Black Speech and Ringwraiths - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Sapphire_Flame · 01-17-2003, 10:58 AM

Okay, I have a question. Black Speech is regarded as an evil language among the Free Peoples in Middle-earth. An example of this would be when Gandalf recites the Ring-Spell at the Council of Elrond and everyone is somewhat rattled by it. If that's the case, why does everyone use the term Nazgul so often? It's a Black Speech word, so, the way I figure it, no one would want to say it. Why don't they just use the Elven term, or keep calling them the Ringwraiths or Black Riders. All those terms still apply.

Maybe this doesn't make sense, but I'd appriciate your opinions! What do you think?

01-17-2003, 10:58 AM	#1
Sapphire_Flame Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The World That Never Was Posts: 1,232	Black Speech and Ringwraiths Okay, I have a question. Black Speech is regarded as an evil language among the Free Peoples in Middle-earth. An example of this would be when Gandalf recites the Ring-Spell at the Council of Elrond and everyone is somewhat rattled by it. If that's the case, why does everyone use the term Nazgul so often? It's a Black Speech word, so, the way I figure it, no one would want to say it. Why don't they just use the Elven term, or keep calling them the Ringwraiths or Black Riders. All those terms still apply. Maybe this doesn't make sense, but I'd appriciate your opinions! What do you think? __________________ The Hitchhiking Ghost