I think there is a Sindarin sound not attested in our tengwar specimina!! I am referring to the umlaut archaic sound "oe" (later "e"), as in oeroed > ered,...
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SKC8563@...
Apr 19, 2001 7:56 pm
aiya! Hello everybody, my name is Seo Sanghyeon and I am 17 years old boy from Korea. I just lurked for a while and this one is my first posting... I am...
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Gildor Inglorion
gildor@...
Apr 19, 2001 8:17 pm
... first of all, i understand its a late reply but as some of you know, i am in the army.. just today read your post :) well i could suggest something simple:...
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Johan Winge
johan.winge@...
Apr 19, 2001 8:56 pm
... I would love to visit your site, but I seldom get more than 200-300 B/s, at most 500 B/s, usually 100 B/s, which is unbearably slow IMHO. It's always like...
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DDanielA@...
Apr 19, 2001 9:14 pm
There's an obvious problem with developing a phrase with all the tengwar. If the phrase is in Quenya, you would have to leave out 'hwesta sindarinwa', thus not...
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Ales Bican
bican@...
Apr 19, 2001 9:46 pm
... **As I said I would not use _silea_ or _silima_, but _calima_. The reason is simple: _calima_ is attested. Neither _silea_ nor _silima_ is. But it is up to...
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Ales Bican
bican@...
Apr 19, 2001 9:46 pm
... **I think the same. I only wanted to start discussion. : ) ... **Oh, now I am slightly confused. I always thought that _vanimelda_ is "beautiful elf". I...
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Sergi Oliva Valls
aragorn017@...
Apr 19, 2001 10:32 pm
Aiya Hantalë Ales Bican, you've helped me much. My poem has improved a lot with your comments. -sorry for meed, but i didn't remember what you had said t me. ...
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Didier
didier.willis@...
Apr 20, 2001 12:45 am
... Q&E is from a post-LotR period (1958-59), though it predates the 2nd edition (1966). Perhaps Tolkien changed his mind as you suggest, but I am however not...
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dsalo@...
Apr 20, 2001 3:18 am
... that the element ... has to do with ... cerf... this ... produce a more abstract ... Cermie's the seventh month, approximately June-July, I think; isn't...
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Mans Bjorkman
mansb@...
Apr 20, 2001 6:21 am
... To my knowledge that is correct. We do not know with certainity how the Elves wrote _oe_ > _ö_ > _e_, but one might speculate that Tolkien transcribed the...
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Edward J. Kloczko
ejk@...
Apr 20, 2001 6:42 am
... No. It seems that I had the same problems, so I never got to see the site. EJK...
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Edward J. Kloczko
ejk@...
Apr 20, 2001 6:42 am
... Yes only your "feeling", Tolkien did not in the corpus translate "vanimelda" as **"beatiful elf". Namárie EJK...
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Edward J. Kloczko
ejk@...
Apr 20, 2001 6:42 am
... First of all don't worry about your English, it is quite good. But you should first read Tolkien's book in Korean (or even English if you can) before...
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DDanielA@...
Apr 20, 2001 6:44 am
I have read a theory, but I have heard no evidence to back it up. But since the subject was raised, I'll repeat it. The suggestion was that [ö] was...
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Edward J. Kloczko
ejk@...
Apr 20, 2001 6:55 am
... This does not mean much, we don't know when the Sindarin _changed_ to e (before or after the coming of the Noldor). Namárie EJK P.S. I think this could go...
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SKC8563@...
Apr 20, 2001 9:18 am
Sorry for erroneous posting... I wrote reply message for 15 minutes and I pressed button 'Cancel' instead of 'Send'. -_-; correction: 'baraboneun' >...
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David Kiltz
kiareh@...
Apr 20, 2001 11:38 am
... Anyeong ! Looks very good. Light is _caale_ though, I think. Your translation is litterally "a star gives light to a person that sees". That's ...
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David Kiltz
kiareh@...
Apr 20, 2001 11:41 am
... It's a bit slow, me being a neighbour, too. -David...
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David Kiltz
kiareh@...
Apr 20, 2001 12:40 pm
... Who says he hasn't done so ? ... Huh ????? Isn't good, but that's POESY my friend ! Hey, cd it be that the expression is intentionally ambiguous ? I for my...
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David Kiltz
kiareh@...
Apr 20, 2001 1:12 pm
... Don't ever worry about that. Quenya is in many ways more like Korean than English. E. Kloczko wd have said so if only he knew. ... Don't. It's perfectly...
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Gildor Inglorion
gildor@...
Apr 20, 2001 1:55 pm
I have informed Helge personaly about this (its actually the first name coming in my mind everytime i have something to ask.. poor him :PP) and i thought...
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David Kiltz
kiareh@...
Apr 20, 2001 2:58 pm
... I, too wd think a- is the augment here, although I can't prove it. It cd also be _a-hya-ne_. -David...
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Edward J. Kloczko
ejk@...
Apr 20, 2001 4:08 pm
SKC8563@... a écrit: <snip> ... To me your English is good enough, and you could read the Appendix about the Languages in LOTR & S. This would help you....
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Edward J. Kloczko
ejk@...
Apr 20, 2001 4:30 pm
Gildor Inglorion a écrit: <snip> ... Elfling is certainly the biggest mailing list devoted to Tolkien's Languages today (almost 500 members, but less than 10...
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Julian Bradfield
jcb@...
Apr 20, 2001 4:50 pm
... That would be "certainly" as in "certainly not", would it? At least if you're counting membership. As it happens, TolkLang has 620 members. Not that it...
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DDanielA@...
Apr 20, 2001 5:25 pm
EJK a écrit: P. S. I think this could go to "elfscript". It could. It could also go to "Tolklang";. But since it is a response to something that Gildor...
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SKC8563@...
Apr 20, 2001 7:35 pm
... about the Languages in LOTR & S. This would help you. These texts are the first one which should be read by someone willing to start to study the Elvish...
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Edward J. Kloczko
ejk@...
Apr 20, 2001 8:48 pm
Sorry, I never heard about TolkLang. Welcome to Elfling whoever you are. Namárie EJK...
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Didier
didier.willis@...
Apr 20, 2001 9:04 pm
... Well, I don't know if qualify as an expert (;-), but here are anyway a few comments on these web pages. Main page: the author says she will use the...
