Re: [DISC] Is Language Creation Art?

El- for the good guys and mor- for the bad guys. Ring any bells? In fact, I
think JRRT mentions these two races in his "On Fairy-stories" essay as an
example of how not to divide the human race into opposite types.
Mike
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From: "John Cowan" <jcowan@...>
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Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 5:53 AM
Subject: Re: [DISC] Is Language Creation Art?



>
> > they are little better than the Morlochs [spelling?] of Wells'
>
> "Morlocks".  But it's an interesting association with Moloch (the
> pagan god for whom firstborns were put to death in Philistia); I
> wonder if Wells had it in mind?
> --
> John Cowan <jcowan@...>     http://www.reutershealth.com
> I amar prestar aen, han mathon ne nen,    http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
> han mathon ne chae, a han noston ne 'wilith.  --Galadriel, _LOTR:FOTR_

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