The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Lord of the memes@midwest.socialEnglish · 4 days agoTolkien wasn't always the most creative with names.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareSuspiciousCatThing@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoThe only one that really bothers me is them using the Gregorian calander.
minus-squareMubelotix@jlai.lucakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoAgreed. It already bothers me that we use it
minus-squareThavron@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days 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-squaretegs_terry@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days 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-squareLux@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoTolkien’s books are essentially english/European mythology, so it kind of sort of makes sense
The only one that really bothers me is them using the Gregorian calander.
Agreed. It already bothers me that we use it
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.
The idea is that it’s a translation, so some words are just modern ones used in place of what the ‘real’ ones are.
Tolkien’s books are essentially english/European mythology, so it kind of sort of makes sense