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Folwren · 09-03-2009, 06:54 AM

Gandalf, perhaps? He knows a lot of languages and could possibly be able to use the language's different accents, too. I'm thinking particularly of the time when he and the Three Hunters show up at the gates of Edoras, and one of the guards addresses them in the Rohanian tongue.

-- Folwren

Mnemosyne · 09-03-2009, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Folwren

Gandalf, perhaps? He knows a lot of languages and could possibly be able to use the language's different accents, too. I'm thinking particularly of the time when he and the Three Hunters show up at the gates of Edoras, and one of the guards addresses them in the Rohanian tongue.

-- Folwren

But we don't know how good that accent was.

Everyone so far has been looking in the wrong place in the text, even if they've been looking in the correct book.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 09-03-2009, 09:31 AM

Heck, from the beginning I have been thinking only about Frodo's meeting with Gildor. But I think there's nothing there about accents, either.

Mnemosyne · 09-04-2009, 02:46 PM

Don't look in the text of LotR itself.

Nerwen · 09-06-2009, 04:04 AM

What about Frodo? In Appendix E–

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Frodo is said to have shown "great skill with foreign sounds".

Mnemosyne · 09-06-2009, 09:11 AM

And we have a winner!

Take the thread, Nerwen.

**The Saucepan Man** · 10-07-2009, 05:23 PM

Nerwen?

09-03-2009, 06:54 AM	#1
Folwren Messenger of Hope Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a tiny, insignificant little town in one of the many States. Posts: 5,076	Gandalf, perhaps? He knows a lot of languages and could possibly be able to use the language's different accents, too. I'm thinking particularly of the time when he and the Three Hunters show up at the gates of Edoras, and one of the guards addresses them in the Rohanian tongue. -- Folwren __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis

09-03-2009, 09:31 AM	#3
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Heck, from the beginning I have been thinking only about Frodo's meeting with Gildor. But I think there's nothing there about accents, either. __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

09-04-2009, 02:46 PM	#4
Mnemosyne Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Between the past and the future Posts: 1,159	Don't look in the text of LotR itself. __________________ Got corsets?

09-06-2009, 09:11 AM	#6
Mnemosyne Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Between the past and the future Posts: 1,159	Ding ding ding! And we have a winner! Take the thread, Nerwen. __________________ Got corsets?

10-07-2009, 05:23 PM	#7
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Bumpity-bump Nerwen? __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

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