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'''Grelvish''', or '''Grey Company Elvish''', is a debased fanon form of "elvish". It is used primarily by roleplaying sites. | '''Grelvish''', or '''Grey Company Elvish''', is a debased fanon form of "elvish". It is used primarily by roleplaying sites. | ||
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==Characteristics== | ==Characteristics== | ||
Trademarks of Grelvish are long words with strange plural markers (ea, ie, oo) and double vowels (these replace the accents in the original languages, but not | Trademarks of Grelvish are long words with strange plural markers (ea, ie, oo) and double vowels (these replace the accents in the original languages, but not consistently). There is also an affinity with apostrophes. The pronoun "amin" for the first person in all its forms is also a trademark. | ||
Some obscure Elvish words from Tolkien's corpus have found new translations. For example ''[[medui|vedui]]'' means "last" in [[Sindarin]], but the creators of Grelvish considered it a greeting, since it appears in [[Glorfindel]]'s greeting to [[Aragorn II|Aragorn]]. | Some obscure Elvish words from Tolkien's corpus have found new translations. For example ''[[medui|vedui]]'' means "last" in [[Sindarin]], but the creators of Grelvish considered it a greeting, since it appears in [[Glorfindel]]'s greeting to [[Aragorn II|Aragorn]]. | ||
==Linguistic response== | ==Linguistic response== | ||
Grelvish tended to be mistaken for authentic Tolkien's Elvish by new [[fandom|fans]] during the hype of [[Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings]] | {{quote|I don't know if I should cry or laugh when I read something like this, or if I should just look away.|[[Thorsten Renck]], [[Elfling]] Message [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/34930 34930]}} | ||
Grelvish tended to be mistaken for authentic Tolkien's Elvish by new [[fandom|fans]]; during the hype of [[Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings]] they sought online for further info about the strange languages heard in the movies; seeking for "Elvish" in search engines, brought the website of Tel'mithrim high in results, and therefore Grelvish had been their first resource ignoring it is non-canon. | |||
The members of [[Elfling]] mailing list coined the term "Grelvish" (from '''Gr'''ey Company Elvish) to differentiate it from canonical Elvish. | |||
==External links== | ==External links== |
Revision as of 12:15, 14 March 2009
File:Canon Scale - 0.jpg Grelvish, or Grey Company Elvish, is a debased fanon form of "elvish". It is used primarily by roleplaying sites.
Origin
Grelvish originated on Tel'Mithrim, or "the Grey Company", an RPG players' online community. The website's FAQ mentions that they "simplified the grammatical structure [of Tolkien's Elvish] and expanded the dictionary heavily". The language meant by "elvish" seems to be Quenya, though Sindarin is used as well. It is simplified to the standards of a native English speaker since the grammar as laid out, follows English structure.
It is used primarily for interjectional phrases in roleplaying, and as such it has been copied by several other sites.
Characteristics
Trademarks of Grelvish are long words with strange plural markers (ea, ie, oo) and double vowels (these replace the accents in the original languages, but not consistently). There is also an affinity with apostrophes. The pronoun "amin" for the first person in all its forms is also a trademark.
Some obscure Elvish words from Tolkien's corpus have found new translations. For example vedui means "last" in Sindarin, but the creators of Grelvish considered it a greeting, since it appears in Glorfindel's greeting to Aragorn.
Linguistic response
- "I don't know if I should cry or laugh when I read something like this, or if I should just look away."
- ― Thorsten Renck, Elfling Message 34930
Grelvish tended to be mistaken for authentic Tolkien's Elvish by new fans; during the hype of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings they sought online for further info about the strange languages heard in the movies; seeking for "Elvish" in search engines, brought the website of Tel'mithrim high in results, and therefore Grelvish had been their first resource ignoring it is non-canon.
The members of Elfling mailing list coined the term "Grelvish" (from Grey Company Elvish) to differentiate it from canonical Elvish.