Annoying Amateurs - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

bilbo_baggins · 03-30-2004, 08:19 AM

So, Nilpaurion Felagund, are you saying that because we don't think we know it all, we prove therefore that we are not amatuers?

Nice Sig, but confusing...

Thorongil · 03-30-2004, 09:07 AM

I think it is important to separate amateurs from ANNOYING amateurs. An amateur is a person who wants to read books and learn more, but an annoying amateur doesen't have to read, because they claim to know everything.

Araswooon · 03-30-2004, 12:30 PM

Well thats a relief Thorongil i'm an ameteur in your eyes then. I loved the films and book, and i want to learn more. When i read all your imput and facts on the book, i'm really impressed. I also enjoy reading about what had happened to the Charactors after the Ring was destroyed, amazing and very brilliantly done. Tolkien is indeed a remarkable man.

Kimberley xxx

Thorongil · 03-30-2004, 01:02 PM

Well, I fitted my own discription a while ago. When the first film came, I didn't even know what LOTR was.

Now, I've read some books, and reading whatever I can find in the library. It's the most interesting books I've ever read.

Nilpaurion Felagund · 03-31-2004, 10:53 PM

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I think it is important to separate amateurs from ANNOYING amateurs. An amateur is a person who wants to read books and learn more, but an annoying amateur doesen't have to read, because they claim to know everything.'

Exactly, Eagle of the Star. Nobody here claims to know everything because nobody here wants to know anything.

Kinda lonely out here. It's a good thing you guys are here, spanning the endless ocean to reach out to me. Else I would have been like one of those annoying amateurs, or I would have dropped the lore of Middle-earth all together.

Gil-Galad · 04-01-2004, 07:45 AM

For the record, i knew about this site for awhile before joining it, after a read teh books a couple times and felt confident, i joined hoping that this wasn't a movie-goers site, but its not and i'm glad

Lyta_Underhill · 04-01-2004, 02:54 PM

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An amateur is a person who wants to read books and learn more, but an annoying amateur doesen't have to read, because they claim to know everything.

An apt observation, Thorongil, because, in my opinion, the term "amateur" is often misused in common parlance. I understand this term to mean someone who pursues an interest out of love, thus the prefix "ama-" or "amat-" (but, I think Bethberry would be more skilled at pulling out the etymological reference than I, who merely remembered the prefix meaning!) Perhaps an "annoying amateur" would be one who loves the subject matter but rattles on in an annoying manner about it!

Cheers!
Lyta

03-30-2004, 08:19 AM	#1
bilbo_baggins Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2003 Location: In my front hallway, grabbing my staff, about to head out my door Posts: 275	So, Nilpaurion Felagund, are you saying that because we don't think we know it all, we prove therefore that we are not amatuers? Nice Sig, but confusing... __________________ "For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and with more knowledge comes more grief."

03-30-2004, 09:07 AM	#2
Thorongil Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: The Elvenpath Posts: 780	I think it is important to separate amateurs from ANNOYING amateurs. An amateur is a person who wants to read books and learn more, but an annoying amateur doesen't have to read, because they claim to know everything. __________________ To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill. ~Sun Tzu

03-30-2004, 12:30 PM	#3
Araswooon Newly Deceased Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Rivendell Posts: 10	Well thats a relief Thorongil i'm an ameteur in your eyes then. I loved the films and book, and i want to learn more. When i read all your imput and facts on the book, i'm really impressed. I also enjoy reading about what had happened to the Charactors after the Ring was destroyed, amazing and very brilliantly done. Tolkien is indeed a remarkable man. Kimberley xxx __________________ "For Frodo"

03-30-2004, 01:02 PM	#4
Thorongil Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: The Elvenpath Posts: 780	Well, I fitted my own discription a while ago. When the first film came, I didn't even know what LOTR was. Now, I've read some books, and reading whatever I can find in the library. It's the most interesting books I've ever read. __________________ To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill. ~Sun Tzu

04-01-2004, 07:45 AM	#6
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	For the record, i knew about this site for awhile before joining it, after a read teh books a couple times and felt confident, i joined hoping that this wasn't a movie-goers site, but its not and i'm glad __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.