Re: Tolkien language(s) question
| From: | Robert B Wilson <han_solo55@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, September 3, 2003, 17:29 |
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-- "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...> wrote:
On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 12:30:39PM -0400, Roger Mills wrote:
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> Most of the Elvish in the movies is Sindarin.
> Sindarin:Quenya :: Italian:Latin. Which is why Frodo got a laugh
> when he greeted the Elves in Quenya, like the modern tourist who
> tries to use Latin in Rome ("Been a while since your last visit, has
> it?").
actually it's more like Sindarin:Quenya :: French:Italian...
> -Mark
Robert Wilson
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