my study partner and me) started to notice the huge ...
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Phillip Wayne
exuyangi
Jun 3, 2008 12:02 pm
Alas, I am but a poor judge ... there are differing opinions of almost any attempt Sindarin out there. I am sure that googling many persons such as Dianna...
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iiipitaka
Jun 3, 2008 12:20 pm
... You're asking the wrong person in the wrong forum. I became involved in Tolkien language studies in the mid-1990s because I was skeptical of the opinions...
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trilogy9@...
Jun 4, 2008 1:37 am
Phillip. First, let me say, that nothing can be obtained by "googling"; me or by looking at such? sites as "you tube" or "my space" because this is not...
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Thorsten Renk
trenk@...
Jun 4, 2008 11:49 am
Hi there, ... I can only speak for myself of course, but personally I am not keen on people trusting my expertise or believing what I say. What I would prefer ...
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Stephen Cooper
elearen@...
Jun 5, 2008 12:27 pm
Why don’t a group of, as I call them, “high-profile” students of quenya (or even sindarin), such as the guys that run the websites etc get together as a...
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hisweloke
Jun 5, 2008 12:29 pm
... I guess we all wholly agree that valuables articles must be well-referenced, citing all their sources (books and exact pages), so that readers may check...
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Thorsten Renk
trenk@...
Jun 6, 2008 11:32 am
... Didier, I think what you say is grossly unfair. Pedin Edhellen makes no attempt to hide what it is, the preface is very clear about it being a standardized...
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hisweloke
Jun 6, 2008 11:33 am
... Please allow me to provide an actual example in order to illustrate the problemtic issues raised by the lack of references in most of the so-said courses...
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maike
maikedulk
Jun 7, 2008 2:13 am
I also see PE as a course book .. like the books that I had at school to learn French from. And I think it is very good at that....
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Thorsten Renk
trenk@...
Jun 7, 2008 2:14 am
... Please allow me a response. ... No, in fact you are not. Would you have cared to read the introduction of Pedin Edhellen, you would have found a reference...
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elmmire
Jun 7, 2008 2:14 am
Hello all. I am fairly new here, but I felt that this lit exists to help one another along, not to fight about what is the best way to learn Tolkiens elvish...
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maike
maikedulk
Jun 7, 2008 2:14 am
hmm that last exchange between hisweloke and thorsten left me a bit puzzled ... and a bit sad as well. I mean, of course one can disagree .. but there seems to...
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aelindis
Jun 7, 2008 2:15 am
... I am definitely *not* presuming to speak on Thorsten Renk's behalf. I am only an unimportant individual that has been a mere *beginner* five years ago. I...
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hisweloke
Jun 7, 2008 2:19 am
... Please, both you and I ought to be above _ad hominem_ arguments such as these, so don't over-react here - I am not criticizing you on a personal angle, nor...
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Thorsten Renk
trenk@...
Jun 7, 2008 4:36 pm
... I can't see any ad hominem in here - I wrote that I think what you say is grossly unfair, and that's not a judgement of your character, but a factual...
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mcpcfa
Jun 7, 2008 4:36 pm
I am very new to Sindarin, slowly making my way through Pedin Edhellen in my scarce spare time. I have hoarded other resources, including the Hiswelókë...
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kiah_miah
Jun 7, 2008 4:36 pm
Hi everybody! I have been searching for a fool proof quenya translation and I'm hoping you guys know more than I do! ok so I'm looking for the words MIND BODY...
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hisweloke
Jun 7, 2008 4:37 pm
... I never wrote it wasn't. There's a quite a large number of webpages devoted to Tolkien languages now on the Internet, and several pseudo-courses and ...
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maike
maikedulk
Jun 7, 2008 4:39 pm
Oh, my study parther and me were wondering for some time already how this works on this list: There seems to be quite a large gap between posting a message and...
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iiipitaka
Jun 7, 2008 5:43 pm
... Here's how it works: All people who have just joined Elfling have their "Message Posting Privileges" settings set to "Messages posted by this member are...
