Re: Family Project votes
| From: | David Peterson <digitalscream@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, August 2, 2001, 18:14 |
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In a message dated 8/2/01 6:07:05 AM, scaves@FRONTIERNET.NET writes:
<< Oh, please; let's not. Can we leave Tolkien behind,
here? I didn't invent a language because I was inspired
by Tolkien. I admired Tolkien greatly, but I was starting
on Teonaht years before I'd even heard of Lord of the
Rings. If we call it Arda, then we're subconsciously
inclined to invent something Tolkienesque. I think we
should depart as far as possible from the Tolkien model. >>
Not me, since I don't even know what his languages look like. Going back
to my old post, thinkg of "Ada" or "Ardor" instead of...what the heck does
"Arda" have to do with Tolkien?
-David
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