To: LivingNet
Tolkien was a quite the linguist. He invented the elvish tongue and others used in the book. The forward on my copy of The Simarilion details some of his reasons for inventing a language completely separate from any known one. What it mostly boils down to is "because I can".
38 posted on
12/17/2003 9:47:46 AM PST by
zeugma
(The great experiment is over.)
To: zeugma
IT'S SARUMAN'S LOST DIARY!!!
46 posted on
12/17/2003 10:47:46 AM PST by
Alouette
(To a bear, a PETA activist is junk food.)
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson