Hi y’all! Today, as I merrily added more names to the lists and phrases to the Sindarin Phrase Book, I decided to do a quick count. It knocked me off my feet. There are 1009 possible Sindarin Phrases in the Phrasebook and 2291 possible names in the name lists. There
Fiona J.
Hello! I'm your friendly neighborhood linguist! I grew up on a small sheep and horse ranch in Montana, but now I'm a city-slicker and a college grad, with a degree in English-Linguistics from the University of Montana. I am the owner and head translator of this website.
Birthday
It’s my birthday! And in the Hobbit tradition, I’m giving you a present! It’s an addition to my essay, “An Elven Wedding”, the Sindarin Phrase Book, and the Quenya Phrase Book. I present to you the Elven Wedding Vows! Also, welcome the new Spring theme for the website! That’s a
Hosting
Alert! Warning! Beware! Look out! I discovered that my hosting website, freewebs.com, is putting a spyware virus onto all of the websites hosted there. For the meanwhile, the website has been moved to https://realelvish.net/. All of the artshost.com links still work, but any link you click that’s not the spyware
Winter
Hail! I need to apologize to everyone for being so scarce about the website. I’ve been in solitary confinement, or house-sitting for my grandmother. She has a very slow dial-up connection and a computer out of the dark ages. I just about went crazy. Then my boyfriend’s grandfather died while
Woodelven Names
Happy New Year! I have a present for you guys! I researched the languages of Legolas’ kin, the Woodelves, and made them a special name list for the Second and Third Ages of Middle-earth. https://realelvish.net/names/sindarin/woodelf/ Besides that, I’ve recoded the Sindarin Phrase Book. Now, it will load very quickly for
Funeral
Thank-you everyone who sent condolences to me! The funeral was two days ago, and your messages helped a lot. I’ve changed the background for a winter theme; I need to move on and start focusing on my life again. Christmas is coming quickly, and I have finally found a way
Gurth
Sad news this day. My grandfather died December 3, 2005. So, I’ve changed the colors and background of the website for mourning. He was 69 years old; he died of lung cancer. Promise me that you will never smoke! dreamingfifi Rûm cuil ngurth. Life’s mystery is death.
Black Speech
Hail dear friends! The forums are a success so far, but if you have any suggestions, speak up! I’ve added some new phrases for the Sindarin Phrasebook. I’m now going to include a list of reconstructed words that I use. I’m happy to say that the Quenya name list is
The Origin of Man
Little to tell you today except that I’ve finally got Internet access again! –Oh, and I’ve finished a new essay called “The Origin of Man” and did a little tweaking in the Sindarin Phrase Book. I have a new e-mail address! From now on, please use —– dreamingfifi/Navaer Lalaith Random