Subject: Forgot to write in my username. (nm)
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Posted on: 2018-02-03 04:46:00 UTC
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Is your child texting about the Silmarillion (Game Idea)? by
on 2018-01-30 14:28:00 UTC
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Tomash recently posted a funny Tweeter post on Discord where standard SMS acronyms become... Well, see for yourselves:
LOL: Lay Of Luthien
FFS: Fëanor Forges Silmarils
LMAO: Look, Melkor, Arda’s Over you
TTYS: Túrin Turambar it’s Your Sister
STFU: Shoot! The Fearsome Ungoliant!
IMO: Illúvatar’s Musical Originality
Funny, aren't they?
But here's the thing: what other acronyms could you translate in Silmarillion or LOTR terms, or in any canon catching your interest? For example, TTYS becoming... Tattletale Toys with Your Secrets (Worm). Or... TPK: Thorin, Problematic Khazad.
Anyways, why don't we see what you'll think about? -
#BetterInQuenya by
on 2018-01-31 09:18:00 UTC
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LOL: Lámar Oia Lalalo, 'peals of endless laughter' [lit. 'echoes of everlasting laughing']
ROFL: Raina Olya, Fólima Lalala, 'big smile, muffled laugh' [lit 'smiling much, secretive laughing', and yes, that is a string of four adjectives]
WTF: Walda Tevin Felu, 'mad, bad witchcraft' [lit 'wild, hated bad magic']
(Making those roughly hit the meaning of the original is surprisingly hard work!)
But I'll also offer up Rohan, Our Favourite Land (weirdos) and Wilwarin's The Fairest (for particular fans of the constellation Cassiopeia).
(And, finally... it's Lay of Leithian...)
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#SuperiorInSindarin by
on 2018-01-31 13:44:00 UTC
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LOL: Lam Orchall 'Ladha [echoing voice of superior laughter]
This phrase invokes the haughty laugh of, say, Feanor, preferably right before his comeuppance. It's a twofold acronym: it both describes the laugh, but also describes something worth laughing at (Sindarin speakers being quite happy to see Noldorin pride come before Noldorin fall).
Oh, and...
#AwesomeInAdunaic
LOL: Lôkhî Ob Lômi [crooked before nightfall]
This is a Numenorean idiom. It describes the practice of getting a little tipsy (or 'crooked') before night comes, which was viewed as preferable to getting blind drunk after it got dark. So it means 'drunk, but in a good, friendly way'. (Look, there's only two L- words in Adunaic, I'm struggling here.)
#OwfulInOrcish
LOL: Lug, Olog, Lug [tower, troll, tower]
Or, as the old story goes, "Bagronk the Uruk was caught between an enemy tower and an angry troll. So what does old Bagronk do? He fights the troll! He kills it! But what does he find? There's another tower right behind him! Har har har!"
(This story, and others like it, is extremely popular among the smaller breeds of Orc. It is distinctly less popular among the larger Uruks, who have a tendency to tear off the heads of those they hear telling it.)
And Agent Râmwê would never forgive me if I didn't include:
#ProperInPrimitiveQuendian
LOL: Lindâ Oijâ Lauka [sweet, endless warmth]
The only true description of laughter, as he would say, if he was willing to speak any language other than Primitive Quendian, which he isn't.
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#DivineInDovahzul by
on 2018-01-31 17:13:00 UTC
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Because Thuum.org is a thing. ^_^
LOL: Lot Ofan Lok (great gift [of] sky)
The sky, for the Dovah, naturally signifying freedom and joy and rightness in the world.
ROFL: Riik Osos Frin Laan (gale [of] unnumbered fervent questions)
Or, loosely, "Haha, what? Seriously? I can't even!"
Osos is glossed as "uncertain or unspecified; unspecified number of," so I took a teensy liberty there, but the Dragon Language is pretty forgiving about things like that.
WTF: Wuld Tey Folaas (whirlwind tale [of] misjudgement)
Or, "Your argument is a comedy of errors."
Aaaand that is all I have time for! For the record, the Dragon Language does have the preposition "of," but IIRC it's not strictly necessary unless you want to be very clear or very formal.
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#Totally'SplendidInTau'Sia by
on 2018-01-31 19:15:00 UTC
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LOL: Li Ooen Lub (wild, genuine elegance)
This in Tau'sia relates to the natural state of joyfulness that life in the Empire instills within its citizens. It is mostly genuine, though can be sarcastic.
WTF: Walaho Tsan'druu'sha Fu'lasso (The puzzle whose solution produces a sandstorm of a thousand riotous colours)
Or, to put it more simply, "What you have just said/done/demonstrated has completely blown my mind into lots and lots of little pieces and I don't understand anything any more." Again, this is emblematic of Tau'sia's wonderful depths of sarcasm. -
#BetterInLowGothic by
on 2018-02-03 04:45:00 UTC
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LOL: Love Education and Literacy.
Used as a slogan by some Administratum adepts.
FFS: Forget Foul Sorceries.
Please turn yourself in to your local Arbites station if you remember foul sorceries. Remember, citizen, only through the flames of faith can heresy be purged. -
Forgot to write in my username. (nm) by
on 2018-02-03 04:46:00 UTC
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