08-23-2011, 10:44 AM
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Guard of the Citadel
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Oxon
Posts: 2,205
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Pitch, I was talking about
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and the Fellowship hobbits use Ihr to the lords and ladies they meet on their journey, like Elrond, Galadriel, King Théoden and Denethor, but also to 'normal' people like Beregond - which goes quite against the grain of Tolkien's remark in Appendix F. Apparently Ms Carroux felt she had to deviate from Tolkien in this, because it would sound childish in German to say du to an unfamiliar adult.
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