They were an attempt at reducing the language of the characters to actual Germanic roots, Old English whenever possible, and avoiding Latin roots and Norman French irruptions as much as possible. I find that a wonderful achievement.
It's just that he does not meld that well with the more rustic voices. Whenever the hobbits and say the Rohirrim were speaking (and I did notice a slight difference between the latter and many from Gondor), it felt a bit too stilted because the difference in tone, manner of expression, etc. was just too great to support over dialogue lasting more than a half-page. But that's a personal preference, more or less, as I do not deny that he accomplished what he set out to do. I just didn't like what he accomplished in that particular case
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie
Je suis méchant.
Je suis méchant.
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
- 12/12/2011 04:25:26 AM
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Thank you for reposting these.
- 12/12/2011 04:36:06 PM
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Interestingly enough
- 13/12/2011 12:10:08 AM
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Re: Interestingly enough
- 13/12/2011 12:42:10 PM
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I think
- 13/12/2011 01:21:41 PM
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Probably, yes, but still no excuse for allowing the worldbuilding to overpower the story being told.
- 13/12/2011 04:00:23 PM
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We'll have to disagree.
- 14/12/2011 12:46:23 AM
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Re-reads after a long period of time can lead to surprising results
- 13/12/2011 01:02:23 AM
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The speech patterns were intentional, but not meant to be "archaic".
- 14/12/2011 04:02:55 AM
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Oh, I know that
- 14/12/2011 08:25:53 AM
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I love the dialogue in LOTR. a more modern voice would be terrible *NM*
- 15/12/2011 06:09:18 PM
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