Huor
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He really was an amazing human being, wasn't he?
Jan 23, 2023 10:03 PM
Huor
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He really was an amazing human being, wasn't he?
IAmGORT
"He's making it up as he goes along!!"
michaelfire
He used made up languages to illustrate his theories of philology- the evolution of languages over time; sadly a science with lots of racism
DancesWithBikers
Sauce?
greggbert
a new sweetmeat. pass
elijajaja
eatyourmeat
Looks like a combination of Thai and Arabic
jaggcomputing5
Maybe a touch of Ethiopic.
JohnnyLawlessEsq
Yeah, I definitely saw Arabic. Beautiful writing system.
4vie
Typo recontextualises the entire sentence: "A star shone until our meeting".
yougotredonyu
I have never heard Tolkiens voice before. It’s as lovely as I imagined. Thanks for this.
CheeseborgarSoop
Tolkien was there.
funkyche
I’m currently listening to the books on Audible, narrated by Andy Serkis. Just amazing.
MeestowKitty
There's something truly magical about hearing the language in the voice of the master himself.
originalhuman
You know elves aren’t real, right? Right, @OP?
AmbientCapitalism
Huor
HOW DARE YOU
IFoundOutThatYouCanHave63CharactersOntheUsernameHowCoolIsThat
it just dawned on me that despite the language being derrived from Celtic origin, it looks more Arabaic than anything.
shyriath
Kinda depends which Elvish you're talking about. Sindarin is inspired by Welsh, which is a Celtic language, but Quenya, which is the >
shyriath
language that the greeting is from, was much more Finnish-inspired.
4vie
Had you said that it was an old/formal form of Finnish I would have believed you
DarthWaiterSE
'Oh, I've made a mistake.' ... No one can fucking tell, John! Just ... just keep writing or whatever!
chiechien
*Jolkien
windowtudawoll
Jolkien Rolkien Rolkien Tolkien
SpamYarBlockers
He knew one day Stephen Colbert might grow up to see it and had to cover his butt
DarthWaiterSE
Stephen Colbert, the Tolkien nerd that makes Poindexters look like Giga-Chads.
Tortoiseshell11
I noticed it before I heard him say that, he wrote elem not elen.
Tortoiseshell11
And he skipped a word, that’s probably what he meant. I should’ve watched the whole thing.
rookOne
Is this just a simple substitution cipher? Where a specific symbol replaces a specific letter?
allisdude
Not quite. Here is a table with the sounds the letters represent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengwar#/media/File:Tengwar_modi2_EN.svg
rookOne
Sweet. Thanks
BennyAdam
So arabic written backwards
charlie2979
It's the Tengwar script used to write Quenya, or i think it's Quenya anyway. It looks aesthetically like Arabic because it's a script
charlie2979
That's supposed to be written. Same as Arabic. Not carved like Latin and the Nordic languages.
okbruh
Who are you, that you know these things? And thank you ?
charlie2979
I just like LoTR and think languages are neat. Tolkiens right when he says they have a flavour.
okbruh
Agreed!
turdly
Confession : growing up, I always thought he was black. I have no idea why I thought this.
Yenaldooshi
Tolkien sounds like token and there was the trope or whatever you want to call it of the "token black guy" maybe?
Tortoiseshell11
Perhaps it was the fact that he was born in Africa?
turdly
That sounds plausible
HenryLongfellowIII
Perhaps from the South Park character Tolkien Black ? (formerly Token Black, Token Williams)
FartsSmellBad
that sweetmeat
SpamYarBlockers
What exactly is sweet meat?
boobookttyfck
My nickname in college
lilmookieesquire
sweet·meat: ARCHAIC an item of confectionery or sweet food. "he hurried back to his room like a schoolboy who has stolen a sweetmeat"
FartsSmellBad
AFAIK it's just like old timey candies, no actual meat involved
bshodokai
Hm, my mind immediately went to sweet breads which is uh... Different
NorthSideSoldier
I think it's the pancreas or some other organ of an animal.
margaritamae
That's sweetbreads.
lilmookieesquire
which is weird that sweatbread is meat and sweetmeat is candy.
michaeloberg
The English really butcher English
faultysage
"It's a rather beautiful language I think" -Guy who literally invented the entire language
fantabuloustimewaster
“I made a thing a while back and I’m still proud of it.” It’s a great feeling. Everyone should enjoy it more often.
TheYoungerChrisEvans
I know a great many artists who are quite critical of their creations lol
fr0stbyte124
It's the perfect language for a people who are the embodiment of being extra and have a lot of time on their hands.
androgenoide
He tried to invent something that would sound pleasant and he did well.
Nostradamuswaswrong
I thought that was the interviewer speaking?
ThenIDefyYouStars
naw it was Jolkien Rolkien Rolkien!
WateringHole
Rawhiiiiide
aloharamada
...."invented" https://imgur.com/aie5A5I.png
BorkasonBork
Tolkien did say he found Finnish to be the most beautiful language on earth.
fknbastard
And visually beautiful but seems wildly influenced by the Arabic alphabet
aloharamada
It's a patchwork for sure, I'm bet there are more languages than just Arabic and Finnish involved, but I'm not a linguist. Theories welcome.
Remishnok
* gif of obama giving himself a medal *
demosteness
As a Spaniard, why Obama?
Remishnok
Because thats a meme. look up "obama medal meme"
demosteness
Oh thx!
demosteness
Dude... did you just downvotes my thanks giving? It was sincere!
Remishnok
idk what ur talking about. De que habla?