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   Troels Forchhammer to All   
   Re: Tolkien's translation of the Book of   
   15 Jun 09 22:05:27   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.books.tolkien, alt.fan.tolkien   
   From: Troels@ThisIsFake.invalid   
      
   In message  Öjevind Lång   
    spoke these staves:   
   >   
   > "Morgoth's Curse"  skrev i   
   > meddelandet news:kqqc35doq1bn4noqq1duc82htde064fgkk@4ax.com...   
   >>   
   >> On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:17:55 +0200, Öjevind Lång   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> Personally, I must admit that I have felt no urgency to read what   
   >>> I take to be Tolkien's attenpt to imitate the Icleandic sagas.   
   >>   
   >> < sneaks up on Ojevind and tapes a "I am a Scandinavian saga   
   >> snob" sign to his back >   
   >   
   > [Wears the sign with pride]   
      
   Can I have one as well? I may not be able to read them in the original,   
   but it is one case where I'm inclined to prefer my native tongue over   
   Tolkien's translation ;-)   
      
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