Where can I learn more about speaking Elvish?

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Yossarian

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I picture illusion88 as looking like the "Tolkein language expert" that they interviewed for the TTT EE.
 

murphy55d

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who do you plan on conversing with, using this language? Other than ChocobaR, when he gets his ear implants.
 

illusion88

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Originally posted by: murphy55d
who do you plan on conversing with, using this language? Other than ChocobaR, when he gets his ear implants.

Well a firend of mine who is learning it with me. She was the one who got me started on it. Think of it as a party trick. Beign able to chug a beer in less the 5 seconds, or shoot a beer cap 30feet is useless. Its just something to do for fun.

Anyone have any recomended websites?

And tantos nothing about my Tolkien obsession has anything t do with the computer. They are books, pieces of literature, nothing digital about them.
 

illusion88

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Originally posted by: conjur
Plan on never having sex, eh?

thats another party trick I never told you about....
My inability to woo the fine ladies.


Actually I have learned that drunk girls usually like me. My conscience always tells me to stay away. Someone needs to strip me of morals and the idea of right and wrong.
 

WinkOsmosis

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Sep 18, 2002
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Originally posted by: illusion88
Originally posted by: conjur
Plan on never having sex, eh?

thats another party trick I never told you about....
My inability to woo the fine ladies.


Actually I have learned that drunk girls usually like me. My conscience always tells me to stay away. Someone needs to strip me of morals and the idea of right and wrong.

Making out with them doesn't mean you are having sex with them.
 

illusion88

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Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
Originally posted by: illusion88
Originally posted by: conjur
Plan on never having sex, eh?

thats another party trick I never told you about....
My inability to woo the fine ladies.


Actually I have learned that drunk girls usually like me. My conscience always tells me to stay away. Someone needs to strip me of morals and the idea of right and wrong.

Making out with them doesn't mean you are having sex with them.

hey I never said anything about not getting the hook up. Actually I guess it kinda does imply.... Well the hook up does happen on occasion, but alas, I remain alone. Either way, Ill have my elvish to keep me company!
 

y2kc

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Originally posted by: illusion88
Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
Originally posted by: illusion88
Originally posted by: conjur
Plan on never having sex, eh?

thats another party trick I never told you about....
My inability to woo the fine ladies.


Actually I have learned that drunk girls usually like me. My conscience always tells me to stay away. Someone needs to strip me of morals and the idea of right and wrong.

Making out with them doesn't mean you are having sex with them.

hey I never said anything about not getting the hook up. Actually I guess it kinda does imply.... Well the hook up does happen on occasion, but alas, I remain alone. Either way, Ill have my elvish to keep me company!

you're taking a risk sleeping with drunk girls.....
 

NickelTitanium

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That's strange. I thought you would be fluent in Elvish, since your Mama was speakin' it when I gave her the big one...
 

Richdog

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Originally posted by: illusion88
Originally posted by: Richdog
Bel alaissed na urutha na'sailled?

what does that mean? Something about powers...

LMAO I made it up. :D

Years of reading fantasy books (Dragonlance, Forgotten Realms, LOTR etc.) mean that if I was deperate enough (and I mean REALLY desperate) I could write a fantasy book with my own version of Elvish, but only if it was for a book and nothing else. Learning it for real, while it's your choice, is a bit pointless. But if you're set on it then good luck, you'll probably need it, lol.
 

BillGates

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1. Find large knife.

2. Secure it on the floor facing upwards.

3. Fall on knife.
 

TheBoyBlunder

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Originally posted by: Jzero
I dunno why this is a pet peeve of mine, but it is. I had a teacher who spoke FIVE languages! FIVE:
English, Hebrew, Klingon, Esperanto, Lojban.

The guy has the capacity to learn 5 languages, and he wastes it on fictional and/or unused languages :|

Why elvish? Why not turkish? Thai? Something you can use to communicate with other people?

I wouldn't go so far as to call Hebrew or English useless...
 

Jzero

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Oct 10, 1999
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Originally posted by: TheBoyBlunder
Originally posted by: Jzero
I dunno why this is a pet peeve of mine, but it is. I had a teacher who spoke FIVE languages! FIVE:
English, Hebrew, Klingon, Esperanto, Lojban.

The guy has the capacity to learn 5 languages, and he wastes it on fictional and/or unused languages :|

Why elvish? Why not turkish? Thai? Something you can use to communicate with other people?

I wouldn't go so far as to call Hebrew or English useless...

I didn't specify which of the languages were useless. I figured most people could guess at what I was referring to. In fact, I pointed out the value of Hebrew in a subsequent post.
 

ClueLis

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Tolkein based Elvish on Finnish. So if you want to learn something similar (and not be openly laughed at ;)) try learning that. Although I'll warn you, it's not an Indo-European language, so you can't rely on cognates like you can with most europen languages.
 

Jzero

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Originally posted by: fermium
Originally posted by: alkemyst
so I put on my robe and wizard's hat.

I attack my party, hoping to curry favor with the ichor Slime King.

I play a soothing tune on my lute. You know, something from the Ichor Top 40.