The Picard Maneuver to Lord of the memes@midwest.socialEnglish • 3 days agoTolkien wasn't always the most creative with names.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1618arrow-down114
arrow-up1604arrow-down1imageTolkien wasn't always the most creative with names.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver to Lord of the memes@midwest.socialEnglish • 3 days agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-square@SuspiciousCatThinglinkEnglish14•3 days agoThe only one that really bothers me is them using the Gregorian calander.
minus-square@tegs_terry@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish16•3 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-squareLuxlinkfedilinkEnglish13•3 days agoTolkien’s books are essentially english/European mythology, so it kind of sort of makes sense
minus-square@Thavron@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 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.
The only one that really bothers me is them using the Gregorian calander.
The idea is that it’s a translation, so some words are just modern ones used in place of what the ‘real’ ones are.
Agreed. It already bothers me that we use it
Tolkien’s books are essentially english/European mythology, so it kind of sort of makes sense
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.
I didn’t know that, but that’s good.