Can there be a "too much Middle-Earth fan"

That was a bit scary.

Hmmm well I think that if you want to learn fiction languages then so be it! If it interests you then that's a good enough reason to learn it even if it isn't used. Personally though I could never be bothered to learn a language that I will never use, but I don't even like languages as it is in school it just ain't my thing! I much prefer sciences and all that..oh but i love history! ok sorry i'm blabbin' again!

LOL...I'll be out of this discussion. I enjoy reading Exa's profound thoughts on this. She can handle it herself. She kicks ass. 😂 😉

Let me just say something:

Originally posted by Exabyte
Death, death is the most important part of life, we just never live long enough to get to enjoy it 😐

I still think it's scary. lol

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Originally posted by Mandos
I still think it's scary.

Just accept it Mandos, that different people have their own interests and varying magnitude of appreciation and response for those things. Save yourself from all the headache and freakiness. ✅

No, there can never be enough 🙂

The world is not enought. (Sorry wrong movie) 😂

And by the way shadowy_blue, I am perfectly ok with other people's perspective.

Originally posted by Mandos
And by the way shadowy_blue, I am perfectly ok with other people's perspective.

... but I still think learning elf language is useless. Knowing it won't get you a job 😂

thats true, but reading the books won't get you a job either and i'm assuming you've done that!! 😆

How did you know? 😕

i know... everything 😏 🙄

Originally posted by Mandos
... but I still think learning elf language is useless. Knowing it won't get you a job 😂

We learn languages not just to get a job. I don't know what to tell you, Mandos. Exa explicated the matter in a terrific way. You have to learn not just the "useful" things. Otherwise, maybe you should just stop reading any kind of literature or watch movies? They don't help you to get a job. 🙄

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Originally posted by Mandos
... but I still think learning elf language is useless. Knowing it won't get you a job

Loving something will hardly ever get you a job
I'd rather drown in Eldarin etymology and risk being unemployed for this than having to work in some job that doesn't interest me just for the money with the consequence of not finding the time to enjoy the subtly structured deliciousness of Ardean linguistics I think 😐
But ok, everybody has their personal interests laughing

Originally posted by shadowy_blue
Otherwise, maybe you should just stop reading any kind of literature or watch movies? They don't help you to get a job.

OK, bad example, but what if your boss tells you what language you know, you better not say elvish. Elvish might be interesting to some people, but it's very useless.

Do you really think that the people who try to learn Elvish only do Elvish? 😐

Heads up. Most of the people who learn Elvish are already multilingual even before they learn the former. Exa as an example, knows more or less 7 freakin' languages. I try to learn Elvish, and I can speak 3 other languages. Some other "masters" of Elvish can speak Latin, or French, etc.

I speak french, spanish, english and a little bit of latin...

And elvish is U...S...E...L...E...S...S...

I'm sooooooo evil!
(Sorry for double-post)

You have to get over this, Mandos.

If it brings you enjoyment and it harms neither yourself nor others, then it doesn't matter if it's useless for you or not. What more reason do you need? Why should anyone object?

I mean look at the typical person's hobby of sitting in front of the TV watching American Idol. At least at the completion of your hobby you'll be able to speak Elvish. What do they have? A headache and an irrational anger triggered by British accents because they liked the last guy Simon Cowell made cry.

Nobody has ever asked me why I eat ice cream. Isn't it a waste of time to eat ice cream? Why, what is it useful for? Fruit is a more useful and healthy thing to eat, but ice cream? If anyone ever asked me why I eat ice cream, I should reply: "Why...because I like to eat it. It's enjoyable."

May I ask you why (if ever you're doing these) you watch ball games or go to Nascar races or does embroidery or collects beetles or does whatever "useless" entertainment you enjoy?

And a waste of time? Sorry Mandos but I really think it's none of your business. Also, time is always being wasted inevitably, whether you learn Elvish or not. Moreover, it is there for us to waste. Not YOURS.