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  1. Help finding the right words and translations for a tattoo.

    Hello, I am a new member and, having been named Durin by my parents, an avid Tolkien reader. My wife and I, as dog lovers are both getting similar dog-centric tattoos, but to connect mine to my other Tolkien themed tattoos I would love a little help with the translations that I have been able to...
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    Were there any "eternal languages" in Middle Earth?

    I, obviously, don't mean "eternal" such as we'd still be using now, in, what was it, the Seventh Age (though I thought Melkor was only set to be trapped for four ages before Dagor Dagorlath, but I'd heard, from other reports, that Tolkien said we're in sixth or seventh age now.) Still, could...
  3. Tolkien's use of other languages in his 🧝Elvish languages

    It is mostly referred to people who's first language isn't English but everyone feel free to contribute Have you ever noticed any words or phrases in any of Tolkien's languages that reminds you of any words in languages you know? I go first Arabic isn't my first language and I'm not by any...
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