tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post3275434634289687596..comments2024-03-11T16:29:13.619-05:00Comments on Lingwë - Musings of a Fish: The jaws of CarcharothJason Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05809154870762268253noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-62964655145845650232011-09-26T07:24:03.754-05:002011-09-26T07:24:03.754-05:00- Ranka - "arm and hand" - is Lithuanian...- Ranka - "arm and hand" - is Lithuanian.<br />- Alqua has a side form in Sindarin alf which is nearly Icelandic alft.<br />- I have heard or read that Mae Govannen also means in older Welsh "he is a blacksmith" (which is well met in the sense that meeting a blacksmithor a chimney sweeper means luck in some folk superstitions)Hans-Georg Lundahlhttp://filolohika.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-35225796366228866552010-11-08T13:18:06.437-06:002010-11-08T13:18:06.437-06:00Thank you so much for reading it! And yeah, not m...Thank you so much for reading it! And yeah, not many people have heard of handwriting analysis, but I love it, because it's incredibly accurate and illuminating. Thanks again, AllieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-16734189154649836252010-11-08T09:01:21.660-06:002010-11-08T09:01:21.660-06:00@Natallie: I have sent you an email. :)
@Allie: I...@Natallie: I have sent you an email. :)<br /><br />@Allie: I read your very interesting post on Tolkien’s handwriting. While I am not qualified to comment on handwriting analysis (an interesting subject that I know almost nothing about!), I do think you’re on the right track here. And Tolkien’s handwriting certainly seems a rich well to draw from.<br /><br />I’ll leave you a comment there as well, with one or two more detailed observations.Jason Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809154870762268253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-46166858437547688242010-11-08T07:00:30.045-06:002010-11-08T07:00:30.045-06:00Hi. I find your blog when I was searching articles...Hi. I find your blog when I was searching articles about Tolkien. Do you have an email for contact? I saw your post about the new issue of Mythlore, and I wanna take some doubts about past issues.<br />My email is natallienazareth.ac@bol.com.br. Contact me.<br />PS: Sorry about my english, I'm brazilian and I don't finished my english course yet.Natalliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618084108743149008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-18986479383799405392010-11-07T16:10:45.663-06:002010-11-07T16:10:45.663-06:00Jason, I always appreciate your posts, especially ...Jason, I always appreciate your posts, especially when they're on Tolkien and language, and I have a link to your site from my blog (hope that's ok!). Today I wrote up a post analyzing Tolkien's handwriting, and I'd be honored if you read it because I want to know what you think.<br />Thank you! <br />Allie<br />http://strengthandsong.wordpress.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-59066631513650954262010-11-03T14:52:13.055-05:002010-11-03T14:52:13.055-05:00I was unfamiliar with this, but I really like it. ...I was unfamiliar with this, but I really like it. Thanks for sharing the link.Jason Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809154870762268253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-3922995992686142992010-11-03T14:08:27.297-05:002010-11-03T14:08:27.297-05:00Well, it's actually a traditional rhyme; I jus...Well, it's actually a traditional rhyme; I just took it from Marín's collection, where you can see several variations of the same the topic:<br /><br />http://books.google.com.ar/books?id=0Niw324ktcUC&pg=PA100Hlafordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01570318115206193131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-36580928372214746952010-11-03T13:53:15.913-05:002010-11-03T13:53:15.913-05:00Great comment, Hlaford. I love the Marín poem; tha...Great comment, Hlaford. I love the Marín poem; that could almost be another of Bilbo and Gollum’s riddles, eh? And I had thought of mentioning those other occurrences of the <i>car(a)ch</i> etymon, but for brevity decided against it. Thanks for bringing them back into focus.Jason Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809154870762268253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-15766274543105579262010-11-03T13:45:59.042-05:002010-11-03T13:45:59.042-05:00Jaws they may be, but not of Thirst. A white shark...Jaws they may be, but not of Thirst. A white shark is a fish, and therefore<br /><br />"Never thirsty, ever drinking."<br /><br />A relation between <i>kárkaros/n</i> and <i>kárkharos</i> is suggested by Boisacq, Chantraine and Frisk.<br /><br />Hesychius glosses <i>kárkaroi</i> as <i>tracheîs</i> ("the hard ones"? "the jagged ones"?), as well as <i>desmoí</i> ("bonds, chains - imprisonment"). In fact, Hesychius may also have a gloss of <i>kárkara</i> as <i>oûla odónton</i>, that is, "the gums of the teeth" (if one accepts Heinse's conjecture for the corrupted <i>oûla ho diéto</i>). What do teeth have to do with prisons?<br /><br />"Guardada en estrecha cárcel<br />por soldados de marfil,<br />está una roja culebra<br />que es la madre del mentir."<br /><br />(F. Rodríguez Marín, "Cantos populares españoles" #315)<br /><br />Tolkien used the image of teeth guarding a place in the <i>Carach Angren</i> or Isenmouthe in LotR (glossed "Iron Jaws" in the Silm.), "so called because of the great fence of pointed iron posts that closed the gap leading into Udûn, like teeth in jaws" (Nomenclature). Also, the entrance to Cirith Gorgor was guarded by <i>Narchost</i> and <i>Carchost</i>, the Towers of the Teeth.Hlafordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01570318115206193131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-6837565369291293792010-11-02T17:28:48.144-05:002010-11-02T17:28:48.144-05:00Primitive Quendian is a decidedly Indo-European la...Primitive Quendian is a decidedly Indo-European language, although of no particular branch. I think this is why Tolkien insists that human beings, or at least those residing in "the North-West of the Old World" learned their languages from Elves.John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.com