The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Lord of the memes@midwest.socialEnglish · 1 year agoTolkien wasn't always the most creative with names.lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTolkien wasn't always the most creative with names.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Lord of the memes@midwest.socialEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square31linkfedilink
minus-squareSuspiciousCatThing@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoThe only one that really bothers me is them using the Gregorian calander.
minus-squareThavron@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year 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-squareLux (it/they)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoTolkien’s books are essentially english/European mythology, so it kind of sort of makes sense
minus-squaretegs_terry@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year 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-squareMubelotix@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoAgreed. It already bothers me that we use it
The only one that really bothers me is them using the Gregorian calander.
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.
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.
Agreed. It already bothers me that we use it