Elvish Is King for Fans of 'Rings' (For LOTR afficionados only – others keep out)

The Daily Herald [Suburban Chicago] ^ | January 6, 2004 | Beth Sneller

[PJ-Comix]

I can actually recite some Olde English. It sounds really good. Maybe someday there will be a movie where the characters speak in Olde English with modern English subtitles.

[Colonel_Flagg]

I'm so affected by her beauty I got her name wrong. Whoda thunk? :)

[Corin Stormhands]

For instance, Jackson wanted Salo to write Dwarfish words for a men's chorus to sing when Frodo and his friends were traveling through the Mines of Moria in "The Fellowship of the Ring."

And we felt justified leaving this out because....?

[HairOfTheDog]

It isn't left out.... it is in the men's chorus background in the soundtrack!

[RMDupree]

They do sing in Dwarvish...or so I thought!

[Corin Stormhands]

I have GOT to start paying attention...

[HairOfTheDog]

Indeed.... of course, even when one is paying attention, it mostly sounds like dwarvish grunting!

[SuziQ]

That's the Maori men's choir singing in Dwarvish in the background when the Fellowship is going down the stairs (and jumping the gaps) trying to reach the bridge.

[ecurbh]

If you have the soundtrack, it is at about the 3:00 minute point in track 13, "The Bridge of Khazad-dum". Here is what they are singing:

Urus ni buzra!
Arrâs talbabi fillumâ!
Ugrûd tashniki kurdumâ!
Lu! Lu! Lu!
Urkhas tanakhi!

'Fire in the deep!
Flames lick our skin!
Fear rips our heart!
No! No! No!
The demon comes!'

[Professional Engineer]

Me too. I missed some of the pics.

[BradyLS]

Liv Tyler's other famous Elven Princess role: Princess Washnwax, daughter of Minwax of the House of Turtlewax.

[BradyLS]

"Do you like Chuckie Cheese? Doo ya? Doo ya?"

"We want Chuckie Cheese! Boo-yah! Boo-yah!"

"But who wants salami? Who wants salami?"

[FReepaholic]

>>..."Vivaaaaaaaaaa Dol Guldur!"...<<

ROTFLMAO!!!

[Mamzelle]

snicker--I just set this photo as wallpaper on hubby's monitor...

[Mamzelle]

We could use a good collection of Elvish language links in one spot. I'll get to work on that and post it later. I have a font on my Mac-Pagemaker for Tengwar that corresponds pretty well with English phonetics (that is, you can type in English and have a reasonable Elvish calligraphy on your screen)...

[ExGeeEye]

"Bealocwealm hafað fréone frecan forth onsended giedd sculon singan gléomenn sorgiende on Meduselde þæt he ma no wære his dryhtne dyrest and mæga deorost" --Eowyn, adding singing to her list of talents (swordplay, horsemanship, and -ahem- cooking for 87-year-old rangers)

[radiohead]

Oh my lord. I like Leonard Nimoy. I like Spock. I like Bilbo. But together, oh my...what was he thinking? Even as a doped out hippie I wouldn't have found this entertaining - and this from someone who had Nimoy's album back in the 70s.

I'm not being snarky. I can admire the clip for its historical value...I think (I'm trying here, I'm really trying...)

[FReepaholic]

>>...We could use a good collection of Elvish language links...<<

Learn Elvish

[rawcatslyentist]

Dxlessia strikes again. I first read Elvis is King for Fans of Rings.
LOL

Anywho I have a song for each on my homepage. (Elvis and Bilbo)

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