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The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 03-30-2003, 09:44 AM

Even if there were other versions, Aragorn and Arwen simply don't use contractions. It wouldn't fit the style that Tolkien adopted when writing about them. Those quotations may be from a Babelfish translation, or typed in from memory; they may even be a misguided attempt to make the language "relevant to a modern audience" (i.e. modernised for the benefit of the illiterate). This is why my quotations are always copied from my books.

03-30-2003, 09:44 AM	#16
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	Even if there were other versions, Aragorn and Arwen simply don't use contractions. It wouldn't fit the style that Tolkien adopted when writing about them. Those quotations may be from a Babelfish translation, or typed in from memory; they may even be a misguided attempt to make the language "relevant to a modern audience" (i.e. modernised for the benefit of the illiterate). This is why my quotations are always copied from my books. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?