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Forum: The Books 01-30-2020, 02:27 PM
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Posted By mindil
Nice work, Huinesoron. I'm glad, three years...

Nice work, Huinesoron.
I'm glad, three years ago, I finally found this thought-out Tolkien site.

And mindil is a she.
Forum: The Books 01-30-2020, 01:04 PM
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Posted By mindil
I'm a big fan of my own theory (:rolleyes:). ...

I'm a big fan of my own theory (:rolleyes:).

Tolkien heard the names in Elvish, which he understood the way many of his characters understood Elvish - by some osmosis intrinsic to Elvish.

On...
Forum: The Books 01-21-2020, 01:57 PM
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Posted By mindil
While I clearly have lots of ideas, I have no...

While I clearly have lots of ideas, I have no idea at all why Tolkien so badly wished ME to be part of this world's past. There is no way to make that true. If ME really exists, and if Tolkien...
Forum: The Books 01-21-2020, 05:26 AM
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Posted By mindil
A few other random thoughts: Tolkien clearly...

A few other random thoughts:

Tolkien clearly understood Sindarin well, by the end, but he might have missed things at the beginning, and there is no reason to think he ever understood Common...
Forum: The Books 01-21-2020, 04:56 AM
Replies: 26
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Posted By mindil
I have a very, very strict filter on my internet,...

I have a very, very strict filter on my internet, and for years it blocked the registration confirmation email - don't know why. So I couldn't post at all and gave up trying. This week I figured I'd...
Forum: The Books 01-18-2020, 03:57 PM
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Posted By mindil
transmission theory

I've been thinking for a long time about a quite different way of thinking about Tolkien's sources.

From HoME, it is clear that he did a great deal of rewriting. There were many things he was...
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