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ghettoelleth

Joined: 06 Nov 2004 Posts: 1804
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Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 1:22 pm Post subject: does anyone know this? |
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Man - Woman
Ellon - Elleth
Ent - Entwife
Dwarf - ???? |
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Eyborg
Joined: 08 May 2004 Posts: 429 Location: Reykjavík, Iceland
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Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 1:32 pm Post subject: |
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I don't know... dwarfess/dwarvess?
That's what I guess anyway.  |
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inglor

Joined: 26 Apr 2004 Posts: 853 Location: Not here, not there, not anywhere
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Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 2:39 pm Post subject: |
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I think dwarf is like elf, its non-gender. Its like saying human.
You don't say "he is an ellon" you say "he is an elf"
IMHO
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DarkElfChilde

Joined: 23 Aug 2004 Posts: 1013 Location: I'm located somewhere
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Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 2:45 pm Post subject: |
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Hmm...beard woman, maybe?  _________________ [ ] |
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ghettoelleth

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Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 2:58 pm Post subject: |
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| I wonder if she dwarf would get me ripped a new one |
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Leila
Joined: 04 Aug 2003 Posts: 0 Location: the Pegasus Galaxy
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Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 12:51 am Post subject: |
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In the appendix in RotK they use dwarf-woman and dwarf-women. PG 449 / appendix a under III Durin's Folk, towards the end of it[/i] _________________ A Drabble A Day Keeps The Bunnies At Bay |
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ghettoelleth

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Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 1:01 am Post subject: |
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Ahhh, thank you so much Leila  |
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Viv Challenge Admin

Joined: 24 Apr 2003 Posts: 71 Location: Texas
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Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 1:04 am Post subject: |
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No, please no she-dwarf! lol
So, you're writing about dwarves, eh?  |
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ghettoelleth

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Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 1:07 am Post subject: |
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I have this terrible habit of researching to the nth degree one little sentence in my story and then missing something huge and blatant like, the elves of Mithlond are teleri, why are they talking in Sindarin???  |
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Viv Challenge Admin

Joined: 24 Apr 2003 Posts: 71 Location: Texas
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Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 1:11 am Post subject: |
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'Cause we don't know much Telerin. There's some stuff about Doriathrin (sp?... language they spoke at ol' Thingol's court) on the Ardalambion site. But generally, I don't care too much about elven languages. I don't speak any of Tolkien's so-spiffy languages, so I usually skip those parts. Like watching naughty French movies: it isn't about the dialogue anyway.  |
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Leila
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Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 1:14 am Post subject: |
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| ghettoelleth wrote: | Ahhh, thank you so much Leila  |
no problem  _________________ A Drabble A Day Keeps The Bunnies At Bay |
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