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Re: Lord of the Rings movie

From:Almaran Dungeonmaster <dungeonmaster@...>
Date:Sunday, December 16, 2001, 18:34
Christopher B Wright wrote:

> Almaran Dungeonmaster saakel: > > Loth Lorien is an (enchanted, some say) forest in Middle Earth, > inhabited by > > elves, led by Celeborn and Galadriel. > > Why do you call it Loth Lorien? Its full name is Laurelindórinan (Land of > the Valley of Singing Gold), and its short name is Lothlórien.
I think that it is because it is often abbreviated just Lorien. So I probably subconsciously assumed that Loth and Lorien were seperate words. As you can see, even Sindarin (or is this quenya???) is still a living language ;-) Maarten

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