#dwarvish

[y97dgu]

“Uncle, did amad make you that scarf?”

“She did.”

Happy Holidays & New Year!

[coffeekeyboardsss]

Lord of the rings romance fics:

[dwarvendiaries]

New Dwarf Fortress soundtrack just dropped!

[oldschoolfrp]

How’s your elvish and dwarvish?  A little rusty?  Here’s a chance to practice.  (Robert Bingham, The Dungeoneer 10, Judges Guild, March/April 1979)

Solution as presented:

Upside down and mirrored:

Dwarf: That’s not the way to find traps, you twit!

Elf: Go goose a dragon, rock head.

[a-burr-a-hobbit]

I GOT DWARVISH HAIR BEADS

I recently got obsessed with the Bagginshield ship, which led to reading a lot of fanfics, which led to learning about dwarvish culture, which led to learning about hair beads, which led to googling dwarvish hair beads, which led to a place to buy said hair beads, which led to reading about how good things like that are for curly hair, which finally, led to me getting dwarvish hair beads in gold, rose gold, and silver. I will wear them everyday and no I will not be taking criticism at this time. TLDR: I’m a nerd but now I’m a ✨fancy nerd✨

[knifknight]

Idk what they put in this but it is banging

[espenlearnskhuzdul]

Learning "Khuzdul", the language of the dwarves in Middle Earth

I've always loved the dwarves of Middle Earth, their culture, their art and clothing, their writing system, and of course their language.

That's why i've decided to learn Khuzdul! (and the writing system Cirth, while we're at it)

Now, there's unfortunately not a lot of info about Khuzdul by Tolkien himself. But the linguist David Salo further developed any info we do have and created neo-Khuzdul which was used for the LotR and Hobbit movies.

On this blog, i'll document everything i learn and try to explain it as best as i can, since i have a BA in linguistics. I'll also try to only use "canon" resources (this includes neo-Khuzdul by David Salo), but no fan-created material.

My sources are:

David Salo's blog (unfortunately deactivated now, but here's the link to the archived blog posts on Khuzdul)

"The Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings" by Tolkien

the books "The History of the Lord of the Rings" / "The History of Middle Earth" by Christopher Tolkien & any other Tolkien books set in Middle Earth

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Master List:

To-Do-List of "Khuzdul" Resources

David Salo's blog posts:

#1 (Feb. 2013)

#2 (Feb. 2013)

#3 (Feb. 2013)

#4 (Feb. 2013)

#5 (Feb. 2013)

Khuzdul in the movies:

"The Fellowship of the Ring" #1

[1randomweirdo]

Any language nerds out there? I was thinking this morning of Esperanto - the so-called universal language (perhaps there are others, but this is the one I'm familiar with) I was wondering if it would really work (assuming the goal is to make it so we can all understand each other all the time*) Language evolution is a funny thing. See, look at existing languages. The difference between, say, British English and U.S. English - same language, but they evolved differently, a continent apart. Or how Mandarin and Cantonese are so different that if you speak one, odds are you don't understand the other - and they're both Chinese dialects spoken *in the same country*. Look at how slang evolves in the U.S. alone. My point is, I don't think a "universal language" would work. It would change over time, depending on where you live. A word or phrase gets mispronounced and suddenly, that's what the phrase is now. But it only happened in one area, so the change doesn't become universal. Before you know it, we're all speaking different languages again. It's just interesting to me; it demonstrates, to me, how a noble cause can go sideways pretty quickly. It's probably a good thing it didn't really catch on, eh?

But it also makes me think of "fictional" languages (except they're not so fictional if people are actually using them. Soooo, proto-languages?) like Klingon, Dothraki, Tolkien's Elvish/Dwarvish, etc. These have been around for less than a century; they're comparatively new. When will we see these evolve? Or are the fluent speakers gatekeeping it so that no change can happen? (I have no idea if they are, and I'm unfamiliar with these languages so I've not personally observed if changes have happened) Don't know about the creators of Klingon and Dothraki, but surely professor Tolkien would have appreciated how language changes over time? (Then again, his stories are meant to be mythical pasts, so perhaps the language shouldn't change/evolve because it's ancient - like, Latin is considered a dead language, so it has stopped evolving, right? Is Elvish the same?)

I don't know. What do you all think?

*I'd always been told its purpose was to be universal; perhaps its actual intention was to do away with gendered language? I don't know a ton about it, so my whole mini thesis here may be way off base. So, grain of salt 😜

Edit to add: it also occurs to me that not everyone can learn Esperanto anyway, because, for many reasons, not everyone can make all the sounds of a new language

[neinmachinahells]

When in doubt, choose Dwarvish

[y97dgu]

More of Dís and her family. my favorite girl ❤️

[ithacanexile]

My final rant on those against the Amazon production of Rings of Power.

Every time I see the opening credits on Sir Peter Jackson’s films, there’s one credit that those who criticise Jeff Bezos for should be mindful of. I have said previously that I am no fan of Bezos, he is a tax cheat and his workers deserve far more pay than he gives, and far fewer hours that he takes. However, people should remember that one of the executive producers of Sir Peter’s trilogy was convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein.

It is galling to me, a woman with my own story of sexual harrassment, to see that name every time I go to watch a film that should be a comfort film, especially in today’s day and age. To know that women suffered at the hands of that monster.

So please, remember this: before you hit out at The Rings of Power, perhaps what you have to say is best said to your friends, not shouted out on social media. As I have also said previously, I am not a fan of Harry Potter, I have my reasons, including JK Rowling’s record of transphobic remarks. However I feel no need to comment on Harry Potter on my social media channels. It is possible to hold your fire and move on to something you might enjoy.

[dndsettingsinfo]

City of Orungor [Variants] by Daniel's Maps

[dndtreasury]

Battlebrew Bomb

[brianbrian00]

Design for a print idea.

[knifknight]

When your brain randomly decides it needs to learn a new language—it is a fictional language

[pasiphilo]

Mountain Dwarves, the fourth and latest Sword, Stealth & Spellfire project is now on Kickstarter, including backer-only rewards. Check it out!