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Forum: The Books 03-29-2002, 10:49 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 7,164
Posted By Elenglin
Boots Monkeys eat bananas, right?

Were there monkeys/apes in ME?

In The Two Towers Ugluk calls one of the orcs a monkey or an ape (In finnish version it's 'Apina' which means both Monkey and Ape.) I'd like to know what the English...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 03-29-2002, 10:39 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 4,850
Posted By Elenglin
Boots Good Question. I think, that the elf-body...

Good Question.
I think, that the elf-body grow's up just like human's do, but the elf-minb does take the 50 yrs to gather all the knowledge and the skills that elves have.
That's an explanation...
Forum: The Books 03-25-2002, 01:04 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 9,054
Posted By Elenglin
Boots There really was some other ways to get out of...

There really was some other ways to get out of Moria; remember, in the book and in the movie, there was a hole on the roof upon Balin's grave. Eg.
Forum: The Books 03-25-2002, 02:30 AM
Replies: 60
Views: 19,592
Posted By Elenglin
Boots And some Finnish again: Fotr = Sormuksen...

And some Finnish again:

Fotr = Sormuksen ritarit ('The knights of the ring')
Ttt = Kaksi tornia
Trotk = Kuninkaan paluu

Isildur's bane = Isildurin turma

..and more to come!
Forum: The Books 03-25-2002, 02:22 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 8,472
Posted By Elenglin
Boots Okay.. this conversation is heading to an an...

Okay.. this conversation is heading to an an argue of what was Tom Bombadil. I knew this.. Why din't Tolkien tell _us_ what Tom was? Could the answer be found from the letters of JRRT?
Forum: The Books 03-20-2002, 12:08 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 8,472
Posted By Elenglin
Boots Tom Bombadil vs. The Ring

Why didn't The Ring have any effect on Bombadil?
If he was an enigma, like Ungoliant, I still think that the Ring would effect on him, the Silmarils effected on Ungoliant, and i dare to compare the...
Forum: The Books 03-20-2002, 11:50 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 6,195
Posted By Elenglin
Boots I have this beautiful cover on my book: The...

I have this beautiful cover on my book:
The whole book is black, exept the cover is bloodred. It has the ring-poem written in tengwar, the writing is black and is has been decorated with silver.
...
Forum: The Books 03-19-2002, 05:49 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 6,069
Posted By Elenglin
Boots AND.. My signature is from FGFH, it is when...

AND..

My signature is from FGFH, it is when The Dod of the Farmer saw the giant and yelled his head off, when he tried to wake up Giles. The dog tells to giles that the giant stepped on his cow....
Forum: The Books 03-19-2002, 05:46 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 6,069
Posted By Elenglin
Boots hee, Gabo: you're really into this Translating...

hee, Gabo: you're really into this Translating stuff, right? *laugh*

Me too, me too. Unfortunately in the finnish version of FGFH all the names and stuff are the same. The name is Maamies ja...
Forum: The Books 03-18-2002, 02:01 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 6,069
Posted By Elenglin
Boots Farmer Giles of Ham

or was it from Ham.. Nevermind.

I wan to know people's opinnions of this children's book, made by JRRT naturally.

If here is already one discussion of this, then I'm just being too lazy to...
Forum: The Books 03-18-2002, 01:51 PM
Replies: 60
Views: 19,592
Posted By Elenglin
Boots Why is english so hard? Why do I must to do all...

Why is english so hard?
Why do I must to do all those typos??

Grr, I say. Grr.
Forum: The Books 03-18-2002, 01:49 PM
Replies: 60
Views: 19,592
Posted By Elenglin
Boots Here I am! Did u miss me? *thee hee* I just had...

Here I am! Did u miss me? *thee hee* I just had to take this ugly ring to Mordor on my way to home..

I translated some Lotr-stuff more, but I've lost the freakin' paper.. *ugly words* That I...
Forum: The Movies 03-10-2002, 11:59 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 8,943
Posted By Elenglin
Boots I think it was kinda funny. I mean, it was so...

