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Bill Ferny · 10-26-2002, 06:30 PM

I respectfully disagree. Uruks is the Anglicized form of Uruk-hai of the Black Speech (UT, 470). The uruk-hai were indeed created by Sauron. See LotR II 5, III 3 , IV 10, VI 2, and, most notably, App. F: “Related, no doubt, was the word uruk of the Black Speech, though this was applied as a rule only to the great soldier-orcs that at this time issued from Mordor and Isengard.” See also index to HoME for relevant references.

10-26-2002, 06:30 PM	#13
Bill Ferny Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bree Posts: 392	I respectfully disagree. Uruks is the Anglicized form of Uruk-hai of the Black Speech (UT, 470). The uruk-hai were indeed created by Sauron. See LotR II 5, III 3 , IV 10, VI 2, and, most notably, App. F: “Related, no doubt, was the word uruk of the Black Speech, though this was applied as a rule only to the great soldier-orcs that at this time issued from Mordor and Isengard.” See also index to HoME for relevant references. __________________ I prefer Gillaume d’Férny, connoisseur of fine fruit.