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Nick:	squire (Registered User)
Date/Time:	Mon, 11/22/2004 at 15:52 EDT (Mon, 11/22/2004 at 14:52 EST)
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In Reply To:	But  <Curious>  [11/22/2004 @ 15:27]  (1/2)
Subject:	That's all just fluff,
Message:
And should be sacked. I'll get right down to it: where we should be laying our heads in this Room is not the hard stone of research into academic disciplinary evolution, but the soft bed of the story itself. I choose to snuggle into the enveloping warmth of Tolkien's delicately chosen language. Like "daffadowndilly" and "swooned" and "lest I grow soft." I'll get right on it... only I am getting so very sleepy these days... *thinks hard* Join us in the Reading Room. 'Thinking hard'. squire online: Footerama: "Tolkien would have LOVED it!" (improved!) The Valaquenta discussion

• Marquette Report: Tom Shippey (long)  <Lúthien_Rising>  [11/15/2004 @ 20:46]  (13/75)
• Last words  <Lúthien_Rising>  [11/21/2004 @ 12:43]  (0/0)
• Tolkien:  15,000+ words  <N.E. Brigand>  [11/20/2004 @ 19:04]  (0/0)
• While I enjoy Shippey's perspective,  <Curious>  [11/18/2004 @ 13:05]  (3/39)
• What is "philology," anyway?  <N.E. Brigand>  [11/19/2004 @ 17:18]  (1/13)
• The study of ancient languages:  (No Text - Link Inside)  <Curious>  [11/19/2004 @ 18:49]  (1/12)
• Thanks!  <N.E. Brigand>  [11/19/2004 @ 19:28]  (3/11)
• in one or two paragraphs?  <Modtheow>  [11/22/2004 @ 11:48]  (1/4)
• Perhaps philology  <Curious>  [11/22/2004 @ 12:27]  (1/3)
• yes, I think so  <Modtheow>  [11/22/2004 @ 15:33]  (2/2)
• C.S. Lewis  <Curious>  [11/22/2004 @ 18:20]  (0/0)
• Or you could  <Curious>  [11/22/2004 @ 17:46]  (0/0)
• And here:  (No Text - Link Inside)  <Curious>  [11/20/2004 @ 14:39]  (0/0)
• Here:  (No Text - Link Inside)  <Curious>  [11/20/2004 @ 14:36]  (1/4)
• "knowledge about either langage or langues has been effectively excluded from the American educational system for almost a century"  <squire >  [11/21/2004 @ 2:29]  (1/3)
• Well,  <Curious>  [11/21/2004 @ 13:09]  (1/2)
• uh-huh  (No Text)  <squire >  [11/21/2004 @ 16:14]  (1/1)
• Woops!  <Curious>  [11/21/2004 @ 20:54]  (0/0)
• From what I know...  <notlost>  [11/19/2004 @ 10:07]  (1/1)
• I'm sure we have much in common.  (No Text)  <Curious>  [11/19/2004 @ 12:08]  (0/0)
• not just his day job  <Modtheow>  [11/19/2004 @ 0:26]  (1/22)
• As long as we keep it in perspective,  <Curious>  [11/19/2004 @ 8:12]  (1/21)
• The issue is not the philological "nature" of the LotR, but the philological origins.  <squire >  [11/19/2004 @ 10:36]  (1/20)
• Do I disagree?  <Curious>  [11/19/2004 @ 12:07]  (1/19)
• Oh Curious! I love it when you call me mad! :-)  <Modtheow>  [11/19/2004 @ 14:25]  (1/18)
• What of his love of myth  <Curious>  [11/19/2004 @ 15:23]  (1/17)
• philology is his ruling passion  <Modtheow>  [11/21/2004 @ 11:35]  (1/16)
• I prefer  <Curious>  [11/21/2004 @ 20:54]  (1/15)
• on this we agree...  <Modtheow>  [11/22/2004 @ 1:30]  (1/14)
• I don't  <Curious>  [11/22/2004 @ 8:38]  (1/13)
• okay  <Modtheow>  [11/22/2004 @ 10:59]  (2/12)
