01-09-2005, 10:01 PM | #41 |
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Well...I was thinking more of the way we talk to each other now. (Versus Tolkien's generation) We say and talk about stuff much more directly, we are more "upfront", more open....less formality, less hush/hush about feelings and emotions...you follow me?
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01-10-2005, 10:48 PM | #42 |
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Lizra,
Yes and No. I think it is true that we discuss sex, sexuality, relationship-stuff much more openly between the sexes and same-sex. But, on the other hand, we are much more reticent about death and related subjects. Did I get it?
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Sex!? No, that wasn't what I was really thinking of, I think there was a lovely veil of manners and formality, that has dissappeared...but I could be wrong.
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01-11-2005, 09:56 AM | #45 |
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The lovely veil of manners and formality is what I would call courtesy, is that more what you had in mind?
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01-12-2005, 09:52 AM | #47 |
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Zehr gut!
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01-27-2005, 11:35 PM | #48 |
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Well, for some serious comparison for those who like that sort of thing:
Harry Potter is a Hobbit http://www.hogwartsprofessor.com/doc...s_a_hobbit.pdf A long and interesting article from a respectable source and author.
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01-28-2005, 12:12 PM | #49 |
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Okay I might understand that you think hp is better than tolkien but It was recently discovered that rowlings copywrit alot of hp from a book wrote by a lady that did not sell so she was sued and lost In a court of law !
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I could spend hours and hours picking this apart until it turned into a little pile of splinters, but I'm not going to. All you need to do to make this 'argument' into an accurate statement is to switch the words 'LotR' and 'Harry Potter' around. Then, it would be much better.
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I not really fan of it but I think LotR is more awesome and I seconded HP.
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Well...I rather vote for LotR, because it's the best book I've ever read since I was 8. My mom always read it to me before sleeping.
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01-17-2011, 01:33 AM | #54 |
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As this is LotR forums obviously LotR is favored.
IMHO: tFotR, tTT, tRotK > tPS, tCS tPoA, TGoF, tOotP, tHBP but tFotR, tTT, tRotK < tDH There that was relatively unbiased. Oh, and see if you can understand the acronyms. |
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