The Silmarillion in one word - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Boromir_bg · 01-01-2007, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Liriodendron

Dry......

Yes,I'd say almost the same.
But you told it first,so I'm gonna say :
"The Bible of the Middle earth"

Thinlómien · 01-04-2007, 07:41 AM

Magnificient

yavanna II · 01-21-2007, 01:22 AM

I'm surprised nobody wrote this before

historical

littlemanpoet · 01-21-2007, 07:49 AM

Debated.

Child of the 7th Age · 01-21-2007, 08:55 AM

- unfinished

Elmo · 01-21-2007, 11:36 AM

ethereal

Orominuialwen · 01-21-2007, 01:05 PM

Complicated

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 06-22-2008, 01:10 AM

Confusing

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It jumps back and forth, you can be at one point and then a paragraph later it will be 300 years later, then it will be back to where it was... (But not as confusing as HoME, where there's notes in the middle of the chapter.)

Nilpaurion Felagund · 06-22-2008, 04:34 AM

Fall.

Rune Son of Bjarne · 06-22-2008, 06:44 AM

Lovely

Eönwë · 06-22-2008, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by TheGreatElvenWarrior

Confusing

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It jumps back and forth, you can be at one point and then a paragraph later it will be 300 years later, then it will be back to where it was...

It's less based on chronology than on points.

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 06-22-2008, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Eönwë

It's less based on chronology than on points.

I noticed...

skip spence · 06-23-2008, 06:46 AM

Archaic

Tietäjä · 06-29-2008, 03:23 PM

Broken. Mostly because it was too archaic and _boring_.

Aganzir · 06-29-2008, 04:52 PM

Enchanting.

**

And although I don't quite agree with you, welcome to the Downs, Tietäjä.

It is beginning to seem that Finns make up the largest (active) non-native English speaking group here.

Galadriel · 11-01-2010, 08:33 AM

Sounds strange but...

Nostalgia. Sad, sad nostalgia that makes you want to weep...

Galadriel55 · 11-01-2010, 03:38 PM

yeah, that too, Galadriel.
If there was one word in English that is a combination of "curse" and "oath", I would choose that word.

Galadriel · 11-02-2010, 04:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Galadriel55

yeah, that too, Galadriel.
If there was one word in English that is a combination of "curse" and "oath", I would choose that word.

Haha. Say, the English language never really had single words as oxymorons, did it?

Galadriel55 · 11-02-2010, 05:25 AM

It's not exactly an oxymoron. For example, in Russian, there in a general word that could mean curse, bless, and swear (as in oath). All these words coe fro the same root. I never heard such a word in English, so I guess there isn't any. Or maybe I'm such a dunce I just don't know English properly.

Eönwë · 11-02-2010, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Galadriel55

It's not exactly an oxymoron. For example, in Russian, there in a general word that could mean curse, bless, and swear (as in oath). All these words coe fro the same root. I never heard such a word in English, so I guess there isn't any. Or maybe I'm such a dunce I just don't know English properly.

Er, the word "swear" can mean both of those two words ("curse" and "oath"), just not at the same time or the way I think you intended. Still... just had to point that out.

01-04-2007, 07:41 AM	#2
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01-21-2007, 08:55 AM	#5
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06-22-2008, 01:10 AM	#8
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	Confusing ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- It jumps back and forth, you can be at one point and then a paragraph later it will be 300 years later, then it will be back to where it was... (But not as confusing as HoME, where there's notes in the middle of the chapter.) __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead.

01-21-2007, 01:22 AM	#3
yavanna II Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: in my own little world Posts: 142	I'm surprised nobody wrote this before historical

01-21-2007, 07:49 AM	#4
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Debated.

06-22-2008, 04:34 AM	#9
Nilpaurion Felagund Scion of The Faithful Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The brink, where hope and despair are akin. [The Philippines] Posts: 5,312	In the words of the Professor himself: Fall. __________________ フェンリス鴨 (Fenrisu Kamo) The plot, cut, defeated. I intend to copy this sig forever - so far so good...

06-23-2008, 06:46 AM	#13
skip spence shadow of a doubt Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Back on the streets Posts: 1,125	I noticed this one hasn't been used... Archaic __________________ "You can always come back, but you can't come back all the way" ~ Bob Dylan

06-29-2008, 03:23 PM	#14
Tietäjä Newly Deceased Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2	Broken. Mostly because it was too archaic and _boring_.

06-29-2008, 04:52 PM	#15
Aganzir Woman of Secret Shadow Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in hollow halls beneath the fells Posts: 4,511	Enchanting. ** And although I don't quite agree with you, welcome to the Downs, Tietäjä. It is beginning to seem that Finns make up the largest (active) non-native English speaking group here. __________________ He bit me, and I was not gentle.

11-01-2010, 08:33 AM	#16
Galadriel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: In Eldamar beside the walls of Elven Tirion Posts: 551	Sounds strange but... Nostalgia. Sad, sad nostalgia that makes you want to weep... __________________ "Hey! Come derry dol! Can you hear me singing?" – Tom Bombadil

11-01-2010, 03:38 PM	#17
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,495	yeah, that too, Galadriel. If there was one word in English that is a combination of "curse" and "oath", I would choose that word. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

11-02-2010, 05:25 AM	#19
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,495	It's not exactly an oxymoron. For example, in Russian, there in a general word that could mean curse, bless, and swear (as in oath). All these words coe fro the same root. I never heard such a word in English, so I guess there isn't any. Or maybe I'm such a dunce I just don't know English properly. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera