No, the smiley made me wonder. I don't know your sense of humor yet.
When I saw the game being given away here, I thought, "Cool. The developers used 'Dwarves' instead of 'Dwarfs', like Tolkien did.
Then I looked it up, to make sure I was remembering it right, and found that article. I always thought that Tolkien used "dwarves" to distinguish his characters from real, non-fictional humans with dwarfism. But finding that letter from Tolkien to his publisher indicates that it was an oversight on Tolkien's part, one that he had resigned himself to accepting rather than going through the pains of publishing a corrected version of Lord of the Rings, and one that was quite ironic for someone of his linguistic proficiency to have made.
So, I said that the linked article was tangential (related to the game), not germane (related to the posters or the Olympics).
the first image looks like an old pack of colgate toothpaste :P
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Yes, you're right! ^^
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If that was a thing they did, I would but boxes of it. Haha
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Tangentially related, if not germane.
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I don't get what you're talking about? :)
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Are you joking again?
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No. Did I type something wrong?
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No, the smiley made me wonder. I don't know your sense of humor yet.
When I saw the game being given away here, I thought, "Cool. The developers used 'Dwarves' instead of 'Dwarfs', like Tolkien did.
Then I looked it up, to make sure I was remembering it right, and found that article. I always thought that Tolkien used "dwarves" to distinguish his characters from real, non-fictional humans with dwarfism. But finding that letter from Tolkien to his publisher indicates that it was an oversight on Tolkien's part, one that he had resigned himself to accepting rather than going through the pains of publishing a corrected version of Lord of the Rings, and one that was quite ironic for someone of his linguistic proficiency to have made.
So, I said that the linked article was tangential (related to the game), not germane (related to the posters or the Olympics).
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Oooh, I didn't even reflect on what game it was. ^^ Now I get it.
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Yay, Holland!
It's weird; the first poster uses 'spiele' which isn't correct Dutch and I doubt it was in 1928.
I have the second poster on a drinking glass.
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It may be a german version of the poster.
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I thought German too at first but then I wondered if it shouldn't be "Olympischer" in German but my German sucks.
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Too long since I studied german, so I wouldn't know either. :)
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It is "Olympische" in german.
No "r" because it's plural for games. So: "Die Spiele"
Btw, "the game" would be "das Spiel" so no "r" either :D
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Ah, thanks!
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