From: "Philipp Hense" Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Is there a book, in wich I can learn Tolkien's languages? Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 16:53:04 +0100 Organization: UTANET Newsserver Lines: 19 Message-ID: <8v3r2d$svn$1@rohrpostix.uta4you.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: wsued-2239.utaonline.at X-Trace: rohrpostix.uta4you.at 974483341 29687 212.152.233.199 (17 Nov 2000 17:49:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news-admin@utanet.at NNTP-Posting-Date: 17 Nov 2000 17:49:01 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!uni-erlangen.de!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!nmaster.kpnqwest.net!newsfeed.Austria.EU.net!newsfeed.wu-wien.ac.at!rohrpostix.uta4you.at!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:29482 Hi! I'v only got one Question: Is there a book, in wich I can learn Tolkien's invented languages ? The book could be English or German. thanks Philipp ---------------------------------------------------- Ich kenne die Hälfte von euch nicht halb so gut, wie ich es gern möchte, und ich mag weniger als die Hälfte von euch auch nur halb so gern, wie ihr es eigentlich verdient. - Bilbo ###### From: M1A1Hokie Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Is there a book, in wich I can learn Tolkien's languages? Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 13:05:37 -0700 Message-ID: References: <8v3r2d$svn$1@rohrpostix.uta4you.at> X-Newsreader: MicroPlanet Gravity v2.30 NNTP-Posting-Host: goliath2 Lines: 39 X-Authenticated-User: 7072137 X-Comments: This message was posted through Newsfeeds.com X-Comments2: IMPORTANT: Newsfeeds.com does not condone, nor support, spam or any illegal or copyrighted postings. 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Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newsfeed-zh.ip-plus.net!news.ip-plus.net!news.tesion.net!news.belwue.de!news-stu1.dfn.de!news-koe1.dfn.de!news-fra1.dfn.de!news-lei1.dfn.de!news-was.dfn.de!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!portc03.blue.aol.com!europa.netcrusader.net!204.71.68.178!local-out.newsfeeds.com!newsfeeds.com!goliath2.newsfeeds.com!newsfeeds.com!g2!anonymous!g2 Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:29430 On Thu, 16 Nov 2000 16:53:04 +0100, Philipp Hense was hired on as a college football analyst by CBS for saying.. > Hi! > I'v only got one Question: > > Is there a book, in wich I can learn Tolkien's invented languages ? > > The book could be English or German. > > thanks > > Philipp > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > Ich kenne die Hälfte von euch nicht halb so gut, wie ich es gern möchte, > und ich mag weniger als die Hälfte von euch auch nur halb so gern, wie ihr > es eigentlich verdient. - Bilbo > > > You can pick quite a bit of it up just by reading a multitude of his books. Ages ago now (at least eleven years), I actually had a short correspondence with someone entirely in Elvish (Sindarin). It was fun... albeit a bit painstaking as far as conjugation is concerned. ;) -- Bryan S. Slick, now33ofus@codenet.net (only 3 of us.. fix for email) "For those who preserve it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- ###### From: brahms@mindspring.com (Stan Brown) Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Is there a book, in wich I can learn Tolkien's languages? Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 17:09:00 -0500 Organization: Oak Road Systems Lines: 14 Message-ID: References: <8v3r2d$svn$1@rohrpostix.uta4you.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: 3f.35.7f.18 X-Server-Date: 17 Nov 2000 22:10:31 GMT X-Newsreader: MicroPlanet Gravity v2.10 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-peer.gip.net!news.gsl.net!gip.net!cyclone2.usenetserver.com!news-out.usenetserver.com!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!news.mindspring.net!firehose.mindspring.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:29491 [cc'd to previous poster for speed; please follow up in newsgroup] Philipp Hense wrote in rec.arts.books.tolkien: >Is there a book, in wich I can learn Tolkien's invented languages ? Resources for Tolkienian Linguistics, http://www.elvish.org/resources.html -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Cortland County, New York, USA http://oakroadsystems.com Tolkien FAQs: http://home.uchicago.edu/~sbjensen/Tolkien/ Encyclopedia of Arda: http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/default.htm more FAQs: http://oakroadsystems.com/tech/faqget.htm ###### From: Meneldil Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Is there a book, in wich I can learn Tolkien's languages? Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 16:36:32 GMT Organization: Deja.com - Before you buy. Lines: 31 Message-ID: <8v6b6g$nmm$1@nnrp1.deja.com> References: <8v3r2d$svn$1@rohrpostix.uta4you.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: 194.82.103.45 X-Article-Creation-Date: Sat Nov 18 16:36:32 2000 GMT X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT; University of East Anglia) X-Http-Proxy: 1.1 wwwcache1.uea.ac.uk:8080 (Squid/2.2.STABLE4), 1.0 fides.ulcc.wwwcache.ja.net:8080 (Squid/2.2.STABLE5-hno.20000202), 1.0 x69.deja.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 139.222.126.109, 139.222.128.2, 194.82.103.45 X-MyDeja-Info: XMYDJUIDmeneldil Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.bme.hu!news.tele.dk!195.54.122.107!newsfeed1.bredband.com!bredband!news000.worldonline.se!fr.clara.net!heighliner.fr.clara.net!xfer10.netnews.com!netnews.com!feed2.news.rcn.net!rcn!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp2.deja.com!nnrp1.deja.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:29441 In article , brahms@mindspring.com (Stan Brown) wrote: > [cc'd to previous poster for speed; please follow up in newsgroup] > > Philipp Hense wrote in rec.arts.books.tolkien: > >Is there a book, in wich I can learn Tolkien's invented languages ? > > Resources for Tolkienian Linguistics, > http://www.elvish.org/resources.html > > -- > Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Cortland County, New York, USA > http://oakroadsystems.com > Tolkien FAQs: http://home.uchicago.edu/~sbjensen/Tolkien/ > Encyclopedia of Arda: http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/default.htm > more FAQs: http://oakroadsystems.com/tech/faqget.htm Perhaps the best site to start with is Ardalambion : http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/ The ELF site which Comrade Brown cited includes links to that and many other sites. However, I found Ardalambion to be the most helpful site for a beginner. - Meneldil Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.