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Old 11-23-2011, 03:38 PM   #78
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Originally Posted by Morthoron View Post
A brief note. I'm not sure how it is in translations, but in the English version you'll notice that the Shire and Bree folk are the only ones who use contractions in their dialogue. The high and mighty, The Dunedain, Elves of Rivendell and Lothlorien, and Gondorions such as Denethor and Faramir never use contractions. Ever.
Aint that somethin'?
I know, these differences in style make it much easier to find the speaker of a quote in "Palantir of Fortune"
And I guess it's one of the things I love so much about Tolkien's language.

Recently there was another discussion on style here As you can see I didn't even know the term contraction until now.

The fact that the hobbits use these contractions makes their speech sound more modern, and that's what Krege (the translator of the new German translation) tried to achieve.
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