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Lord_Sauron
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on: November 20, 2013 03:56
Hello Juan and Phantom welcome to CoE. Hope you both enjoy yourselves here.
Mellwen_Bronwewen
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on: November 20, 2013 11:35
Welcome Juan and Phantom! It's great to have y'all here!
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on: November 20, 2013 09:27
Hello Phantom & Juan!
Welcome to CoE, I'm new too, so if you want to talk to someone, I'll be here.

[edited by moderator due to use of non-English language without translation]

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gondolinian
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on: November 21, 2013 01:26
Hello and welcome Juan and Phantom.

No worries Juan, English isn't the native tongue for many of our members, and yours is good enough .
Talking about languages: this site is a strictly English speaking site. So unless it is absolutely, 100% necessary for the discussion on hand to use another language (like Elvish in the Elvish forums), only English is allowed. This is to prevent other members from not being able to understand. In those rare cases when it is allowed to use another language, a translation must be provided. So Phantom and JoSeDu, no more Spanish or other languages please! You are of course free to converse in whatever language you want through PM's.
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Mareth_Ravenlock
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on: November 21, 2013 10:34
Welcome new people! I hope y'all have an awesome time here!
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findemaxam48
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on: November 21, 2013 03:29
Welcome!
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Gilrin
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on: November 25, 2013 06:25
hello all!
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on: November 25, 2013 07:18
A hearty welcome to all new members. Hi Gilrin! Stay warm..
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on: November 26, 2013 03:13
Hello Gilrin, welcome to CoE, hope you enjoy yourself here.
gondolinian
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on: November 26, 2013 05:12
Hello Gilrin, welcome. Perhaps you can tell our members a little bit more about yourself? Just saying 'hello' is a bit pointless . Our members can only get to know you better if you tell them about your likes/dislikes and what kind of person you are. If you need some inspiration, you can look at the first post of this thread.
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Gilrin
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on: November 26, 2013 04:42
I prefer that people get to know me through conversation telling people all about me right off the bat kind of defeats the purpose of talking to people lol
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on: November 26, 2013 08:23
Welcome peoples!
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Gandolorin
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on: November 27, 2013 12:35
I guess I'll just cutnpaste the stuff I wrote in the bio block of my account:

First heard, more likely read the term "Lord of the Rings" in the 1970s, without any idea about content.

Saw the Ralph Bakshi movie (which I now have on DVD) in 1983, read the German translation of LotR shortly after. Bought LotR original in 1985 latest, Hobbit, Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales and Book of Lost Tales vols 1 and 2 shortly thereafter. The other ten books of the HoME followed. Books by, about and in honor of JRRT now number 50+, last acquisitions were Scull / Hammond “JRR Tolkien Companion and Guide” and “LotR – a Reader’s Companion”.

Lived in the US 1966-1975 with my parents, Germany since then.

Found the link to the CoE through The Tolkien Society, of which I have just very recently become a member.

DVD-wise, I have the cinema and extended versions of LotR 1-3 and Hobbit 1.
Just loved Radagast and his Rhosgobel Rabbits in the movie, but am grumping about some "factual errors" by Peter Jackson - par for the course.
Had to see "Fellowship" at the movie theater twice within two days in December 2001, because the first time I almost had smoke coming out of my ears from trying to remember (hopeless!) the mental list of “that’s-not-how-it-was-in-the-book”. Only after second viewing was I able to give an account about “what-was-in-the-movie”.
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on: November 27, 2013 02:06
Hello and welcome Gandolorin. Now that's a lengthy introduction, just how we like it ! Clearly you're an experienced Tolkienite, so I'm sure you'll fit right in with our community. If you're interested, there's an active 'Fans over Forty' thread in the forums.
Enjoy your membership!
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Mareth_Ravenlock
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on: November 27, 2013 06:50
Welcome!

^^ I love the word "Tolkienite" gondolinian. It's awesome.
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Mellwen_Bronwewen
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on: November 28, 2013 09:00
Welcome Gilrin and Gandolorin!
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on: December 01, 2013 09:49
Name (or what you'd like to be called here in CoE): Noctuam
Age:17
Gender:Female
Where are you from (country/state)?: U.S
How did you find CoE?: Randomness
What are your hobbies and interests?:Learning...swimming,reading..
Have you read the 'Lord of the Rings' & 'The Hobbit' and/or seen the movies?Yes. havent seen the LOTR movies, except in short clips.
Do you have any questions about finding your way around CoE?
Language workbooks-Are they updated a lot?
will there be workbooks posted on the languages in the dictionary section as well?
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on: December 01, 2013 11:17
Welcome to the wibbly wobbly COE site Noctuarn. I'd recommend the LOTR films and that's from someone who refused to see them at first. Have fun and good luck with the languages, lots of helpful folks in that forum.
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on: December 01, 2013 11:52
I refused to see the films, then ended up watching through a window as my family saw them... Welcome!
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on: December 02, 2013 01:35
Hello Gandolorin and Noctuam. Welcome to CoE
gondolinian
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on: December 02, 2013 02:58
Hello Noctuam, welcome to the Council of Elrond!
Now there's an interesting hobby: learning . I don't see many people saying that too proudly . Any particular interests, or just random things, whathever you can pick up?