I think it was kinda funny. I mean, it was so terrible, that it made me laugh my head off. Lol.<P>And I was deffinetly the only one who laughted in the movie theatre, then.
Forum: The Books 03-10-2002, 11:55 AM
Replies: 60
Views: 19,592
Posted By Elenglin
Boots Hiyah. Now, I translated the Poem literally....

Hiyah. Now, I translated the Poem literally. here:

kolme sormusta haltiakuninkaille alla auringon = Three rings for the elf-kings under the sun
seitsemän kääpiöruhtinaille kivisaleissaan = seven...
Forum: The Books 03-09-2002, 03:40 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 7,684
Posted By Elenglin
Boots You wrote that? smilies/eek.gif Pretty it is! ...

You wrote that? smilies/eek.gif Pretty it is!
I could never write something like that, in english I say. In finnish; millions of poems, but it's no use 'coz nobody could understand them if i'd...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 03-07-2002, 10:38 AM
Replies: 80
Views: 11,367
Posted By Elenglin
Boots Ents and Entwives, deffinetly. Or Sam and...

Ents and Entwives, deffinetly.

Or Sam and Frodo? There _must_ be some gay-couples in Middle-earth, there __must__. I was little dissappointed, that Sam got married in the end, with a girl I mean ...
Forum: The Books 03-07-2002, 10:24 AM
Replies: 60
Views: 19,592
Posted By Elenglin
Boots Did you guys know, that Tolkien's elvish...

Did you guys know, that Tolkien's elvish languages sound much like Finnish, when they are spoken. Cool smilies/tongue.gif

Gabo The Curious: it is 'Kala'. Why did you want to know that one?
Forum: The Books 03-06-2002, 12:45 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 6,394
Posted By Elenglin
Boots I'm Finnish also, so I've read all the books in...

I'm Finnish also, so I've read all the books in Finnish. I'd like to read atleast The Hobbit on english.
When I've learned Swedish enough (We MUST read Swedish in school!!! smilies/mad.gif ) I...
Forum: The Books 03-06-2002, 12:38 PM
Replies: 60
Views: 19,592
Posted By Elenglin
Boots I couldn't find any similarities fromn Hungarian...

I couldn't find any similarities fromn Hungarian and Finnish. only thing that matches, are letters Ä and Ö, but they're also in Swedish and other scandinavian languages. The onlu language that really...
Forum: The Books 03-06-2002, 12:28 PM
Replies: 60
Views: 19,592
Posted By Elenglin
Sting To Maeglin: *Laughs her *** off* Where did...

To Maeglin:

*Laughs her *** off* Where did you hear that from? That's not true, we sure can say 'B', although there is very little words in finnish that have that letter. I must tell that to my...
Forum: The Books 03-05-2002, 09:38 AM
Replies: 60
Views: 19,592
Posted By Elenglin
Sting SORRY SORRY SORRY. it's Seven for the...

SORRY SORRY SORRY.

it's
Seven for the dwarf-lords in their halls of sone = Seitsemän kääpiöruhtinaille kivisaleissaan.

my mistake :P
Forum: The Books 03-05-2002, 09:36 AM
Replies: 60
Views: 19,592
Posted By Elenglin
Boots Translations

So, in here, this forum, are probably lots of people who've read Lotr and other Tolkien-books in some other langiage than English.
Now I'm curious about the translations: What is 'Baggins' on...
Forum: The Movies 03-03-2002, 05:24 AM
Replies: 61
Views: 14,906
Posted By Elenglin
Boots Yess, I'm not the only one!! <P>I've seen the...

Yess, I'm not the only one!! <P>I've seen the movie three times, and each time I exept Frodo to say in the last scene:<BR>"Sam.. I love you."<BR>but he always says<BR>"Sam.. I'm glad that you're...
Forum: The Movies 03-03-2002, 05:18 AM
Replies: 41
Views: 11,682
Posted By Elenglin
Boots I read almost the whole book, before seein' the...

I read almost the whole book, before seein' the movie.<BR>I think that the book was better before I had seen any pictures of the actors in the movie, then I could imagine all the looks etc.<P>Now...
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