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| | Khazad is the name of dwarves in their own language. Please check appendices. [[User:EternalCritic|EternalCritic]] 11:59, 12 November 2008 (EST) | | Khazad is the name of dwarves in their own language. Please check appendices. [[User:EternalCritic|EternalCritic]] 11:59, 12 November 2008 (EST) |
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| − | (this is said with love and jest, as i can do the same facts/languages play with star trek, but...) YOU PEOPLE ARE WAY TOO GEEKY to know that fact. :D--[[User:JeanJacques|JeanJacques]] 12:02, 12 November 2008 (EST) | + | :(this is said with love and jest, as i can do the same facts/languages play with star trek, but...) YOU PEOPLE ARE WAY TOO GEEKY to know that fact. :D--[[User:JeanJacques|JeanJacques]] 12:02, 12 November 2008 (EST) |
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| − | : Tolkien was my childhood. [[User:EternalCritic|EternalCritic]] 12:06, 12 November 2008 (EST) | + | :: Tolkien was my childhood. [[User:EternalCritic|EternalCritic]] 12:06, 12 November 2008 (EST) |
| − | ::Languages are my passion. I've been told to read Tolkien and works about his languages, as he was one of the first & best linguists... I think i want do follow linguistics in graduate study, so I'm more than sure I'll get to share your love of him. {{unsigned|JeanJacques}} | + | :::Languages are my passion. I've been told to read Tolkien and works about his languages, as he was one of the first & best linguists... I think i want do follow linguistics in graduate study, so I'm more than sure I'll get to share your love of him. {{unsigned|JeanJacques}} |
| − | ::: Tolkien was a Philologist, and language truly was his passion, both in understanding and making up.{{unsigned|EternalCritic}} | + | :::: Tolkien was a Philologist, and language truly was his passion, both in understanding and making up.{{unsigned|EternalCritic}} |
| − | :Usage explanation: Well, I often use the alternate/true names, which exist as redirects, to link to the articles. One reason is that you don't have to type the whole "X (Middle-earth)": Like the Khazâd example above, or "Quendi" for "Elves (Middle-earth)". Its just faster and more elegant. And they ''are'' valid redirects, as opposed to misspelled ones. ~ [[User:Tolkiendil|Tolkiendil]] 15:37, 12 November 2008 (EST) | + | ::Usage explanation: Well, I often use the alternate/true names, which exist as redirects, to link to the articles. One reason is that you don't have to type the whole "X (Middle-earth)": Like the Khazâd example above, or "Quendi" for "Elves (Middle-earth)". Its just faster and more elegant. And they ''are'' valid redirects, as opposed to misspelled ones. ~ [[User:Tolkiendil|Tolkiendil]] 15:37, 12 November 2008 (EST) |