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Hookbill the Goomba · 11-17-2003, 01:24 PM

Professor Tolkien made the languages of middle Earth incredibly deep and fruitful. But how colourful were they? My question is this, did people in middle earth swear? We get an idea that they "curse" but we assume that that is a form of wizards curse, if you know what I mean. The closest reference to what could be a swear word is found in one of tree beard's speeches where he refers to orks with the words "Brararum" we cannot be certain if this is a swear word or the entish word for ork or something along those lines... I don’t expect that elves swore, being fair folk, but the mortal races (men, dwarrows, hobbits est.) could have... what do you think?

11-17-2003, 01:24 PM	#1
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	curseing middle earth! Professor Tolkien made the languages of middle Earth incredibly deep and fruitful. But how colourful were they? My question is this, did people in middle earth swear? We get an idea that they "curse" but we assume that that is a form of wizards curse, if you know what I mean. The closest reference to what could be a swear word is found in one of tree beard's speeches where he refers to orks with the words "Brararum" we cannot be certain if this is a swear word or the entish word for ork or something along those lines... I don’t expect that elves swore, being fair folk, but the mortal races (men, dwarrows, hobbits est.) could have... what do you think? __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket...