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Help[Opinions] Re: How do you pronounce Marius? Also dragon lore
in reply to a message by Adenydd
I use c when I'm using it about a modern person (eg my cousin's son) and e for classical antiquity.
Interesting point about rhoticism - for both c and e, I end the first syllable with an open vowel and start the middle one with the R, so that issue falls away.
I greatly enjoy your Tolkien dragon! Do we own the same book, I wonder?
Interesting point about rhoticism - for both c and e, I end the first syllable with an open vowel and start the middle one with the R, so that issue falls away.
I greatly enjoy your Tolkien dragon! Do we own the same book, I wonder?
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Is your cousin's son named Marius? I think I like her or his taste! I don't think I've heard of that used on a real person before.
I don't think the dragon I have in my signature is in any of the books I have. All the Tolkien books I own are the nice official, US-released Houghton Mifflin paperbacks. Which version do you own? :)
I don't think the dragon I have in my signature is in any of the books I have. All the Tolkien books I own are the nice official, US-released Houghton Mifflin paperbacks. Which version do you own? :)
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I've got a whole separate book of Tolkien's own art. He was an accomplished water-colourist and, for instance, designed the cover for The Hobbit - stark bright blue and bright green and white. But he also wrote and illustrated stories for his children, as well as some really wonderful scenes from the novels - one of the woods of Lothlorien in springtime, for instance. But except for your example above, which I'm certain is one of his, he was rather bad at dragons in general - they often look like friendly puppies who want to play. I'll check the bibliographical details tonight SA time, and get them to you tomorrow.
Yeah, there are quite a few Marius people in South Africa, probably through the Dutch connection. This cousin is an accountant, but she named her kids quite imaginatively: Marius and Bianca. (Her name's Penelope, known as Penny and married to Bruce.)
Yeah, there are quite a few Marius people in South Africa, probably through the Dutch connection. This cousin is an accountant, but she named her kids quite imaginatively: Marius and Bianca. (Her name's Penelope, known as Penny and married to Bruce.)
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