Re: CHAT: fantasy (was: Re: history of conlanging)
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, November 30, 1999, 2:47 |
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On Mon, 29 Nov 1999 16:30:03 -0500 Jeffrey Henning <Jeffrey@...>
writes:
> Grandsire, C.A. <grandsir@...> comunu:
> > I know, Tolkien himself said that the word "Elves" was only a way
> (and
> > maybe not the best way) to translate in English the word "Quendi"
> that
> > they used to refer to themselves, and that they had nothing in
> common
> > with the "Elves" of the popular view.
> In fact, in the original draft of The Book Of Lost Tales he called
> them
> Gnomes.
>
> Best regards,
> Jeffrey Henning
.
If i remember correctly, wasn't that just the Noldor who he called
Gnomes?
-Stephen (Steg)
"eze-guvdhab wa'hrikh-a tze'' / "zhoutzii wa'ash", i eze-mwe!"
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