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  • Category: Tolkien, J.R.R.
  • Founded: Sep 5, 1998
  • Language: English
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Suilad! Welcome to Gwaith-i-Phethdain: I have added the first part of the language analysis of the lyrics from the LotR movie soundtrack. You can see two ...
1 Nov 24, 2001
7:24 pm

Ryszard Derdzinski
galadhorn
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Come on, guys, please! The copyright issue has been rehashed so many times, and obviously people don't see eye to eye on the subject. We will never reach a...
2 Nov 24, 2001
7:01 pm

Ben Titmus
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Mellyn! The following URL gives you a list of Tolkien items to be auctioned by Sotheby's on December 13: ...
1 Nov 24, 2001
7:57 am

Beregond. Anders Sten...
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I came across a Psalm that has a lot of interesting imagery, and I thought I would give it a whirl in Quenya. So I have a word I'm looking for, and of course...
9 Nov 23, 2001
2:15 am

Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
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Aiya Eldalambendili! How can I say picture/image/painting/photograph in Quenya? Thanks, Yehuda Ronen (GandAlf)...
4 Nov 20, 2001
7:14 pm

Helge K. Fauskanger
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Hi everybody, I'm sorry to ask for a translation like this (yes, I've read the FAQ and I do apologize) but I've been trying really hard the last few days to...
2 Nov 20, 2001
6:57 pm

Gildor Inglorion
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Alright then...since everyone else is saying 'hi,' I guess i better be social too... I'm also a 16-year-old Tolkien fan and a newbie to the list. When i heard ...
2 Nov 20, 2001
6:37 pm

raunistar@...
raunistar
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Hi, It's really amazing that there are so many new people on this list! I never imagined there to be anywhere near the number that there are. How have I...
1 Nov 20, 2001
11:00 am

sarcyn@...
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Below I translated a short poem written in Lahijed quoted from Korean fantasy novel 'Dragon&#39;s Temple', or 'Tales Teirelas' in Lahijed, written by Kim Yeri. ...
1 Nov 20, 2001
8:17 am

SKC8563@...
sshiskom
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Melime nildor ar nildi, "Time is changing", once said Fangorn. Well, that might be quite true... Years back we were invited to present ourselves when we joined...
1 Nov 20, 2001
12:43 am

Didier Willis
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Gah! 13 years old...16 years old...I'm behind the times. =) Anyway, hi! I'm also relatively new to the list and definitely new to Tolkein and the elven ...
5 Nov 19, 2001
10:28 pm

Graham McArthur
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Well, I know in English you have instead of Umlauts and like, you do things like AE = Umlaut A OE = Umlaut O UE = Umlaut U And so on, so ... I expect you can...
2 Nov 19, 2001
12:07 pm

David Kiltz
palannir
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This is a test -- I don't seem to be getting any Elfling mail anymore after switching email clients, so I'm testing to see if this goes through. Please ignore...
1 Nov 18, 2001
1:37 am

Andrew Durdin
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... You may find this version, umm, interesting: http://www.forst.uni-muenchen.de/~refo/poezio/erl1.html -- Not to perambulate || John Cowan...
1 Nov 16, 2001
10:18 pm

John Cowan
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Greetings ! Here are some corrections of I Aran Thúlesse, based on the comments of SKC8563@.... ... No. Melisse is a subject here, so a nominative. The...
1 Nov 16, 2001
9:18 pm

Tchitrec@...
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looking at some Sindarin words I came across the gloss for 'werewolf&#39;... and I thought that those wargs etc mustn't have anything in comon with the 'wolfmen&#39;...
3 Nov 16, 2001
10:55 am

David Kiltz
palannir
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I am a student who has just recently delved into the world of Tolkien's languages. I must admit I find it a little overwhelming! I am an English Literature...
2 Nov 15, 2001
10:35 pm

Gildor Inglorion
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Suilad! I have deciphered the Sindarin tengwar inscription from Aragorn's Hunting Knife. It reads _Guuud daedelos_. Look at my analysis of this phrase at: ...
2 Nov 14, 2001
11:01 am

Ryszard Derdzinski
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These are high resolution photos that are quite well in focus, unlike the previous pictures, and you can find them here: ...
5 Nov 14, 2001
10:34 am

Andrew Durdin
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Two forms of the possessive pronoun of the first person are attested in Sindarin: 1) _niin_ as in _...ered e.mbar niin_ "mountains of my home" and 2) _-en_ as...
6 Nov 13, 2001
7:13 pm

David Kiltz
palannir
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Hi... I am Súriel, from Brasil... And I´m glad to know that there are more people interested in Quenya... Well.. Just wanted to say "Hi"... Kisses!! ...
1 Nov 13, 2001
5:30 pm

SilmĂ­rĂ« SĂ...
vel_zinha
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Suilad! I have a reflection about the phrases and inscriptions in languages of Middle-earth used in the LotR:FotR movie. As far as I can see the language ...
3 Nov 13, 2001
2:16 pm

Vicente S. Velasco
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I did not know that Arwen went up against the Ringwraiths? Or do I have the characters wrong on Liv Taylor being Arwen? Or is she .... Mike aka Morgoth ...
3 Nov 13, 2001
1:50 pm

Gildor Inglorion
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If Gothmog is _Osomauco_, or _Osombauco_ in Q. I wonder how Osama got a like name? Grin.. What does Osama mean in Arabic? and what is the translation into...
2 Nov 13, 2001
11:51 am

David Kiltz
palannir
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**This message is not a spoiler, but I am commenting on the concept. ... <snipped> "Spoiler" is what you are supposed to write on a message line if you are ...
1 Nov 13, 2001
2:21 am

Lisa Star
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What would be plural of Quenya words that end with -ye? Probably not -yi. I am aware of _sanye_(law) and _sinye_(evening)....
3 Nov 12, 2001
10:00 pm

Gildor Inglorion
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... Quenyaize it for RPG purposes - I ended up with _Osomauco_, and when I shortly after acquired LR I saw the primitive form above, which'd presumeably yield...
2 Nov 12, 2001
1:02 pm

Andreas Johansson
and_yo
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Suilad! New update on Gwaith-i-Phethdain http://www.elvish.org/gwaith! Hear voice of Saruman (Ch. Lee) in Quenya! Help to decipher this interesting phrase...
10 Nov 12, 2001
7:34 am

Gildor Inglorion
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I think that Khazad the name of the Dwarves, and seen in Khazaddum, is not the total name for all Dwarved, but just a name for the lineage of Durin. Maybe...
7 Nov 12, 2001
12:32 am

gildir_1@...
gildir_1
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... asset to have, regardless of whether or not it's "Real Quenya" (tm) It's giving me the basic knowledge I need to understand the complexities of the deeper...
17 Nov 11, 2001
1:55 am

Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@...
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