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Esgallhugwen · 07-23-2003, 08:33 PM

May i help with the last part , my theory any way, all the rest is well and good luthien.
But those remained as one,
And yet they never met- the language had similarities in it, it had the same origin among the elves. Now this i'm not sure about but the elves of Valinor and the elves of Beleriand never met or at least the languages never met if you know my meaning. or it could be that Feanor and Miriel never met but they spoke the same language. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] i'm not sure about this but it's as good as anybodies guess!

Finwe · 07-24-2003, 12:33 PM

Luthien, I'll give it to you, since you're by far the closest one. What I was actually looking for was the pronunciation of the "s" tengwa. It was pronounced "th" by both Miriel and Fëanor, who never met, and "s" by everyone else (which was actually a bit of a Vanyarin influence, thus, Fe-Fe didn't like it). It was also one of the reasons Fe-Fe looked down on Fingolfin and Finarfin and the rest of the "family" because they pronounced it as an "s."

07-23-2003, 08:33 PM	#41
Esgallhugwen Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Where the Moon cries against the snow Posts: 526	May i help with the last part , my theory any way, all the rest is well and good luthien. But those remained as one, And yet they never met- the language had similarities in it, it had the same origin among the elves. Now this i'm not sure about but the elves of Valinor and the elves of Beleriand never met or at least the languages never met if you know my meaning. or it could be that Feanor and Miriel never met but they spoke the same language. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] i'm not sure about this but it's as good as anybodies guess! __________________ "...for the sin of the idolater is not that he worships stone, but that he worships one stone over others. -8:9:4 The Witness of Fane"

07-24-2003, 12:33 PM	#42
Finwe Deathless Sun Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Royal Suite in the Halls of Mandos Posts: 2,609	Luthien, I'll give it to you, since you're by far the closest one. What I was actually looking for was the pronunciation of the "s" tengwa. It was pronounced "th" by both Miriel and Fëanor, who never met, and "s" by everyone else (which was actually a bit of a Vanyarin influence, thus, Fe-Fe didn't like it). It was also one of the reasons Fe-Fe looked down on Fingolfin and Finarfin and the rest of the "family" because they pronounced it as an "s." __________________ But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.