The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Lord of the memes@midwest.socialEnglish · 6 months agoTolkien wasn't always the most creative with names.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1634
arrow-up1634imageTolkien wasn't always the most creative with names.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Lord of the memes@midwest.socialEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squareSuspiciousCatThing@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·6 months agoThe only one that really bothers me is them using the Gregorian calander.
minus-squaretegs_terry@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·6 months 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-squareLuxlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·6 months agoTolkien’s books are essentially english/European mythology, so it kind of sort of makes sense
minus-squareThavron@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 months 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-squareSuspiciousCatThing@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoI didn’t know that, but that’s good.
minus-squareMubelotix@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoAgreed. It already bothers me that we use it
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.
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.
Agreed. It already bothers me that we use it