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2009-03-21T22:04:19Z

Galadriel:

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Tolkien labeled/chronicled Middle Earth through Ages(F.A.,S.A.,T.A., Years of the Trees, etc.) How long is an age? How many mortal years make up F.A., etc. and the Years of the Trees? {{unsigned|Breragor}}

:"Age" is not a standard unit of time. A new Age starts, well, when the last one's over. The First Age lasted some 590 years, the Second 3441, and the Third 3021. See [[Timeline|here]] for more info. -- {{User:Ederchil/sig}} 20:29, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

::Who decides when an age ends/begins?[[User:Breragor|A good day to me, is waking up in Middle Earth!]] 04:08, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

:::The chroniclers, the politicians, and history itself. They pretty much all end with a cataclysmic war, one that we today would describe at a "[[World War I|World War]]" - the [[War of Wrath]], the [[War of the Last Alliance]], and the [[War of the Ring]] in this case, though the Fourth Age started two years after the passing of [[the Ring]]. -- {{User:Ederchil/sig}} 21:16, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

From what I have skimmed, the first age far surpassed the length of any other
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Age

The First Age began when Men awoke in Hildorien, not when Ea was created, as you are probably assuming. See the [[timeline]].--[[User:Aragorn47|Aragorn47]] 20:37, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

:As far as I know, an age in Middle Earth is what we would consider an Era.
-Galadriel

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2009-03-21T22:03:29Z

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2009-03-21T21:59:04Z

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I've have three topics here. The first is that I know of a controvercial pronounciation and I'm wondering how TG people pronounce Erech in Stone of Erech.
<br>Secondly, I'd like to know how to make those vertical lines so often used in formatting on this wiki.
<br> Lastly, I'd like to draw peoples' attention to the "Featured Quote" nominations etc. as we haven't had a new one in quite some time...''And That's The Way The Cookie Crumbles!''--{{User:Breragor/sig}}
:Erech is not Elvish but I guess it should be pronounced like one (German ch, like greek χ and not like 'Charlie'). As for the vertical lines I don't understand; which articles contain them? can you show? [[User:Sage|Sage]] 00:31, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
::I agree on Erech. As for the "vertical lines", I think you mean the [[wikipedia:Pipe_(character)|Pipe]]. It's upper case \. And a fourth thing: work on your sig, now it disrupts the rest of the text.-- {{User:Ederchil/sig}} 19:42, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

:::First off, I know there's a prob with my sig, but I can't fix it. Secondly, you say upper case of / but how do you do that? Breragor

::::If you mean <nowiki>|</nowiki> this one, it's the on in upper case \, not /. It's usually near backspace. If you mean another, please tell me which one. -- {{User:Ederchil/sig}} 08:14, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

No, that's it (|), thanks. Breragor

:::When you said that Erech should be pronounced with a German ch, did you mean the ich-laut, or the harsher kind?--[[User:Aragorn47|Aragorn47]] 20:30, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

I believe he meant it similar to the Hebrew way (which is similar to German). It's a rolling -chet ("ch" is rolled, like your coughing up a hair ball). I gues that's a good way to think of it. (Also, it's good to see you at NS2 and ME){{User:Breragor/sig}}|

:I'm not posotive, but I'm pretty sure that Erech is pronounced 'er-ek'. At least that's how I've always said it. -Galadriel

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2009-03-21T21:41:10Z

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