Wednesday, August 06, 2003

On The Languanges Of Tolkien
- Demosthenes @ 05:38 PST

Since Barliman's Chat has been hosting languange classes for the past several weeks, I thought it would be appropriate to post this excellent article revealing how Tolkien went about creating his languanges. [More]

Secondly, there are great resources out there to assist anyone interested in learning Quenya and Sindarin. Highly recommended are the following sites:

Friday, August 01, 2003

Hall Of Fire Chats This Weekend
- Frode @ 21:48 PST

Sam wakes up by the Under-gate to the orc stronghold in Cirith Ungol. He leaves Shelobs lair and makes his way up the cleft towards the tower. Crossing over the highest ridge of the Ephel Duath he is treated to his first fearful view of the Land of Shadow.[More]

Wednesday, July 30, 2003

Elvish 101 Lesson 5 Transcript
- Demosthenes @ 22:39 PST

Elvish experts Golrab (Kris Nelson) and Annatar (Paul Dunne) have been conducting lessons on Quenya and Sindarin for the past few weeks on our IRC Server irc.theonering.net. Here's a transcript of lesson five. Look out for a transcript of lesson six soon! [More]

The link for lesson three seems to have gone MIA. Here it is again. [More]

Elvish 101 Lesson 4 Transcript
- Demosthenes @ 10:38 PST

Elvish experts Golrab (Kris Nelson) and Annatar (Paul Dunne) have been condusting lessons on Quenya and Sindarin for the past few weeks on our IRC Server irc.theonering.net. Here's a transcript of lesson four. Look out for a transcript of lesson five soon! [More]

Saturday, July 26, 2003

BarliBash Webcam Up Right Now!
- leo @ 16:48 PST

So, sitting at home while everyone is having fun at BarliBash in Toronto? Fear no longer, because right now we have a webcam up and running during the BarliBash dinner for you all to enjoy! Don't miss out on the chance to see all your friends from Barliman's devour some real 1420's, Blackened Balrog Wings or Gandybars. Check it out here! [Barliman's] [BarliBash 2003]

Tuesday, July 08, 2003

Elvish 101, Lesson #3 Tonight
- Jincey @ 23:45 PST

Please join the Elvish 101 guys this Wednesday when we will be exploring the secret world of Nouns in our Elvish chat - same Barliman's time, same Barliman's channel! (Wednesday 7/9/03, 8pm EDT, 5pm PDT 1am GMT Thursday -- in #TheHallofFire)

Elvish 101 Lesson 2 Transcript
- Jincey @ 22:45 PST

Lesson 2 has been posted for your perusal!. The experts speaking are Golrab (Kris Nelson) and Annatar (Paul Dunne). Enjoy! [More]

Saturday, July 05, 2003

Hall Of Fire Chats This Weekend
- Demosthenes @ 07:12 PST

Intent on drawing forth Sauron's hidden strength, the Army of the West marches on Mordor. Seemingly bent on self destruction, they provocatively cross the Anduin, set the fields of Morgul Vale aflame and proclaim the return of the Lords of Gondor. [More]

Wednesday, July 02, 2003

Elvish Lesson Tonight in the Hall of Fire
- Jincey @ 17:42 PST

Our good friends Jeff Sherrill, Kris Nelson, and Paul Dunne (the Elvish 101 Guys) will be back in #TheHallofFire tonight at 8PM EDT for a lesson in Tolkien's languages. Kris says, "We are going to go over the basic phonology, spelling, and stress of Quenya, interpret some Quenya phrases, and try to correlate everything to Sindarin as much as possible since this seems to be what people are interested in." So stop by this evening and learn a bit of Elvish to impress/frighten your friends! The first transcript can be found [here]