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Thuriniel
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 Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 2:58 pm Post subject: Re: OK - you told me I could ask questions..... |
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| Alassante wrote: | And a non-clothes related question - if men have manhoods, do elves have elfhoods?  Can you still call a male elf a man and a female elf a woman?
Sorry - but I had to ask! |
I find the word "elfhood" incredibly funny and I cannot read a sex scene without laughing if the term "pops up" (the pun IS intended,  !)
If you want to impress us Sindarin geeks, use ellon for male elf, elleth for female elf, ellyn for plural (males), ellith for plural (females). You will put a smile on our face  .
And don't use she-elf ... apparently every one hates it. I used it in the first 2/3 of my fic and now I can just see myself going back and changing it. English is not my native language, so I had no clue it was such an undesirable term. At least that's my excuse !
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Texasgirl
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| Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 5:38 pm Post subject: Re: OK - you told me I could ask questions..... |
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| Thuriniel wrote: | [
If you want to impress us Sindarin geeks, use ellon for male elf, elleth for female elf, ellyn for plural (males), ellith for plural (females). You will put a smile on our face .
And don't use she-elf ... apparently every one hates it. I used it in the first 2/3 of my fic and now I can just see myself going back and changing it. English is not my native language, so I had no clue it was such an undesirable term. At least that's my excuse ! |
yeah...(OFF-TOPIC WARNING) thuriniel, do you know where i can find a good sindarin dictionary?
and i agree-with the term she-elf, it seems to have the label derogatory towards ellith, but what about he-elf?
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DarkElfChilde
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| Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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he elf sounds a lot like he man...  In a worse way...ewww.
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Alassante
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| Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 5:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Considering the fact that the only one I heard in the movie calling anyone a she-elf was one of the Nazgul (probably the Witch King) when he called Arwen one and told her to give up Frodo. Apparently she didn't like it either since she washed his a** and all of his buddies away! |
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SpaceWeavil
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| Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 5:48 pm Post subject: Re: OK - you told me I could ask questions..... |
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| Texasgirl wrote: | | Thuriniel wrote: | [
If you want to impress us Sindarin geeks, use ellon for male elf, elleth for female elf, ellyn for plural (males), ellith for plural (females). You will put a smile on our face .
And don't use she-elf ... apparently every one hates it. I used it in the first 2/3 of my fic and now I can just see myself going back and changing it. English is not my native language, so I had no clue it was such an undesirable term. At least that's my excuse ! |
yeah...(OFF-TOPIC WARNING) thuriniel, do you know where i can find a good sindarin dictionary?
and i agree-with the term she-elf, it seems to have the label derogatory towards ellith, but what about he-elf? |
I think this is the one I downloaded. It's in Adobe Acrobat format, which means it's easily searchable.
http://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/downloads.html
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Viv
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| Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 8:41 pm Post subject: Re: OK - you told me I could ask questions..... |
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| Texasgirl wrote: | | and i agree-with the term she-elf, it seems to have the label derogatory towards ellith, but what about he-elf? |
Only if you can sincerely use the term "he-man" to describe Boromir. Without giggling.  |
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SpaceWeavil
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| Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 8:43 pm Post subject: Re: OK - you told me I could ask questions..... |
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| Viv wrote: | | Texasgirl wrote: | | and i agree-with the term she-elf, it seems to have the label derogatory towards ellith, but what about he-elf? |
Only if you can sincerely use the term "he-man" to describe Boromir. Without giggling. |
Even worse, try looking at Pippin and saying He-Hobbit  (You'll make yourself sound like a donkey, probably )
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Thuriniel
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Dragon Flame is my favorite one. Downloadable, pretty accurate and super easy to use.
... and the same one SpaceWeavil pointed out !
One last thing to say about she-elf ... being a Spanish speaker and considering how we "genderize" everything from things to people ... can you blame me for wanting to distinguish between male and female elves?
Sometimes I don't know how you English speakers communicate !
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Viv
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| Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Thuriniel wrote: | | Sometimes I don't know how you English speakers communicate ! |
No kidding! How can we use a language without a second person plural?! ... Unless, of course, all ya'll count Texan as real English. |
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SpaceWeavil
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| Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Viv wrote: | | Thuriniel wrote: | | Sometimes I don't know how you English speakers communicate ! |
No kidding! How can we use a language without a second person plural?! ... Unless, of course, all ya'll count Texan as real English. |
Or Glaswegian 'yous lot'
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Alassante
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Here in North Carolina - Ya'll is taught at birth!!
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DarkElfChilde
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| Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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or git er done.
gitter...git...er...something...
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Alassante
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Thanks to Viv, I now know how to post a picture. Here is the picture of my tattoo. It isn't a great picture - my skin looks kinda funny bu you can see the Elvish at least. I am wondering if any of you know what it says....hmm??
I will give you a hint:
Guren guin Aear.
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DarkElfChilde
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Meow mix meow mix please deliver?
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-snickers- Sorry...I couldn't resist. But..
My heart of sea?
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