Re: Quenya Wikibook

Hallo!

On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:28:11 -0500, Mark J. Reed wrote:

> Guys, totally not the place for Tolklang infighting.
>
> Facts:
>
> 1. JRRT's langs were not in a complete - or, really, very usable -
> form at the time of his death.
>
> 2.  Other people have since invested great effort to create usable
> languages based on them.
>
> We can probably all agree that #1 is a damn shame.  Whether you're for
> or against #2 is pretty much irrelevant.  If you would like to study
> the results of the efforts by Helge and Salo et al, great!  Have fun!
> Discussion of those languages' grammar, translations into and out of
> them, etc. is of course wholly appropriate fodder for this mailing
> list.
>
> If you have no interest  in those languages - whether due to general
> apathy toward Tolklangs or active antipathy reserved for the
> non-canonical heretical ones - that's fine, too. Just ignore any such
> messages.
>
> Either way I see no need to debate it in this forum.
100% agreed.  Tolkien must be spinning in his grave over this bullshit.
I have always been of the opinion that his beautiful languages deserve
better than being the subject of the hatred and bigotry found in the
Tolkienian linguistics mailing lists.

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