• keep it down, please.  (No Text)  <squire >  [11/22/2004 @ 12:20]  (1/7)
• *throws  <Curious>  [11/22/2004 @ 13:22]  (1/6)
• *Wakes up*  <squire >  [11/22/2004 @ 13:51]  (2/5)
• Isn't that Curious dreaming in your footer?  <nerdanel_50>  [11/22/2004 @ 16:06]  (1/1)
• I don't know who he is.  <squire >  [11/22/2004 @ 16:16]  (0/0)
• But  <Curious>  [11/22/2004 @ 15:27]  (1/2)
• That's all just fluff,  <squire >  [11/22/2004 @ 15:52]  (1/1)
• *calmly...  <Modtheow>  [11/22/2004 @ 17:31]  (0/0)
• If  <Curious>  [11/22/2004 @ 11:36]  (1/3)
• oh good!  <Modtheow>  [11/22/2004 @ 17:33]  (1/2)
• speaking of good reasons for re-reading ...  <Lúthien_Rising>  [11/22/2004 @ 17:53]  (1/1)
• yes!  <Modtheow>  [11/22/2004 @ 18:09]  (0/0)
• Wonderful, LR!  <notlost>  [11/18/2004 @ 10:22]  (0/0)
• *standing ovation*  (No Text)  <Ascarwen>  [11/17/2004 @ 13:00]  (0/0)
• Wish I'd been there!  <squire >  [11/16/2004 @ 20:07]  (3/4)
• leikr, leika, lāc, lācan  (warning: dictionary play ahead)  <Modtheow>  [11/18/2004 @ 23:04]  (0/0)
• we did too!  <Lúthien_Rising>  [11/17/2004 @ 15:16]  (0/0)
• A few quick notes.  <N.E. Brigand>  [11/17/2004 @ 0:32]  (1/1)
• democracy of philology  <Lúthien_Rising>  [11/17/2004 @ 9:52]  (0/0)
• Excellent summary!  (No Text)  <drogo_drogo>  [11/16/2004 @ 13:55]  (0/0)
• Thanks for this  (No Text)  <well he's back>  [11/16/2004 @ 12:49]  (0/0)
• Great recap of a great presentation, Lú!  <nerdanel_50>  [11/16/2004 @ 1:26]  (1/1)
• And Shippey has noted...  <N.E. Brigand>  [11/16/2004 @ 12:52]  (0/0)
• great stuff! - 2 questions  <dna>  [11/16/2004 @ 0:30]  (2/6)
• Shakespeare  <Lúthien_Rising>  [11/16/2004 @ 9:18]  (1/4)
• But, even more fun with Shakespeare is  <Elf_Maven>  [11/16/2004 @ 12:00]  (2/3)
• Tolkien is less notable...  <N.E. Brigand>  [11/16/2004 @ 12:58]  (1/1)
• Yes, I loved that revelation about "auction"!  (No Text)  <Elf_Maven>  [11/16/2004 @ 15:16]  (0/0)
• 24,000 words  <dna>  [11/16/2004 @ 12:36]  (0/0)
• On your first question:  <nerdanel_50>  [11/16/2004 @ 1:13]  (0/0)
• Could you expand on that last  <Merryk>  [11/16/2004 @ 0:10]  (1/4)
• on the canon  <Modtheow>  [11/16/2004 @ 0:48]  (2/3)
• Thank you - that's much clearer  <Merryk>  [11/16/2004 @ 1:17]  (0/0)
• Just for the record . . .  <nerdanel_50>  [11/16/2004 @ 1:04]  (1/1)
• I totally agree!  (No Text)  <Modtheow>  [11/16/2004 @ 10:03]  (0/0)
• This makes me wonder  <Finding Frodo>  [11/15/2004 @ 23:16]  (0/0)
• Ooo! Really? Degustation?  <Elf_Maven>  [11/15/2004 @ 23:09]  (1/8)
• I think he was poking fun at himself  <Entmaiden>  [11/15/2004 @ 23:58]  (2/7)
• My impression was  <nerdanel_50>  [11/16/2004 @ 1:20]  (2/5)
• Actually my notes...  <N.E. Brigand>  [11/16/2004 @ 17:56]  (1/1)
• no, you might be right  (No Text)  <Lúthien_Rising>  [11/16/2004 @ 18:03]  (0/0)
• you mean it wasn't that  <Lúthien_Rising>  [11/16/2004 @ 9:15]  (1/2)
• Right, Miss IsatinthelobbywithTomShippeyuntil2am  <Entmaiden>  [11/16/2004 @ 17:09]  (1/1)
• That wasn't me!  <Lúthien_Rising>  [11/16/2004 @ 17:31]  (0/0)
• But I bet the laugh was from  <Elf_Maven>  [11/16/2004 @ 1:11]  (0/0)

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