Just because it was a loan-word from an earlier era doesn't mean it isn't a loan-word.
In keeping with the feel of his epic I think that using words borrowed from Norse or other Germanic languages wouldn't violate the spirit of his story, but Latin words definitely do.
In keeping with the feel of his epic I think that using words borrowed from Norse or other Germanic languages wouldn't violate the spirit of his story, but Latin words definitely do.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
The OED word of the day
- 03/01/2012 12:13:45 PM
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Tolkien really broke with principles on that one.
- 03/01/2012 02:47:27 PM
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According to him, he was reviving the Old English word for "demon".
- 03/01/2012 06:35:49 PM
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Which, in turn, is from the Latin Orcus.
- 03/01/2012 06:49:33 PM
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And then there's Ariosto's orcs
- 03/01/2012 07:16:15 PM
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I had to buy that in paperback from amazon.it... *NM*
- 03/01/2012 10:44:39 PM
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I got the Italian edition for free on my Kindle for iPad
- 03/01/2012 11:01:15 PM
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I just can't read books on e-readers. I tried with my iPad, I tried with my wife's Kindle.
- 03/01/2012 11:11:06 PM
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