1/ Tolkien was certainly one of a kind. Re "does it require genius?" well - I'll find out. I'm reading linguistics texts because Aristillus 3 and 4 had at least one new language. <small spoiler ahead> >>> https://t.co/deTIaNuYyI
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The hardest thing I found learning a new language was new metaphors: for example, in Indonesian, the liver (hati) not the heart (jantung) is seen as the centre of self, hence “hati-hati” means “take care (of yourself)” and thence to our equivalent of “Caution”.
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stop linking me to that Tropes site. i can lose hours there. HOURS.
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