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Did people talk like this back in Tolkien's time or did he intentionally write in an archaic, old-timey sort of way?

>> No.23238947

>>23238939
>Did people talk like this back in Tolkien's time or did he intentionally write in an archaic, old-timey sort of way?
Obviously it was written in an intentionally older fashion than of his time. When Tollers began writing the Book of Lost Tales, he did write in an even more archaic way.

>> No.23239015

>>23238939
>silmarillion
>archaic
Read The Nightland.

>> No.23239834

>>23238939
>in Tolkien's time
No, it's supposed to sound like old sagas and myths and legends. Have you never read one of those?

>> No.23239875

>>23239834
Nope, I thought it sounded like the King James Bible though.

>> No.23239970

>>23238939
I believe English is the only language where people revere the archaic speech.

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>>23239970
I don't blame them considering you see how people think something as degenerate as ebonics is 'correct English'.

>> No.23242329

>>23240172
I laughed IRL