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minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·edit-26 个月前Is the unit ‘one league’ used in LOTR (esp in elvish) the same as in our universe. Just asking as nobody here is questioning the units.
minus-squaresnesslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·6 个月前Yes. The books are all carefully translated from elvish and would have accounted for unit conversions.
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-26 个月前I thought they were written by Bilbo and Frodo in Westron and later ‘translated’ by Tolkien
minus-squareNigelFrobisher@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 个月前I remember asking my dad how far a league was when I first read the book, and then repeatedly questioning whether that could be right in the context of the writing.
Is the unit ‘one league’ used in LOTR (esp in elvish) the same as in our universe. Just asking as nobody here is questioning the units.
Yes. The books are all carefully translated from elvish and would have accounted for unit conversions.
I thought they were written by Bilbo and Frodo in Westron and later ‘translated’ by Tolkien
Yea that’s how i remember it
I remember asking my dad how far a league was when I first read the book, and then repeatedly questioning whether that could be right in the context of the writing.