Monday, March 15, 2010

Weak, in J.R.R. Tolkien's words

The Quenya words for weak (or frail) are milya (soft, gentle, weak), nimpë (small; small & frail), and nípa (small; small & frail).

The Sindarin words for weak (or frail) are mîw (small, tiny, frail) and nimp (small and frail).

Today is the Ides of March. Ides is a day in the Roman calendar that marked the approximate middle of the month. Ides is the 15th day of the months of March, May, July, and October, and the 13th day of the other months. Julius Caesar was warned to "beware the Ides of March".

If I make an Illunse calendar, I'm not sure what I'm going to do. In a Roman month there is Kalends, Nones, and Ides plus an eight-day market week. Oh my.

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