TORn Staffer Ostadan writes: Elvish linguists may be glad to learn that JRRT’s very early “Gnomish Lexicon”, which was published a few years ago in Parma Eldalamberon #11, but has been unavailable for some time, has gone back into print. Gnomish, or Noldorin, is the language which became the basis for the Grey-elven Sindarin tongue seen in Lord of the Rings. Official announcement: [More]
Day: May 28, 2004
Date: Thu May 27, 20046:16 pm
Subject: Reprint of Parma Eldalamberon #11
I Lam na Ngoldathon
The Grammar and Lexicon of the GNOMISH TONGUE.
By J. R. R. Tolkien.
Edited by Christopher Gilson, Carl F. Hostetter, Patrick Wynne, and
Arden R. Smith.
Parma Eldalamberon No.11 presents the Gnomish Lexicon (selections from which were published in the Appendices to The Book of Lost Tales) in its entirety. This is the dictionary of the language called Goldogrin, or I-Lam na-Ngoldathon, which Tolkien eventually transformed into the Noldorin of The Etymologies and later into the Sindarin of The Lord of the Rings. This issue also includes Tolkien’s own partial grammar of Gnomish, contemporary with the lexicon, which covers the inflections and syntax of the article, noun, and adjective. The lexicon itself also contains much grammatical information, frequently citing verbs in both their present and past tenses, and nouns in both singular and plural. Other parts of speech are also well-represented in what is a quite comprehensive dictionary, and there are a number of sample sentences in Gnomish.
The original lexicon fills a 150-page notebook and consists of about 3000 entries. Compiled in 1917, this remarkable document reveals the well-spring of Tolkien’s linguistic genius in its ‘Celtic’ mode. It also displays the basic phonological nature of the historical relation between Noldorin and Quenya at its inception, with numerous etymological annotations and the citation of many cognates, some of which are Quenya words that occur nowhere else.
A reprint of Parma Eldalamberon No. 11 is currently in preparation. We expect copies to be available for shipping on June 7, 2004.
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The cost is $20.00 per copy including postage and handling world-wide.
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Hard-working Ringer Patricia scrounged up news about getting tickets for the Boston Museum of Science’s LOTR Exhibit. She writes: “The exhibit runs from August 1 through October 24, 2004. Timed tickets are on sale now to museum members, and on sale to the public beginning at 10:00 a.m., June 1, 2004. Tickets can be purchased three ways: 1. Box office 2. Phone: (617) 723-2500. 3. Online 24/7 at the museums’ website: www.mos.org. There is a $2 handling fee for non-museum members per person for tickets. VISA, Master Card and American Express are accepted. While most museums are closed on Mondays, the Boston Museum of Science is opened on Mondays. It might be easier to get timed tickets for a weekday!” [More]
Ringer Keith writes: I think a number of your viewers may also be members of SAG (Screen Actors Guild) — there are nearly 100,000 in the US! Sean has just opened a forum for SAG members only, to provide “open dialogue over time about issues important to our Union.” [More]
Kim from Denmark writes: The Youth department of The Labour Party in Denmark has launched its campaign to the European parliament with a poster from The Return of The King, but with new faces. Aragorn is replaced with Poul Nyrup (the former prime minister of Denmark) and Gollum is replaced with Anders Fog (the current prime minister of Denmark). [More]
Ringer lostwire writes: I’ve created a composite photo of Clint Eastwood & Gollum which has been keeping quite a few people in hysterics on the boards I participate in. [More]