Tumblr crosspost (22 April 2020)
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anghraineI still have a lot of feelings about Gondorian Sindarin! It’s just
To his face men were gravely courteous, saluting him after the manner of Gondor with bowed head and hands upon the breast; but behind him he heard many calls, as those out of doors cried to others within to come and see the Prince of the Halflings, the companion of Mithrandir. Many used some other tongue than the Common Speech, but it was not long before he learned at least what was meant by Ernil i Pheriannath and knew that his title had gone down before him into the city.
ahhhh
#the completely random gondorian soldiers shouting at each other in sindarin is just ... such an image #and such a contrast to how it's treated in almost any other context that i've never really gotten over it tbh #sindarin: the noble tongue #also sindarin: HEY Y'ALL! THE WIZARD BROUGHT A HALFLING PRINCE!!! COME OUTSIDE AND LOOK! #it's kind of funny bc tolkien kept revising how it worked since it really shouldn't #but he was SO COMMITTED to it #(*cough* rightly so) #(some of the handwaving to make it work is like... lol #but making them conversational sindarin-speakers is such a cool and interesting concept that i don't care)
To his face men were gravely courteous, saluting him after the manner of Gondor with bowed head and hands upon the breast; but behind him he heard many calls, as those out of doors cried to others within to come and see the Prince of the Halflings, the companion of Mithrandir. Many used some other tongue than the Common Speech, but it was not long before he learned at least what was meant by Ernil i Pheriannath and knew that his title had gone down before him into the city.
ahhhh
#the completely random gondorian soldiers shouting at each other in sindarin is just ... such an image #and such a contrast to how it's treated in almost any other context that i've never really gotten over it tbh #sindarin: the noble tongue #also sindarin: HEY Y'ALL! THE WIZARD BROUGHT A HALFLING PRINCE!!! COME OUTSIDE AND LOOK! #it's kind of funny bc tolkien kept revising how it worked since it really shouldn't #but he was SO COMMITTED to it #(*cough* rightly so) #(some of the handwaving to make it work is like... lol #but making them conversational sindarin-speakers is such a cool and interesting concept that i don't care)