Biography. Childhood John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein in South Africa. As a child, he was bitten by a large baboon spider in the garden, an event some think later echoed in his stories. In 1900, He entered the King Edward school, where he learned the old English language and started exploring other — Welsh, Norse, Finnish, Gothic. He early showed up linguistic talent, after studying the Welsh and Finnish languages, he began designing "Elvish" languages. Biography. Youth In 1911, Tolkien went on a summer holiday in Switzerland, a trip that he recollects vividly in a 1968 letter, noting that Bilbo's journey across the Misty Mountains is directly based on his adventures as their party of hiked from Interlaken to Lauterbrunnen and on to camp in the moraines beyond Mürren. Design languages Even in childhood, John with his friends come up with multiple languages to communicate with each other
Which means "shit-head" and is used innumerously in all occasions. And there is also "ella!" which does not mean anything but you can make it mean everything. I've managed to pick up some bits and pieces of other languages as well – bit of Spanish, some words of Italian, a tiny bit of Finnish, some German (blaming Rammstein and my Neuss friends for that!) and even some made-up languages. Ten or eight years ago I spoke a quite fluent Quenya – that is high-elvish made up by Tolkien. I've created a few languages as well, for either writing or roleplay purposes. Lastly, I'd like to return to English. Like I said before, once I got into reading books in English, I never stopped. Unless it's Shakespeare or something I would not understand in Estonian, either, I can read everything. Unfamiliar words I either pick up from context or these days use my wonderful e-reader built-in English dictionary-thesaurus. (No Estonian words there, either.)
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