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04-23-2003, 06:04 PM | #61 | ||||
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04-23-2003, 10:49 PM | #62 | |
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Funny that he urged the needless baggage to come forth and then leave them behind.
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“What does the term american refers to” asked the boy, and the wise man answered: “Lets look at the dictionary then.” As an adjective American is: 1. Of or relating to the United States of America or its people, language, or culture. 2. Of or relating to North or South America, the West Indies, or the Western Hemisphere. As a noun American is: A native or inhabitant of America. A citizen of the United States. Then the boy asked, “What is America then?”, and the wise man looked at the dictionary again: 1. The United States. 2. also the A·mer·i·cas. The landmasses and islands of North America, Central America, and South America. Confused, the boy asked, “Does the term american refers solely to a us citizen or to any person in North, Central or South America?” The wise man replied: “What do you think?”, and the boy answered: “It is clear to me that while the term american is used to refers to us citizens, one can also use it to refer to any person who is from that continent too,” the boy thought for a while and asked the wise man, “Am I right?”, and he replied: “But of course.” The boy wondered, why is it that some people refuse to acknowledge the fact that the term american refers not only to US citizens but to anyone of the American continent?, but then sadly, the boy understood, that it is the calamity of ignorance. |
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04-25-2003, 12:31 AM | #63 | |
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I was re-reading Eärniel's excellent summary and came across Nerdanel's name, and I thought I would include this interesting little quote from HoME 10, Morgoth's Ring, for those that don't have it (it refers to when Fëanor was banished from Túna (why, oh why did JRRT give that city a fish's name!!) for 12 years for drawing his sword on Fingolfin:
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! Last edited by Rían : 04-25-2003 at 12:34 AM. |
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04-25-2003, 02:31 AM | #64 | ||
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04-25-2003, 03:48 PM | #65 | |
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04-25-2003, 06:01 PM | #66 |
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Just because I never wanted it to be the fish name, I always pronounced it (Twna). Oh well.
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04-25-2003, 08:00 PM | #67 | |
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(You're right about Tuna/Tirion - thanks! - I get them mixed up)
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
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05-01-2003, 11:46 PM | #68 |
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Well, R*an my dear, i I guess and hope that we will get some more tomorrow. Awaiting it cheerfully yet impatiently.
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05-02-2003, 01:43 AM | #69 |
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What, more tuna? *heads off to the kitchen* Rats! out of pickles!
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
10-05-2018, 08:07 AM | #70 |
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I find it now kind of bothers me that Fëanor was such genius with no compare. In our world, in every field of technology, art or science there is never one genius that compasses them all. Everyone has to build on those that came before them. We have may individuals like Einstein or Archimedes that make great leaps forward but no one makes them all on their own.
In the Silmarillion we have Fëanor who -in his youth!- already improves their entire writing system all on his own. And then he goes on. He masters seemingly everything and then goes far beyond everybody else. Public speaking! Linguistics! Glassmaking! Lampmaking! Smithy-work of every kind! He even taught himself to make swords from scratch! And he gets to keep it all completely a secret. None of his own inventions or techniques are even guessed at by others. No one ever afterwards discovers his processes or re-invent them. Even for mythology as this is, I'm finding this a bit much. If someone can make a scientific or technological discovery, so can others, sometimes even doing so at the same time. Not so with Fëanor, even in ages afterwards no one comes close. I'd like there to be at least something in which he didn't succeed at all no matter how much he tried. I'd would have made him more human. Or maybe I just think Fëanor is too much of a jerk to be so good... |
10-05-2018, 08:49 AM | #71 |
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Maybe Feanor just had good PR. Or stole the inventions of others. Say... perhaps he just started with the written language aspect, and then started writing all kinds of good things about himself.
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10-07-2018, 04:42 PM | #72 |
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Now that would be fiendish...
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