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bilbo_baggins · 11-08-2005, 12:58 PM

Well, I did not learn any 'new' words in LoTR, but I got a good handle for how big a league and fathom was.

Part of Tolkien's archaic terminology is because he wrote these stories nearly 70 years ago, and because as a studier of languagest, I believe he suffered from lingual nostalgia.

And Early Celtic is much, much harsher with gutturals and dentals, rather than the breathy and labial Elvish I read in the books.

11-08-2005, 12:58 PM	#29
bilbo_baggins Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2003 Location: In my front hallway, grabbing my staff, about to head out my door Posts: 275	Well, I did not learn any 'new' words in LoTR, but I got a good handle for how big a league and fathom was. Part of Tolkien's archaic terminology is because he wrote these stories nearly 70 years ago, and because as a studier of languagest, I believe he suffered from lingual nostalgia. And Early Celtic is much, much harsher with gutturals and dentals, rather than the breathy and labial Elvish I read in the books. __________________ "For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and with more knowledge comes more grief."