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Remarkable that such brief mention is made of Tolkien, fans of whom will be familiar with a great many more of the coinages and their components than most! And
by aaroninsf 2y ago
Remarkable that such brief mention is made of Tolkien, fans of whom will be familiar with a great many more of the coinages and their components than most!
And who will find new appreciation from this article for what Tolkien was about and why it's said he created his stories to accommodate his exploration of these root languages!
- 082349872349872 2y agoJRRT even translated all the names the characters' knew each other by into anglophone cultural equivalents, eg the kudugin (which JRRT translates as "hobbits"): Maura Labingi Frodo Baggins Banazîr "Ban" Galpsi Samwise "Sam" Gamgee