----- Original Message -----
From: "Almaran Dungeonmaster" <dungeonmaster@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 6:37 PM
Subject: Re: Lord of the Rings movie
> 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
Lorien is the garden of one of the feanturs (Irmo I think). Lothlorien is
different.