Re: Tolkien language(s) question
| From: | Joe <joe@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, September 4, 2003, 5:33 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert B Wilson" <han_solo55@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 6:27 PM
Subject: Re: Tolkien language(s) question
> -- "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 12:30:39PM -0400, Roger Mills wrote:
> >
> > 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...
Nah. Quenya is not spoken outside Valinor, really, except ceremonially...
> > -Mark
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> Robert Wilson
>