Sukkit
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Aman.
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I agree with Adam.
Personally, I think that's not much of a flaw in the Silmarillion because it's supposed to be an epic, and it has to keep that elevated style which automatically implies a certain distance from the events. In the LotR, however, some more complexity is lacking.
(Of course, there's Boromir, but as you say, all that was caused by the Ring. I must say, by the way, that Boromir's redemption was a very touching moment and an awesome scene in Jackson's movie, even more so than in the books)
Also, I don't know why Tolkien feared that the feeling of historical deepness may be lost in the Silmarillion - everything is simply sketched in there, and in the end you would kill just to get into more detail.
And lastly, I think Tolkien was too fond of his own characters, and he often let them escape with too little harm. In LotR, even Bill survives. Come on. If you feel the need to explain that in the end that poney you had forgotten about lots of chapters ago did survive after all, well, I'm not expecting you to kill more of the main characters
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That's... that's just ridiculous.
These people should hire more image advisors and less lawyers, because usually, when one of these cases reaches the public, everybody laughs at the lawyers and they end up shutting up. They have no legal base.
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I remember those Dungeons & Dragons gamebooks that were fairly popular in the late 80s - in some of them, there were halflings. At first I had no idea of what they were (it didn't help that the Spanish translation didn't use "medianos"... in fact they didn't translate it at all, and when I found "medianos" in AoW I was rather puzzled... I knew they were halflings but had no idea of where they got the Spanish name from)
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Thorondor
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Well, I don't think it's particularly bad or sad... the researchers were just fooling around when they called it a 'hobbit', and the media seems to be using it as an easy and catchy line. Personally, I think it's worse for the Homo Floresiensis (whose scientific name is only mentioned in the second to last paragraph!) than for the Periannath
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I thought Black Op was referring more to the writing style itself, and was going to reply that Tolkien apparently used "he said" too much
Elves : There were 144 who awoke at Cuivienen. What happened there that made a few of them leaders? It is said that the three ambassadors were chosen by the people, but why? And where are those "elven commoners" and what happens to them? Where is the people! All lords!The tale of the 144 elves who awoke at Cuivienen is just that, a folkloric tale, I think, and was regarded as that by the Elves. Or at least that's the case of the version with the three elves named after the numbers 1, 2 and 3, that went around awakening the others and choosing them as companions. I think that's the only time when the number 144 is explicitly mentioned.
Tolkien saw his writings as historical and/or poetical accounts, and in the stages of civilization where Middle-earth was placed (more or less a mythical and archaic Middle Age), it's logical to assume that only the elites crafted history, while the common folk followed them. That's my view on the matter, anyway.
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Well, I wouldn't say "liberty" is any less English than "freedom". Every language has many loan words, and they sort of become native themselves.
Now, if you use "libertas" that's a whole different matter
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Avoid empty words like "thing" and "stuff".
By the way, is it acceptable to use (for example) "honour" and "center" in the same text?
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The avatars are there, it's just that the address has changed.
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Thanks for the notice, Jason!
Also, what do you people plan to do in the next two days?
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Hehe, yes, sort of a private joke. Staff privileges...
And yes, Kirjatanô is the ancient form of Ciryatan, or Círdan in Sindarin.
Ciryatan > Aldarion
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Hahaha
Kirjatanô!
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Apparently, the commie ghost is still valuable for the American right wing.
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The Decameron, by Giovanni Bocaccio.
Classic, and very amusing.
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I started reading LotR in June 2001, mere days before my university access exams (which was not a recommendable time to start... luckily everything went great). I was 18, actually I got LotR as a birthday gift. It's strange how I did not begin reading Tolkien earlier, because I've always been into fantasy, gamebooks and stuff like that.
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I'm in favour. I think the positive consequences of it will surpass the possible negative consequences. I agree it is too soon for Turkey to join, but I think it's vital to negotiate to show Turkey that if they actually fix their problems regarding civil rights, ethnical minorities, influence of the army, etc, they WILL join the EU. In my opinion, the Turkish people need to see that goal as feasible, because if they are disappointed by the Western values it could be a catastrophe, now that secularism isn't as strong as it used to be in Turkey. I see no cultural or religious problem - but there might be if, like the European right suggests, the "Christian roots" of Europe are mentioned in our Constitution.
Is Turkey European? Well, Turkish history is no doubt linked to European history, even in times of the Ottoman Empire when they controlled North Africa and the Middle East. Anatolia has always been a center of ancient European culture, until the Turks conquered it from the Byzantines. Their most famous city, Istambul, is located in European territory. But anyway, the borderline between Europe and Asia is conventional. There's no real geographical reason to separate both continents.
I guess it is interesting to note that Turkey (and Israel too, now that Jeru mentions it) is part of the European federations of sports such as football and basketball. Sports are powerful unifying bonds
As for the question of "Who is European", I think that in the future, and especially if Turkey gets in, the European identity will be formed in opposition to the American identity. The EU will try to be some sort of "alternative Western power". I don't know whether this is a good or a bad thing.
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We're doing it for the kids.
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Oh well, this thread is kind of old, but anyway: Shanah tovah!
Cool, two words I already knew.
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I prefer permanent resources (except possibly for food), but the opposite wouldn't imply any real micromanagement. In Cossacks, all units "eat". Just make sure you have enough farms so your income is greater than your spendings. Pretty simple, really. If you see your food stock going down, you build a new granary. It works perfectly in Cossacks, but as I said, I don't think we need it. In the end food stocks get huge anyway.
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For leading his multitudes of Orcs, Morgoth was in need of trustworthy Captains – sometimes it was normal (mortal) Orcs that have proven their worth
"Mortal Orcs"? Heh, remember there's a lot of controversy about that.
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But spanish or latin for elves would be absolutly ridiculous
Why? They'd be as valid as any other language. I wouldn't use Spanish because there's too many people that would understand it, but other than that it's fine.
Did you mean "funner" instead of "funnier"? And if yes, then you probably meant "more fun" instead of "funner".Well, in school I was taught "fun" as a noun and "funny" as its adjective, and although I later learned that's not correct I still confuse them every now and then when I'm not paying attention
Seperation of Church and State...?
in Hall of Intellectuals
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Since when Catholicism is a religion in contrast with Christianity, and not a branch of Christianity?
By the way, I think people in the US think too much about the 'funding fathers'... ok, they were crucial to the history of the US but they lived 200 years ago; it doesn't matter whether they would 'turn in their graves' or not.