Date: June 5th, 2009 08:44 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] cosmiccoz.livejournal.com

Oh, that really does sound erotic! Not silly at all! I was seriously into Tolkien around 14/15 and actually tried learning a bit of Elvish, I knew a couple phrases and greetings but I can't remember any of it now. Beautiful language though, based on Finnish I think . . .

BTW, I'm really enjoying your stories. I'm kicking myself that I haven't reviewed yet, but I've been quite busy. : (

Date: June 5th, 2009 08:47 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] elethian.livejournal.com
Beautiful language though, based on Finnish I think . . .

Quenya shares some characteristics with Finnish; Sindarin is more like Welsh.

Only thing I can rattle off the top of my head (besides common stuff like "Ai! Laurie lantar lassi surinen...") is Mana nan unyarima na; mai tulle' ni Laisilmenorello ("what I am is unknown, but I come from the green-and-starlight-shining lands") which took me quite some time to learn to construct, what with the noun inflections in Quenya that don't really appear in English and all.

[livejournal.com profile] digitalsidhe is the person I know most into this kind of stuff; he even used to do Tengwar calligraphy by commission.

Date: June 5th, 2009 09:01 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] cosmiccoz.livejournal.com

Impressive! I've been out of the Tolkien fandom for sometime, I would sound like a newbie if I tried to hold any sort of intelligent discussion. I shall listen to your greater knowledge, it was Welsh not Finnish.

Date: June 5th, 2009 09:07 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] elethian.livejournal.com
Well they're both "elvish", it's just that Quenya is "high speech" and Sindarin more like "common speech".

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