I can only tell you that the movies have changed my life . Whether or not you want to see them is up to you but to me and many others, they mean a whole lot. If you're willing, they're definitely worth your time (even the extended editions, which provide a lot more than the theatre versions).

Concerning the language workbooks: not sure what you mean by 'updated', but as you can see in that particular section, the books date from back in 2003 and 2006. Since Tolkien's Elvish isn't really a 'living language', there isn't much to update regularly. The grammar rules and vocabulary don't change that often . When you submit exercises they get revised as soon as possible, but that might take a few days, depending on the admin involved and the number of people doing the workbooks at that particular time.
I don't think there will be any workbooks anytime soon for the other languages. Several of those were not developed as much by Tolkien as Sindarin and Quenya. It's difficult to write a complete language course for Black Speech if there's hardly anything available . But perhaps you can make a suggestion to the language admins and mods, just have a look at the language forum!
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on: December 02, 2013 04:20
Hello! My name is Maltheneth, and I'm a twenty four year old Animal Management student in England. I love (and worship) cats, and I enjoy a wide range of hobbies, ranging from drawing manga, to baking, to gardening, sewing, knitting, reading, and story writing!
It was my story writing that brought me here-I needed a language for my characters to use when casting spells, and Sindarin has such a beautiful flowing quality to it that I thought it would be perfect. I've since decided that learning to speak it properly would really help my understanding of it, as well as utterly confuse my classmates! =^.^=
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on: December 02, 2013 04:25
Hello Maltheneth, welcome to CoE.
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on: December 02, 2013 04:58
Hello and welcome Maltheneth. Glad to have you on board! Good luck with your Elvish lessons . If you're writing fan-fic, you are free to share it with our members. Just have a look at our fan-fic section for more info!
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on: December 02, 2013 05:40
I wish I could say it was a fan-fic, but I don't know the LoTR world well enough, unfortunately-I've seen the films and read the books, but it was several years ago now. >.< My work is all original, lol, and if anyone would like to read it, I'll happily send them the link through PM. =^.^=
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on: December 02, 2013 12:10
Welcome Maltheneth! *waves*
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on: December 02, 2013 07:27
Hello! I'm Kate, and I'm new and I'm so lost. Sooooo.

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on: December 02, 2013 08:35
gondolinian said:Hello Noctuam, welcome to the Council of Elrond!
Now there's an interesting hobby: learning . I don't see many people saying that too proudly . Any particular interests, or just random things, whatever you can pick up?

I can only tell you that the movies have changed my life . Whether or not you want to see them is up to you but to me and many others, they mean a whole lot. If you're willing, they're definitely worth your time (even the extended editions, which provide a lot more than the theatre versions).

Concerning the language workbooks: not sure what you mean by 'updated', but as you can see in that particular section, the books date from back in 2003 and 2006. Since Tolkien's Elvish isn't really a 'living language', there isn't much to update regularly. The grammar rules and vocabulary don't change that often . When you submit exercises they get revised as soon as possible, but that might take a few days, depending on the admin involved and the number of people doing the workbooks at that particular time.
I don't think there will be any workbooks anytime soon for the other languages. Several of those were not developed as much by Tolkien as Sindarin and Quenya. It's difficult to write a complete language course for Black Speech if there's hardly anything available . But perhaps you can make a suggestion to the language admins and mods, just have a look at the language forum!


Learning, mmm, mostly different cultures and ideas, I love random facts and spending a lot of time researching stuff that is completely worthless (elvish, language of flowers, codes, scientific research, I like compiling guides and cataloguing stuff).-what can I say? I'm a touch eccentric!

I am in general not a movie person so, its not because I actively don't want to see them, its just I have no particular interest in watching them, completely benign.

I just wanted to know if the practice sentences were added on to or if they were looked at because I don't think some of them make any sense in English....
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on: December 02, 2013 11:42
Hello Pengwen13 welcome to CoE.
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on: December 03, 2013 11:52
Hello Pengwen13, welcome. Perhaps you can explicit a bit, why are you lost? If you need help finding your way on the site, than have a look at the 'newbie guide', one of the topped threads in this newbie forum. Don't hesitate to contact me if you have any specific questions!

Noctuam, the exercises definitely get reviewed, so feel free to do as much as you want of the workbooks! In time you should get feedback from the admin responsible for that part of the site.
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on: December 03, 2013 02:07
Welcome to all!
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on: December 04, 2013 11:04
Welcome! If you are lost, just ask someone to help you!
If anyone had happened to look out of a window on the east side of the palace, they might have noticed two figures in the darkness, dancing in a square bordered by living plants, out of time with the dancers inside but perfectly in time with each other.
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on: December 04, 2013 04:20
Welcome guys!
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on: December 05, 2013 06:47
hi guys i'm new in these site... i'm thinking of elvish language just awhile and possibly there is a site that people can speak and chat in elvish language and i land in this flat form. Looking forward to start my research about the language and possibly learn some in due time.
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on: December 05, 2013 08:59
Welcome Noctuam, Maltheneth, Pengwen13, and eljuldrein! It's great to meet y'all! If you've got any questions about where things are on here, feel free to ask me, and I'll try to help.

[Edited on 12/06/2013 by Mellwen_Bronwewen]
“That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo… and it’s worth fighting for.” – Sam “Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.” – Galadriel
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