Eating Glass in Elvish - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

08-11-2002, 11:54 PM

Well hello, I'm very new to this forum, in fact, I just discovered it about fifteen minutes ago, but then registered right away. A few years ago I found the strangest website, called the "I Can Eat Glass Project" website. It has the phrase "I can eat glass, it does not hurt me" in probably three hundred languages. Included in that list are not only real language, but created languages, such as Klingon, Esperanto, and Sindarin (Elvish) (in fact, there is only one language among the hundredts that I haven't been able to find on the website, and that was Navajo). At the time, when I found that, I had heard of Tolkien and all that, but hadn't read any and didn't realise that he had invented an entire language, but I remembered the website and came back to it just again this year and found it still up and running (it was probably four years ago that I found it).

Well I just thought that I would inform everybody on how to say "I can eat glass, it does not hurt me" in Elvish. So here we go, cut and paste from the website:
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Sindarin (Elvish)
Spoken in: the works of J.R.R. Tolkien
In Sindarin: "Bathathon heled, im ú-cirath."
Pronounced: BA-tha-thon HEH-led, eem oo-KEER-ath
Literally: "I will consume glass, it will not hurt me."
Note: The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-Earth by Ruth S. Noel suggests that the future tense can be used to imply ability. "Bath-" is a back-formed verb stem meaning "to consume," derived from Quenya (a related Elvish language) vasa according to patterns established by other words.
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I hope that that has enriched everybody's day. It sure did mine. Now you can simply announce to all your friends after chomping off the end of a coca-cola bottle "Bathathon heled, im ú-cirath." And they will be not only impressed by your ability to eat glass without being injured, but they will also be impressed by your ability to inform them that in Elvish.

In case anybody's wondering, the I Can Eat Glass Project webpage address is: http://hcs.harvard.edu/~igp/glass.html

:-D

Ms. Took · 08-12-2002, 12:06 AM

let me be the first to say Mae Govannan and welcome to the barrow downs.

MYyyPreciousSS · 08-12-2002, 12:25 AM

Thats funny. I've always wanted to know how to say "I can eat glass, it does not hurt me" in elvish.. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
BTW: Welcome to the Downs!

Kettle of fish · 08-12-2002, 02:53 AM

I wonder how you say

"Things sound more impressive when said in Elvish"

Raefindel · 08-12-2002, 09:00 AM

Mae Govannen, Ceallaigh. That was really funny. Welcome to the Downs.

The Silver-shod Muse · 08-12-2002, 09:53 AM

Rest In Peace, Ceallaigh. And what and interesting contribution to the Downs! I love your sig, by the way, and it might be amusing to put "Bathathon heled, im ú-cirath" in there too.

Davin · 08-12-2002, 10:28 AM

ROFLMAO! What a funny site! Sounds like something me and my friends would do.

Raefindel · 08-12-2002, 11:37 AM

What does this

Quote:

ROFLMAO!

Mean?

I can guess part- roll on floor...

Altariel · 08-12-2002, 10:52 PM

Raefindel: It means "Rolling on the floor, laughing my a** off." [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Ceallaigh: LOL, I must remember that, thank you. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] And welcome to the Downs.

The Silver-shod Muse · 08-13-2002, 11:48 PM

Quote:

It means "Rolling on the floor, laughing my a** off"

Ahhhh... and here I've been thinking, "Roffle-mow? What the heck is that?" [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

Arwen Imladris · 08-15-2002, 03:59 PM

Who would want to eat glass any way? well actually glass is a liquid so you could drink it, but it would take a while... [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

08-15-2002, 05:48 PM

Well I think that the ability to eat glass would be rather impressive. Or maybe with guys it would be just a proof of "manliness" or something like that. Hehe. I know a guy who used to be in the Marine Corps, and he had a friend who could eat glass. He must've been nuts or something, except I don't think they let nuts become Marines. You know, it's kinda like the whole being able to swallow a sword or eat fire or something like that. Good for freak shows. But until you have that ability, you can just tell people that you do in other languages and instead impress them with your ability to tell them that you can in hundreds of different languages. Hehehe. :-)

