I've decided to take the plunge into learning about the Professor's languages, mostly the Elf-ish stuff. So, to start with questions regarding Elfoid (yes,...
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MARCUS ANTHONY SMITH
smithma@...
Apr 1, 1999 2:13 pm
David Salo presented an analysis of the early Cirth system which is, in most ways, probably correct. There are, however, a couple points that needs further...
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peregrin@...
Apr 1, 1999 2:13 pm
[snip] ... This subject made me wonder a bit, does there always have to be either a feminine or masculine form in the nouns I use? Or is it just on some cases?...
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Andreas Johansson
and_yo@...
Apr 1, 1999 7:49 pm
... a feminine or masculine form in the nouns I use? Or is it just on some cases? And where did Andreas get the source for this information? And one more...
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Andreas Johansson
and_yo@...
Apr 1, 1999 7:49 pm
... "The ... since ... gender ... dealing ... _-e_ is a very common feminine ending in Quenya, but it's also part of the actual word _miire_, which probably is...
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David Salo
dsalo@...
Apr 2, 1999 2:00 am
... I actually meant something different. When I used "F", I didn't mean "certh #3" but rather "an unspecified certh with the value /f/." And so for the...
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bjm10@...
Apr 2, 1999 11:39 pm
... How pronounced are these aspirates compared to the unaspirated consonants? The reason I ask is that in my Midwestern US English dialect, unaspirated...
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MARCUS ANTHONY SMITH
smithma@...
Apr 3, 1999 8:03 pm
... An expirament my phonetics course did, showed that in my California dialect, the feature distinguishing voiceless and voiced plosives is aspiration, not...
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Andreas Johansson
and_yo@...
Apr 3, 1999 8:03 pm
... under ... believe) ... etc. ... Sorry, but you're a little wrong here. ĺ started out as shorthand for aa. It's used in Swedish for [o(:)] were it is...
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Andreas Johansson
and_yo@...
Apr 3, 1999 8:03 pm
... and ... *th *kh ... history of ... the ... a ... It's mainly a matter of been used to the differences. Sanskrit speakers evidently didn't think it was hard...
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bjm10@...
Apr 5, 1999 4:11 pm
... But in Elvish, we have to distinguish among voiced, aspirated unvoiced, and un-aspirated unvoiced plosives. Is the distinction similar to that found in...
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rfa82@...
Apr 6, 1999 12:59 am
<3.0.5.32.19990327162649.007a0d7-@...> wrote: Original Article: http://www.egroups.com/list/elfling/?start=484 ... Not IMO, at least Naamarie has: Nai...
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Julian Bradfield
jcb@...
Apr 6, 1999 12:59 am
In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.990405115845.6324E-100000@...> bjm10@... writes: [ unattributed quotation in original; sorry ] ... I...
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Raymond A. Brown
raybrown@...
Apr 6, 1999 12:59 am
... Similar, I guess - but Thai has the three-way distinction only in labial and alveolar series; there is no voiced velar plosive. Similar distinctions are...
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bican@...
Apr 6, 1999 9:46 pm
In WJ:383 is written about _Vanyar_ that it comes from adjectival derivative _*wanjaa_ from the stem *WAN. _Vanyar_ are „the Fairs", sg. is _vanya_ „fair"....
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amanda england
englandamanda@...
Apr 7, 1999 1:04 am
Help! I am trying to translate the inscription on the title page of The Silmarillian, first American Edition, And I don't even know if it's possiable! Can...
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David Salo
dsalo@...
Apr 7, 1999 1:04 am
... I'd guess that "nai sile" means "let it shine", "let it be the case that it is shining" -- either in a future so immediate that it could be considered...
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David Salo
dsalo@...
Apr 7, 1999 1:04 am
... Since both BAN and WAN would yield Van- in Quenya, (CE *b > Q v, CE *w > Q v initially, except before o) it is difficult to tell which one is appropriate....
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David Salo
dsalo@...
Apr 7, 1999 2:37 am
... Yes, it is possible. The inscription is in English, and was, I assume, written by Christopher Tolkien. It is in an unusual mode, and contains some...
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Michael Amann
Michael.Amann@...
Apr 7, 1999 12:17 pm
... You can look at this page: http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/4948/tengwar/exsilm.htm This page and the other pages are very helpful, if you want to...
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Edward Kloczko
106065.2071@...
Apr 7, 1999 12:17 pm
... already ... that ... a ... Nai convey a modal function and is not a 'tense' marker; e.g. 'nai' does not convey a tense (past or future) but an "opinion" of...
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Ori Folger
folger@...
Apr 8, 1999 12:12 pm
Hey What would be a single word meaning "white flower that grows on bushes" in both Sindarin and Quenya? Yours, Calanya ... Ori Folger <fogi@...>...
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Edward Kloczko
106065.2071@...
Apr 9, 1999 12:20 am
... A single word? It seems that there is some misunderstanding here. Quenya and Sindarin, as well as all the Elvish Tongues, were made by JRR T to be part of...
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David Salo
dsalo@...
Apr 9, 1999 12:20 am
... There isn't one, at least not in the vocabulary we know. If there is some specific bush native to European latitudes that bears such flowers, presumably...
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Des Ferriols
rohirrim@...
Apr 9, 1999 12:48 pm
To Everyone, I can not believe how much I have learned this past week since I signed up, that I feel compelled to resort to the rudeness of interupting this...
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Dim Globe
orgof@...
Apr 9, 1999 12:48 pm
Greetings all! There are some issues I'm currently working at. Quite interesting, I dare to say. Surely, questions appear in the process. Anyone to help me ? ...
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Lisa Star
amlug@...
Apr 9, 1999 1:42 pm
... **The vast majority of our material consists of a few phrases and poems which are in formal, or even poetic language; and in addition to this, individual...
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Dorothea Salo
dorothea@...
Apr 9, 1999 2:13 pm
Apologies for the interruption, but I think it's important to let everyone know when I suffer an acute change in thinking about moderation... I have been...
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Dorothea Salo
dorothea@...
Apr 9, 1999 2:13 pm
... If Josu will allow me, I'll put in a word for the Spanish-language Lambenor list (hosted at http://www.onelist.com), since its members have been working on...
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Edward Kloczko
106065.2071@...
Apr 9, 1999 11:35 pm
... to say. >Surely, questions appear in the process. Anyone to help me ? Privet Dimitry! Kak tam v Maskvie? :-) First of all I would like to know Dimitry if...
