#discuss: is Dunland Wales-coded
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Notably they apparently picked up some words from Dunland before coming to the Shire, and this is represented by Buckland names often having Celtic elements.
So apparently I should have been using an extinct Celtic language to stand in for Dunlendish all this time! Well, not gonna change it now.
every step of this thought process makes sense and yet somehow it ends up problematic
#ardanalysis#orc bank#writing babble#not that I'm suggesting people SHOULD take offense#at jrrt kinda sorta associating remaining British pre-Saxon cultures#with the fucking Dunlendings#I feel like it would be a waste of energy#there are bigger problematics to dissect#but if someone were to take offense#I would understand why they did#discuss: is Dunland Wales-coded
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