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Re: CHAT: I'm back!

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Tuesday, January 8, 2002, 21:13
Pablo David Flores wrote:

> And > {burzum} "darkness" is clearly related to {Lugbúrz}, the name given > to Mordor ("Darkland") by the orcs.
I think you are clearly right, except that I thought it was generally believed that "Lugbuurz" meant "tower-dark" and was Black Speech for "Barad-duur", the Dark Tower. And welcome back! -- Not to perambulate || John Cowan <jcowan@...> the corridors || http://www.reutershealth.com during the hours of repose || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan in the boots of ascension. \\ Sign in Austrian ski-resort hotel