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minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·edit-23 months agoIs the unit ‘one league’ used in LOTR (esp in elvish) the same as in our universe. Just asking as nobody here is questioning the units.
minus-squaresness@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 months agoYes. The books are all carefully translated from elvish and would have accounted for unit conversions.
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-23 months agoI thought they were written by Bilbo and Frodo in Westron and later ‘translated’ by Tolkien
minus-squareBearGun@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoYea that’s how i remember it
minus-squareNigelFrobisher@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoI remember asking my dad how far a league was when I first read the book, and then repeatedly questioning whether that could be right in the context of the writing.
Is the unit ‘one league’ used in LOTR (esp in elvish) the same as in our universe. Just asking as nobody here is questioning the units.
Yes. The books are all carefully translated from elvish and would have accounted for unit conversions.
I thought they were written by Bilbo and Frodo in Westron and later ‘translated’ by Tolkien
Yea that’s how i remember it
I remember asking my dad how far a league was when I first read the book, and then repeatedly questioning whether that could be right in the context of the writing.