mirkwoodest posted this epic Tolkien “full nerdout” rant about languages in his work. I would absolutely love to see them sit down with Stephen Colbert and discuss this further. People nerding out over The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit is the best. J.R.R. Tolkien was an absolute genius. This starts by talking about one of the ballsiest things he ever did concerning hobbits:
Further Reading: Rohirric, Westron
Source: mirkwoodest
(via: Imgur)
The names of the Dwarves ARE translated; they’re just translated into Norse.
As far as English words, and what is and isn’t — Tolkien himself responded to a criticism that the plural of “dwarf” is “dwarfs” not “dwarves” in the Oxford English dictionary by saying, “Do not argue with me; I wrote the Oxford English dictionary.”