... I've been following this discussion with real interest, but one thing troubles me. I'm not sure how this word _respect_ is going to be used when it has...
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aelindis
Jan 2, 2010 12:22 am
... Accidentally, I came across a passage in Appendix E that supports the assumption that Sindarin c/p/t are unaspirated: "The original Fëanorian system also...
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Candlewick House
pedersenpeggy
Jan 2, 2010 7:22 pm
Is respect going to be used as synonym for honour? (verb and noun) - Marille Ailinel...
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"Beregond, Ander...
j_beregond
Jan 2, 2010 7:25 pm
... More strictly, it indicates that aspiration was not a consonantal variation that required representation in writing; i.e. there was no phonemic constrast...
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Grant Hicks
ghicks02
Jan 3, 2010 11:57 am
I think Tuilinde makes a good point. The meaning we give to the word "respect" in English doesn't necessarily follow from the roots (literally "to look back...
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davidkiks
Jan 5, 2010 3:22 pm
Here is an essay on the global theory of E.J. Kloczko concerning J.R.R. Tolkien's invented languages and his subcreation : ...
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aelindis
Jan 5, 2010 3:27 pm
... I believe that the absence of the Tengwar with extended stems in Sindarin writing does not merely mean that the representation of aspirated p/t/k was not...
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maike
maikedulk
Jan 8, 2010 1:29 pm
Suilad, I have been working the past year on creating a new Sindarin dictionary application. I've used Hesperides (the existing Sindarin dictionary...
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enrombel
Jan 8, 2010 1:30 pm
Dear elflingers Happy New Year to all!! I have just restored my page "Las Tengwar de Feanor", since it was formerly stored at geocities, and they don´t...
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petristikka
Jan 8, 2010 1:31 pm
Aiya! I have in the last month posted a few Q(u)enya recordings that might be of interest to this group. Just today I recorded my Quenya translation of "Wie...
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Kloczko
laurifindil
Jan 8, 2010 1:33 pm
I never developped such a "bogus theory". Mr. Giraudeau has a much bigger imagination than I do. E. Kloczko...
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Giraudeau David
davidkiks
Jan 10, 2010 4:39 am
... Hi Edouard, Happy New Year, too ! ^_^ I think your own words (in the quotations I gave) are meaningful enough. However, such quotations could be extended. ...
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faelach69
Jan 10, 2010 4:41 am
An "add your own words" feature would be nice! (This way, anyone of us could add new words in a timely fashion as they become published). Also, will this...
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Abrigon Gusiq
abrigon@...
Jan 10, 2010 4:42 am
Some of his letters and like, look much like Hindi/Sanskrit or even further affield but part of the same tradition. Seen some Mongol/Manchu writing that looks...
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Damien
elendil.voronda
Jan 10, 2010 4:42 am
... Well then, I would be interested to understand "the theory behind the work". ... And the diagram shown on p.4 of David Giraudeau analysis, apparently taken...
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Terry Dock
melhael
Jan 10, 2010 4:44 am
Hi! First of all: good luck in your endeavour. I'm looking forward to using the finished product. :) Personally, I'd like to have features enabling me to...
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George M
pans_lair
Jan 10, 2010 10:02 pm
Hello everyone! I'm curious. As I follow these posts it occurs to me to ask; do the majority of you study Tolkien's languages as a purely intellectual,...
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Thorsten Renk
trenk@...
Jan 11, 2010 10:53 am
... It's a safe bet that nobody speaks the languages. Like probably many others, I have at some point tried, and simply given up - rephrasing everything you...
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Benct Philip Jonsson
melroch
Jan 11, 2010 2:55 pm
... Correct. ... It is. The Sanskrit cognate is _paç-_. /BP...
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Arthur Boccaccio
elhanan_austin
Jan 12, 2010 2:02 pm
... As a corollary to this, when I was working on a horse farm in Germany, I spoke Sindarin to the horses (as well as English and German). *grin* Of course,...
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thean7@...
thean7...
Jan 12, 2010 2:03 pm
I have been meaning to translate what is to me an important word, I just don't know where in "English" to start, I tried starting with the Quenya then...
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Palatinus
elfiness
Jan 12, 2010 2:09 pm
... I don't know what is meant by "scholarly pursuit". For me, Elvish is a way to explore Tolkien's world beyond his published books, and also to learn new...
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maike
maikedulk
Jan 13, 2010 6:22 am
Suilad, thanks for your responses! ... this is also how the existing "Hesperides" application worked (if you set the search preference to "match parts of...
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Andrew Higgins
higgins.andrew10@...
Jan 14, 2010 7:54 pm
Suliad! Not sure how I lost my Elfing email when I changed systems but I am back now.... I have been "studying"; Tolkien linguistics for the last 5 years or so...
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Abrigon Gusiq
abrigon@...
Jan 14, 2010 7:54 pm
Elven languages, have much in common, or seem to with some of the Semite ones, so maybe look to them for ideas, need not be direct borrowings? Mike...
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asthiggins
Jan 15, 2010 10:36 pm
Mike Based on Tolkien's writings I believe Aduniac and Khazadul were both influenced by Semetic languages - indeed he said that Numenor of which Aduniac is the...
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Abrigon Gusiq
abrigon@...
Jan 17, 2010 3:06 am
Going with the roots of Qyenya and like.. In Arabic and related Semite language, words like Muslim and Islam are the same basic word, but how used decided how...
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Phillip Wayne
exuyangi
Jan 18, 2010 3:02 am
Umm ... saying that the Semitic langauges do not have to do with vowels is like starfish don't have much to do with arms. The grammar for most Semitic roots is...
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Abrigon Gusiq
abrigon@...
Jan 19, 2010 3:11 am
What I was talking about is you can write Hebrew or Arabic and not need to express the vowels, since they are implied in the constonants.. SLM - Muslim or...
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Phillip Wayne
exuyangi
Jan 20, 2010 1:06 pm
Yes, you can omit the consonants. Most semitic scripts do, matter of fact. So, MSLM or MSLYM would be Muslim, and SLMW would be silamu, and SLM would be Salam...