08-11-2002, 11:54 PM	#1
Ceallaigh Guest Posts: n/a	Eating Glass in Elvish Well hello, I'm very new to this forum, in fact, I just discovered it about fifteen minutes ago, but then registered right away. A few years ago I found the strangest website, called the "I Can Eat Glass Project" website. It has the phrase "I can eat glass, it does not hurt me" in probably three hundred languages. Included in that list are not only real language, but created languages, such as Klingon, Esperanto, and Sindarin (Elvish) (in fact, there is only one language among the hundredts that I haven't been able to find on the website, and that was Navajo). At the time, when I found that, I had heard of Tolkien and all that, but hadn't read any and didn't realise that he had invented an entire language, but I remembered the website and came back to it just again this year and found it still up and running (it was probably four years ago that I found it). Well I just thought that I would inform everybody on how to say "I can eat glass, it does not hurt me" in Elvish. So here we go, cut and paste from the website: ------- Sindarin (Elvish) Spoken in: the works of J.R.R. Tolkien In Sindarin: "Bathathon heled, im ú-cirath." Pronounced: BA-tha-thon HEH-led, eem oo-KEER-ath Literally: "I will consume glass, it will not hurt me." Note: The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-Earth by Ruth S. Noel suggests that the future tense can be used to imply ability. "Bath-" is a back-formed verb stem meaning "to consume," derived from Quenya (a related Elvish language) vasa according to patterns established by other words. ------- I hope that that has enriched everybody's day. It sure did mine. Now you can simply announce to all your friends after chomping off the end of a coca-cola bottle "Bathathon heled, im ú-cirath." And they will be not only impressed by your ability to eat glass without being injured, but they will also be impressed by your ability to inform them that in Elvish. In case anybody's wondering, the I Can Eat Glass Project webpage address is: http://hcs.harvard.edu/~igp/glass.html :-D

08-12-2002, 12:06 AM	#2
Ms. Took Haunting Spirit Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Great Smials Posts: 63	let me be the first to say Mae Govannan and welcome to the barrow downs. __________________ We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars -Oscar Wilde Check out my website. http://groups.msn.com/pippinfanclub

08-12-2002, 12:25 AM	#3
MYyyPreciousSS Wight Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: the Here and Now Posts: 113	Thats funny. I've always wanted to know how to say "I can eat glass, it does not hurt me" in elvish.. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] BTW: Welcome to the Downs! __________________ Then the heart of Éowyn changed, or else at last she understood it. And suddenly her winter passed, and the sun shone on her. "My Preciousss" - the line that started the obsession.

08-12-2002, 02:53 AM	#4
Kettle of fish Wight Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 114	I wonder how you say "Things sound more impressive when said in Elvish" __________________ The inimical is often more instructive than the benign. Between screams, try to pay attention.

08-12-2002, 09:00 AM	#5
Raefindel Sword of the Spirit Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Washington State Posts: 1,313	Mae Govannen, Ceallaigh. That was really funny. Welcome to the Downs. __________________ Blessed be the Lord my Strength, Who trained my hands for war and my fingers to fight. Psallm 144:1

08-12-2002, 09:53 AM	#6
The Silver-shod Muse Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: The shoulder of a poet, TX Posts: 388	Rest In Peace, Ceallaigh. And what and interesting contribution to the Downs! I love your sig, by the way, and it might be amusing to put "Bathathon heled, im ú-cirath" in there too. __________________ "'You," he said, "tell her all. What good came to you? Do you rejoice that Maleldil became a man? Tell her of your joys, and of what profit you had when you made Maleldil and death acquainted.'" -Perelandra, by C.S. Lewis

08-12-2002, 10:28 AM	#7
Davin Wight Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 166	ROFLMAO! What a funny site! Sounds like something me and my friends would do. __________________ So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. »»The Telmena««

08-12-2002, 10:52 PM	#9
Altariel Animated Skeleton Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Angband (a small region in northern BC) Posts: 50	Raefindel: It means "Rolling on the floor, laughing my a** off." [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Ceallaigh: LOL, I must remember that, thank you. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] And welcome to the Downs. __________________ "Candy: tastes like chicken, if chicken was a candy."

08-15-2002, 03:59 PM	#11
Arwen Imladris Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In a box with a fox Posts: 1,347	Who would want to eat glass any way? well actually glass is a liquid so you could drink it, but it would take a while... [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] __________________ "Wake up! Wake up! Wake up, sleepies, we must go, yes, we must go at once."

08-15-2002, 05:48 PM	#12
Ceallaigh Guest Posts: n/a	Well I think that the ability to eat glass would be rather impressive. Or maybe with guys it would be just a proof of "manliness" or something like that. Hehe. I know a guy who used to be in the Marine Corps, and he had a friend who could eat glass. He must've been nuts or something, except I don't think they let nuts become Marines. You know, it's kinda like the whole being able to swallow a sword or eat fire or something like that. Good for freak shows. But until you have that ability, you can just tell people that you do in other languages and instead impress them with your ability to tell them that you can in hundreds of different languages. Hehehe. :-)