[Mad Bomber]

Normally, I'd post something about the Etherian language in a situation like this, but at this point I've decided to go with the path of laziness...

For those who have no clue what I'm talking about, Etherian is the language spoken by the Congaree Confederate Republic (CCR) and the Etherian Colonial Combine (ECC) in Nodewars.

I made it to be a mix of random languages, without as much Gaelic or Finnish influence, and more influence from Asian and Romance languages.

[Ace]

Originally posted by an0n

Yeah, we need Orcs. Then I could build my army of darkness a LOT quicker.

En Taro Adun... errrmm... Zug Zug!

[Su-tehp]

"I amar prestar aen, han mathon ne nen, han mathon ne chae a han noston ne 'wilith."
"The world is changed; I can feel it in the water, I can feel it in the earth, I can smell it in the air."

--Galadriel, at the start of Lord of the Rings

You can fnd this wavefile (among many others) here:

http://www.elvish.org/gwaith/movie.htm

EDIT: Hmmm... I seem to have already posted this addy... Oh, well, live and learn!

[Dark_4ce]

I have but one question.... Why would anyone ever bother wanting to learn a useless language like Elvish or Klingon? Yeah, they sound cool, but where the hell are you going to use it? If you wanna learn cool languages, learn French or Italian or Hebrew (I learnt this for a while when I was at school). Those languages kickass. Hell, even Finnish is worth learning, I guess. Oh well, I guess I just don't understand über-fanhood...

[Redfang]

Come to think of it, I agree with Dark_4ce.
 
I think only English is worth of learning... and of course own language.

[Su-tehp]

Learing the Tolkien languages is not just for speaking. It's also an art, studied for scholarly purposes. Why do people study Latin? After all, it's a dead language with no native speakers, but scholars the world over still stumble all over themselves to learn it. It's just something that scholars do: learn stuff just for the sake of learning it.

Same reason I'm studying Elvish: it's a scholarly thing.

[Stryke 9]

Su: People learn Latin because a good chunk of ancient literature is in it. And it helps a hell of a lot in understanding most medical and many technical terms. Or if you want to learn French or Spanish, both of which are quite similar. Latin proper is dead, but it's still everywhere. Klingon and Elvish exist only in fan fic and obsessive raving lunatic's weddings. That's why. Go ahead, compare Elvish to Greek or something, now. I dare ya.

[Su-tehp]

Find me a Greek poem and post it here and I'll do just that.

[Stryke 9]

*EDIT* I'm suupposed to post a 200-page epic poem on here? I suppose I could also include a MP3 of someone singing it.

Pretty much all of the Greek literature we have now is long. Really long. And doesn't make sense unless you include a good bit of it. So I'll refer you to some exciting new titles originally in Greek, which you can most certainly purchase them in: The Illiad, The Odyssey, The Clouds, The Bees, The Metamorphoses, Dialogues of Plato... er, that's all I remember offhand. The Clouds might be in Latin, but I doubt it. You get the idea. Most famous works in literature, short of Shakespeare in general and the latest crap by Stephen King.

[Su-tehp]

Originally posted by Stryke 9
*EDIT* I'm suupposed to post a 200-page epic poem on here? I suppose I could also include a MP3 of someone singing it.

Pretty much all of the Greek literature we have now is long. Really long. And doesn't make sense unless you include a good bit of it. So I'll refer you to some exciting new titles originally in Greek, which you can most certainly purchase them in: The Illiad, The Odyssey, The Clouds, The Bees, The Metamorphoses, Dialogues of Plato... er, that's all I remember offhand. The Clouds might be in Latin, but I doubt it. You get the idea. Most famous works in literature, short of Shakespeare in general and the latest crap by Stephen King.

Speaking of Shakespeare, you could always post Hamlet here in the original Klingon...

[Gortef]

I agree that learning languages like Elvish and Klingon is a one form of art (and a good hobby )... but I'm not so into it.

The only language I'm wiling to start learning currently would be Japanese

[Dark_4ce]

Yeah that would be a cool language to learn. Then I can finally watch all those anime's without buying them dubbed.

[Gortef]

haha my thoughts exactly

[Stryke 9]

What the...?

Who edited my post? Put it back! I WANT MY CURSING BACK!

[Martinus]

Originally posted by Stryke 9
What the...?

Who edited my post? Put it back! I WANT MY CURSING BACK!

Me.

A thread was already posted regarding swearing. Go read it.

[Stryke 9]

I'd read it before. It's ridiculous, and I have never believed in humoring the old ladies in tennis shoes. So what's so wrong with [edit]? It's a beautiful thing, and pretty much the only truly creative activity mankind can engage in. What about taking a [edit]? It's something everyone does, all the time. Might as well censor out the word "breathe", too- that's quite biological.

I'm still here

[Stealth]

oooooooooh

go maeglamor

Now that we're Off Topic:

So who here ISN'T learning elvish?  

*raises hand *

[Su-tehp]

Originally posted by Stealth
oooooooooh

go maeglamor

Now that we're Off Topic:

So who here ISN'T learning elvish?  

*raises hand *

Dude, Stealth, you're usurping my thread!

I think Maeglamor and I are the only ones here trying to learn Elvish. Stealth, if you ask everyone here who ISN't learning Elvish, most everyone here would suffer serious injuries from throwing out their arms in order to raise their hands.

I really need to get a hardcover copy of Tolkien's "The Long Road"; that thing has an elvish etymology index!

[penguin]

I was heavily into the Tolkien languages when I first read LOTR, back in the seventies.  Althought I was more into the writing than the languages itself.  But all of the linguistic analysis wasn't threre yet.

I still have my "Guide to Middle-Earth" which has a pretty good list of translations, but a lot of it was guesswork... stuff like The Simarillion hadn't been published yet...

"Still proud to be a geek after thirty years"

[Stealth]

i'm just kidding Stryke, i knew no one would reply anyway (to my post i mean)

I'm not learning Elvish, but i'm a great LOTR fan.