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Digital Tolkien Project @DigitalTolkien

A scholarly project focused on Tolkien from a corpus linguistic and digital humanities perspective. Tweets by James Tauber (@jtauber)

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Digital Tolkien Project@DigitalTolkien
4 Sep 2024
A Tolkien starter pack for people moving to Bluesky! go.bsky.app/PwWWP6z
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I’m thrilled the Christopher Tolkien Centenary Conference is virtual for the accessibility (not just for attendees but also many of the speakers) but I’m sad I’m not going to get to hang out with the speakers in person!
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It’s funny that any attempt to relate the show to differing details in the books is seen by some people as an excuse to pile on criticism of the show and by other people as me being overly pedantic.
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It’s an Old Norse name (incidentally given in The Hobbit first draft to the leader of the Dwarves first before being reassigned to the wizard
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And Tolkien later retconned that Old Norse was used because it represented the language of the Men of the Dale (or more broadly Men of the North) much like Old English represented the language of the Rohirrim.
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The thing about people naming him Gandalf is, in Tolkien’s wonderful linguistic retcon, it really only makes sense in the context of the Men of Dale.
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Back to working on the FOTR text annotations on our rimbë platform.
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Between @RobinPropst and I, character presence got annotated for LR 1.06 and LR 1.12
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I wonder if we'll get introduced to Athelas in a later ROP season. Aragorn says in cite.digitaltolkien.com/LR/1… that Athelas was introduced to Middle-earth by the Men of the West and by the late Third Age it only grew "near places where they dwelt or camped of old".

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Thoughts on Tolkien@tolkienthoughts
6 Oct 2024
Just a reminder for those interested: if you want to receive new blog posts by email, you can subscribe here: thoughtsontolkien.wordpress.…

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Thinking and writing about Tolkien’s life and works. You can follow me on social media if you are interested:X/Twitter: @TolkienThoughtsBluesky: @TolkienThoughts.bsky.social Instagram: @Tolki…

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Thoughts on Tolkien@tolkienthoughts
6 Oct 2024
My new post explores the evolution of one of Tolkien’s earliest poems. thoughtsontolkien.wordpress.…
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Bryan Simpson@dragalthor
5 Oct 2024
If you’re a fan of #Tolkien you don’t want to miss this awesome event. The line-up of speakers is extraordinary including, but not limited to, @AranelParmadil @MenelRond @DigitalTolkien @Dr_Dimitra_Fimi and so many more.
Tolkien Society
@TolkienSociety
5 Oct 2024
On Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th November we are hosting the Christopher #Tolkien Centenary Conference, in honour of Christopher's life and works. The event is online, free to attend and open to all. Sign up and check out the speaker list on our website tolkiensociety.org/events/ch…
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The Wonder of Tolkien
@TolkienWonder
5 Oct 2024
I had so much fun talking with @DigitalTolkien ! Had to start out our conversation with this surprising and fun fact about his Tolkien collection 👀🤯 Watch the whole conversation here: shorturl.at/1CmIb
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Anyway, if you missed it, here’s my chat with @TolkienWonder from yesterday…
The Wonder of Tolkien
@TolkienWonder
4 Oct 2024
Replying to @TolkienWonder
Thanks so much @DigitalTolkien ! I had so much fun and learned so much. You can watch it all here... Enjoy friends. youtu.be/Qgc6xg1sfOQ?si=eIx8…
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The funniest abuse I get here is an accusation I haven’t read the books or am not a Tolkien fan.
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I'll probably start my analyses in late November (too many other things to work on first!)
Bear McCreary 🐻🎶@bearmccreary
4 Oct 2024
Delve deeper into Middle-earth: All 8 individual albums for each episode of #TheLordoftheRings #TheRingsofPower Season 2 are STREAMING NOW on all platforms. (Featuring exclusive bonus tracks, including trailers and concert suites!) 🤘🏼🐻💍
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The Wonder of Tolkien
@TolkienWonder
4 Oct 2024
This never gets old: having fun conversations with good friends about the stories I love! Watch here: shorturl.at/1CmIb
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The Wonder of Tolkien
@TolkienWonder
4 Oct 2024
Had a wonderful conversation today with James from Digital Tolkien! It premiers today at 1:30pm. We nerd out for almost an hour on how he got into Tolkien, the wonder of words and the tools he is creating for scholars and fans alike!
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The Wonder of Tolkien
@TolkienWonder
4 Oct 2024
Thanks so much @DigitalTolkien ! I had so much fun and learned so much. You can watch it all here... Enjoy friends. youtu.be/Qgc6xg1sfOQ?si=eIx8…

Tolkien and the Love of Words | Interview with James Tauber

Today we have a wonderful conversation with a new friend; James Tau...

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Colin Gorrie
@colingorrie
4 Oct 2024
People often ask me, “Why did you write a story about a talking bear?” It's a fair question... most language textbooks are rather dry affairs. Ōsweald Bera is something else entirely. "Well, Colin, explain yourself!" Ok, so... colingorrie.substack.com/p/h…
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I hope the ROP S2 writers not continuing are moving on by choice. I really thought they did an incredible job this season.
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So excited! About to record!
The Wonder of Tolkien
@TolkienWonder
3 Oct 2024
I get the honor of having a fun conversation with my friend James from @DigitalTolkien tomorrow! We're going to nerd out on Tolkien, words, History of Middle-earth, ROP and more! Drop a question you would love to ask below! Excited to share it with you this weekend!
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