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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread David Salo #51386 01/01/2002 3:36 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Sparteye Pooh-Bah Sparteye Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 David Salo is a linguist, currently at the University of Wisconsin (GO BADGERS!), who became expert in the Lord of the Rings languages of Quenya and Sindarin. Here is an article about his work on the movies: http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/30/hol.us.tolkien.linguist.ap/ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: David Salo #51387 01/02/2002 10:11 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Thanks Sparteye - he was mentioned in the local paper a year or more ago, but I didn't have time to follow up on it. I must say I find it fascinating that someone would spend time "learning" a language for which the syntax and semantics are, to say the most, fragmentary. Never mind two! A bit like Klingon, really. Only slightly less blood thirsty! The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit . #51388 01/02/2002 11:18 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,917 Posts230,531 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 7 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,323 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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