Students Offered Elvish Language Lessons

[Khephra]

BIRMINGHAM, England -- It's central England, not Middle Earth, but one school is offering its pupils the chance to learn Elvish.

Youngsters at Turves Green Boys' Technology College in Birmingham are being offered weekly after-hours lessons in Sindarin, a conversational form of Elvish invented by "Lord of the Rings" creator J.R.R. Tolkien and based on Welsh sounds.

Educational co ordinator Zainab Thorp said she hoped the classes would help boost the self-esteem of pupils, some of whom have learning difficulties.

"The recent success of the 'Lord of the Rings' films has increased the interest in learning Elvish," Thorp said.

"The children really enjoy it. It breaks the idea that education should simply be aimed at getting a job."

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[saltpoint]

1. As well they should be.

There are elves. They exist. According to Scandinavian folk literature, they are the lost children of Eve, hidden in the wilderness when she realized that Jehovah was such an authoritarian prick. She hid them from him, because He was expelling folks from the garden, that they would live in the Edenic wilderness forever.

They're out there.

Go team.

[Ediacara]

2. I wanna learn elvish!

How cool would that be!?

[everythingsxen]

3. Me angry!

Course for Elfses! Course for Klingonses!

Where is course for Orks?? This why we bash human skulls and eat your flesh!

[Az]

4. Dupe

Look see. Existing thread. Still no respect for Dwarvish.

[Ediacara]

5. actually the other thread is a dupe

this one is a whole 45 minutes older!

[hippiechick]

6. dupe on ya' bro ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x848728

:hi: Kef !

:hippie:

[Ediacara]

7. but this was posted earlier...