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| Nick: |
drogo_drogo (Registered User) |
| Date/Time: |
Sat, 8/14/2004 at 17:33 EDT (Sat, 8/14/2004 at 15:33 CST) |
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sundering of their speech <Entwife Wandlimb> [8/14/2004 @ 14:57] (2/8)
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| Subject: |
Sindarin was the main Elvish used in Middle-earth |
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Quenya, the ancient language of the Elves in Valinor, is something like Latin
in our own world, and Sindarin was the "vernacular" that was most widely spoken
in Middle-earth. Quenya was later banned by Elwe Thingol (that comes
later in the story of the Sil), and the returning Noldor eventually started to
speak Sindarin. By the Third Age Quenya was only rarely used as a
ceremonial language of sorts, but was not the language of daily speech even
among the
Elves.
But an equally basic passion of mine ab initio was for myth
(not allegory!) and for fairy-story and above all for heroic
legend on the brink of fairy-tale and history, of which there
is far too little in the world (accessible to me) for my
appetite....Also -- and here I hope I shall not sound absurd --
I was from early days grieved by the poverty of my own beloved
country: it had no stories of its own (bound up with its tongue
and soil), not of the quality that I sought, and found (as an
ingredient) in legends of other lands. (Letter #131)
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