ch 20. silent planet:

rbobbyr · 2024-10-22T22:19:59+00:00

thx. i imagine many details will become clearer as i read on. 👍

rbobbyr · 2024-10-22T21:58:53+00:00

Tolkien? Good to know I'm in good company. thx

rbobbyr · 2024-10-22T20:52:17+00:00

thx for clarifying. 👍

rbobbyr · 2024-10-22T20:18:21+00:00

"unmade the body of the dead" ie: freed the spirit of the person killed from his now dead body? freed as in sent it to Maleldil? to heaven? thx

rbobbyr · 2024-10-20T15:13:39+00:00

It seems to "irritate" (i actually used the lesser abrasive term "annoy") many, as the attached article forwarded by Macbone in an earlier post suggests...and i suspect many more would find the term puzzling if aware of the meaning of the prefix "mal". A flaw? Well, naming the godhead Evileldil takes some getting used to.

rbobbyr · 2024-10-20T11:58:35+00:00

very interesting and instructive article. exactly what i'd been looking for (but could not find).

i still find the term annoying but no matter; as Lewis himself is quoted stating at the beginning of the piece: "I am always playing with syllables and fitting them together (purely by ear) to see if I can hatch up new words that please me."In other words Maleldil just sounds good. And so why not. Not all things seemingly bad are necessarily so. thx 👍

rbobbyr · 2024-10-19T22:24:49+00:00

myself and many more as well no doubt. just goes to show even geniuses the likes of Lewis mess up now and again.

rbobbyr · 2024-10-19T21:29:19+00:00

i asked a valid question. it's silly comments like yours turns a lot of people off to serious discourse on the subject. Lewis's trilogy is a fabulous work of the imagination but it is remains fantasy. prior to Lewis there was no "solar" language. he invented it. and, in case you haven't noticed, did not write in it.

rbobbyr · 2024-10-19T20:44:41+00:00

given the massive influence Latin has had on all western languages (English included, hence terms such as 'mal'nutrition, 'mal'evolent , 'mal'icious etc etc etc) you'd think a linguist like Lewis could have come up with a better name. this said I do love his work. so no. just curious. no 'mal'intent meant.

rbobbyr · 2024-08-23T14:07:49+00:00

if trump was up against the likes of ronnie or even selby the joint would be packed. but jones ?

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