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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 1

Don't forget swallow and pigeon - ese

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spaghettidba SSC Guru Points: 105732 More actions · Answer 2

CirquedeSQLeil (3/17/2010)

Any language you like. It would be a real hoot if everybody was speaking a different language:-D

No, perché? Sarebbe alquanto divertente... 😀

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Jan Van der Eecken SSCrazy Eights Points: 9029 More actions · Answer 3

Inderdaad Gianluca, dat zou zeker heel plezierig zijn

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spaghettidba SSC Guru Points: 105732 More actions · Answer 4

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March 18, 2010 at 3:22 am

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God bless Google translator!

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Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398890 More actions · Answer 5

I'm pretty sure Tolkein's Elf language is published somewhere. That's sure to boil someone's blood.

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Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150467 More actions · Answer 6

Grant Fritchey (3/18/2010)
I'm pretty sure Tolkein's Elf language is published somewhere. That's sure to boil someone's blood.

http://www.bmeijer.com/fun_stuff/runic_translator/index.html

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 7

There's at least 2 of tolkien's languages that are published and are usable (though maybe a little short of technical vocab) Quenya and Sindarin. I dug through the details of both some years back when I had a go at designing a language myself. Lots of fun, though little practical use, I think.

Elóm sarëlóndë mëlóšwa sëlënhalä ëy mëlâryë amrešlä eva lënmo yëšlä

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The Dixie Flatline SSC Guru Points: 53354 More actions · Answer 8

Those runes look more like Dwarvish, Paul:

Barak Khazad!! Khazad ai-menu!!

Loosely translated: Keyboards of the the DBAs!! The DBAs are upon you!!

Note: Tolkien database scholars differ in their interpretation of this phrase. A small number favor the term "pork chops" instead of "keyboards".

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The Dixie Flatline SSC Guru Points: 53354 More actions · Answer 9

Why am I unsurprised that you would have studied Sindarin, Gail?

I had a go at memorizing Tolkien's poetry once. (Which I concede is not brilliant, but then I also memorized Tennyson's The Revenge: A Ballad of The Fleet.) I can still recite the ballad of Gil-Galad from memory. Unfortunately, most of the rest of it is reduced to fragments. I can't even recite the One Ring inscription in the Black Speech anymore. Which reminds me....

http://xkcd.com/712/

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Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150467 More actions · Answer 10

The Dixie Flatline (3/18/2010)
Those runes look more like Dwarvish, Paul

Couldn't find a good elvish translator...took the easy road 😉

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Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150467 More actions · Answer 11

The Dixie Flatline (3/18/2010)
http://xkcd.com/712/

Just awesome.

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 12

I don't think I ever memorised the 1 Ring in Black Speech. English, sure.

There's a large number of his verse that I can still remember almost perfectly. don't know what that says about me...

A Elbereth Gilthoniel ....

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The Dixie Flatline SSC Guru Points: 53354 More actions · Answer 13

Couldn't find a good elvish translator.

They really should have one for babelfish. I would also support having a Klingon version so that Alvin can participate. If I ever get into a bar fight with a Klingon, I'd love to be able to tell him that his mother had a smooth forehead. Before I got massacred, that is.

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The Dixie Flatline SSC Guru Points: 53354 More actions · Answer 14

A Elbereth Gilthoniel

Silivren Penna Miriel

Enna Aglar Elenath

Gilthoniel, a Elbereth

We remember, we who dwell

In this far land, beneath the trees

The starlight on the western seas.

Okay, at least a few aged synapses are still firing. Now I need to go back and see if I got it right.

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The Dixie Flatline SSC Guru Points: 53354 More actions · Answer 15

(sigh) Not quite, but close.

Now I should finish my coffee and get on down to the office. Later, y'all.

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