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The funny thing is, I do find that a contradiction, and during my stay here, have found that habit more and more strange. The family members who have emigrated/immigrated have some claim to belong (to my mind, and I expect to be shouted down viciously)to both the host nation and their adopted country of residence, but with the passage of generations, the concept confuses me and strikes me as an affectation.
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But the relevant fact is that, whether there's a contradiction or not, people
do say such things. So there's no reason for similar situations not to exist in Middle-earth.
Anyway, if we take your view (which I more or less agree with), then Legolas's statement is completely correct and non-contradictory; he lives in Mirkwood. The contradiction you spoke of would occur if he insisted on calling himself Sindarin, or Doriathrin.