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Fordim Hedgethistle · 10-10-2006, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Hilde Bracegirdle

Pull up a chair and make yourself at home Rikae!

Make that a rocking chair. And close the door behind you youngun, you want me to catch a chill?

Hilde Bracegirdle · 10-10-2006, 02:07 PM

Oh, it looks like the next project will be weaving Fordim a shawl! Wonder if there are any runes that protect from the common cold...wouldn't hurt to include a few tastefully placed along the border.

Bêthberry · 10-10-2006, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Hilde Bracegirdle

Wonder if there are any runes that protect from the common cold...wouldn't hurt to include a few tastefully placed along the border.

Ohhh! What an excellent idea, Hilde! After all, if information about the Underground Railroad was sewn into quilts in nineteenth century America, who's to say that runes wouldn't provide some useful reading for Fordim to do even if he perchance still contacted a cold?

Nogrod · 10-10-2006, 03:58 PM

Or then one might just take on the old Estonian custom. When one is having a flu, just dip your socks in booze (clear one, like Vodka) and wear them overnight... They say it works (I've never tried but tend to believe that these age-old traditions tend to "work").

Fordim Hedgethistle · 10-10-2006, 06:20 PM

I've tried dipping one's self in booze overnight....didn't get rid of the flu but somehow I didn't seem to mind as much....

I love the idea of a shawl. I like bright colours. Green is nice.

Hilde Bracegirdle · 10-10-2006, 07:54 PM

I can just see buying an large bottle of vodka and demurely telling the shop keeper that it is for my feet!

I wonder if it works...at least my feet would be squeaky clean and santized after that...socks too!

Fordrim, I've a nice green wool shawl in the closet already that I could lend you, Unfortunately it is embroidered with bright posies. I didn't think you'd go for that. No, I think it best to make one, maybe green with gold thread?

Child of the 7th Age · 10-11-2006, 11:05 AM

I wanted to share this with someone, although perhaps I'm the last one to stumble onto it? It is a linguistic site called the Glǽmscrafu, or Glittering Caves that started in July 2006. It's real ear candy and the perfect site for codgers in rocking chairs.

This French site has a lengthy list of words and names invented by Tolkien. . Click on any of these and you wll hear the sonorous voice of JRRT pronouncing the particular Elvish word or phrase. I own a recording of Tolkien reading from certain texts, but I've never seen it broken down like this. I have now learned how badly I've been pronouncing some of these words, despite the syllabic guides presented on other sites.

If you click on the site's "Cellar", you can also reach a wide assortment of texts ---Tolkien's poems in the original languages plus samples of related tongues like Finnish, Welsh, or Gothic. Once again, if you click the link to the right side, you can hear a brief extract from many of these.

I've never heard anything quite like this, or maybe there are others I don't know. Apparently the site has been developed by Bertrand Bellet and Benjamin Babut, who are with the Sindarin dictionary project. Even Carl F. Hostetter is encouraging them to try and get the estate's blessing on the dictionary (a separate site) to get it published. Anyways, these velvet sounds are a perfect accompaniment to my old rocking chair.

10-10-2006, 03:58 PM	#4
Nogrod Flame of the Ainulindalë Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves Posts: 9,308	Or then one might just take on the old Estonian custom. When one is having a flu, just dip your socks in booze (clear one, like Vodka) and wear them overnight... They say it works (I've never tried but tend to believe that these age-old traditions tend to "work"). __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet...

10-10-2006, 07:54 PM	#6
Hilde Bracegirdle Relic of Wandering Days Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: You'll See Perpetual Change. Posts: 1,480	I can just see buying an large bottle of vodka and demurely telling the shop keeper that it is for my feet! I wonder if it works...at least my feet would be squeaky clean and santized after that...socks too! Fordrim, I've a nice green wool shawl in the closet already that I could lend you, Unfortunately it is embroidered with bright posies. I didn't think you'd go for that. No, I think it best to make one, maybe green with gold thread? Last edited by Hilde Bracegirdle; 10-10-2006 at 08:00 PM.

10-11-2006, 11:05 AM	#7
Child of the 7th Age Spirit of the Lonely Star Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 5,133	I wanted to share this with someone, although perhaps I'm the last one to stumble onto it? It is a linguistic site called the Glǽmscrafu, or Glittering Caves that started in July 2006. It's real ear candy and the perfect site for codgers in rocking chairs. This French site has a lengthy list of words and names invented by Tolkien. . Click on any of these and you wll hear the sonorous voice of JRRT pronouncing the particular Elvish word or phrase. I own a recording of Tolkien reading from certain texts, but I've never seen it broken down like this. I have now learned how badly I've been pronouncing some of these words, despite the syllabic guides presented on other sites. If you click on the site's "Cellar", you can also reach a wide assortment of texts ---Tolkien's poems in the original languages plus samples of related tongues like Finnish, Welsh, or Gothic. Once again, if you click the link to the right side, you can hear a brief extract from many of these. I've never heard anything quite like this, or maybe there are others I don't know. Apparently the site has been developed by Bertrand Bellet and Benjamin Babut, who are with the Sindarin dictionary project. Even Carl F. Hostetter is encouraging them to try and get the estate's blessing on the dictionary (a separate site) to get it published. Anyways, these velvet sounds are a perfect accompaniment to my old rocking chair. __________________ Multitasking women are never too busy to vote. Last edited by Child of the 7th Age; 10-11-2006 at 11:10 AM.

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10-10-2006, 02:07 PM	#2
Hilde Bracegirdle Relic of Wandering Days Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: You'll See Perpetual Change. Posts: 1,480	Oh, it looks like the next project will be weaving Fordim a shawl! Wonder if there are any runes that protect from the common cold...wouldn't hurt to include a few tastefully placed along the border.

10-10-2006, 06:20 PM	#5
Fordim Hedgethistle Gibbering Gibbet Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Beyond cloud nine Posts: 1,844	I've tried dipping one's self in booze overnight....didn't get rid of the flu but somehow I didn't seem to mind as much.... I love the idea of a shawl. I like bright colours. Green is nice.