X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,be4b297b340b6601 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-01-16 23:30:39 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news1.optus.net.au!optus!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.per.connect.com.au!newsfeed.iinet.net.au!news.iinet.net.au!not-for-mail From: Bateau Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: looking for lord of the ring character acsii art Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 15:26:48 +0800 Message-ID: References: <3c432454.22698046@News.CIS.DFN.DE> <59q64u4h66ae73rn80spl54ld3j0g69dph@4ax.com> <7dq84ukru18dp5s9crbcnd2kisjndsf8r9@4ax.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.6/32.525 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 35 NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.59.169.96 X-Trace: news.iinet.net.au 1011252425 4863 203.59.169.96 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:13832 ____ On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 15:25:49 +0000 (UTC) \__/___ drsquare ran through the LI-\o-' streets of alt.ascii-art | waving an axe and screaming: / \ >On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 17:16:38 -0500, in alt.ascii-art, > ("DynoGuru" ) wrote: > >>"drsquare" wrote in message >>news:7dq84ukru18dp5s9crbcnd2kisjndsf8r9@4ax.com... >> >>> >> Go to appendix V of Lord of the Rings, learn the Angerthas, then learn >>> >> Khuzdul. Then you will be able to understand what is said. >>> > >>> >Do u mean that I have to learn a language to understand this? Isn't it >>> >English? >>> >>> I assumed it would be in Khuzdul, as it is on a dwarf's tomb. But then >>> again you'll have a job learning it, as it's a fictional language. You can >>> learn the runes though. >>> >>This stuff is facinating?? Thay have a language developed just for this >>book. > >There are several. Khuzdul, Sindarin, Quenya, The Black Speech. Tolkien >liked his languages. And his alphabets. Lecturing about ancient languages was his job after all. -- | _ .\ ~~ _ ^~ | <')_,/ , ; .\ >(')__, . ` ' , | (_~=/ \._`.'. .\ (_~_/ _, _..-''-._,____,----,____ | ='- \=~_) ; .\ ~^~~^~ ` (_~_/ `'--'` `~~~~)_)=\_\-.( | -'= .\ ~^~ ~^~~^~ ICQ:11367619 EMAIL:bateau:-)jupiter-io.net WEB:http://tyrian2000.cjb.net