The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Lord of the memes@midwest.socialEnglish · 4 months agoTolkien wasn't always the most creative with names.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageTolkien wasn't always the most creative with names.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Lord of the memes@midwest.socialEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squareSuspiciousCatThing@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoThe only one that really bothers me is them using the Gregorian calander.
minus-squareLux@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoTolkien’s books are essentially english/European mythology, so it kind of sort of makes sense
minus-squaretegs_terry@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoThe idea is that it’s a translation, so some words are just modern ones used in place of what the ‘real’ ones are.
minus-squareThavron@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoI believe there’s a whole section of one of the books devoted to the in world-calendars and their relation to the Gregorian one.
minus-squareMubelotix@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoAgreed. It already bothers me that we use it
The only one that really bothers me is them using the Gregorian calander.
Tolkien’s books are essentially english/European mythology, so it kind of sort of makes sense
The idea is that it’s a translation, so some words are just modern ones used in place of what the ‘real’ ones are.
I believe there’s a whole section of one of the books devoted to the in world-calendars and their relation to the Gregorian one.
Agreed. It already bothers me that we use it