Thread:Aramirtheranger/@comment-27097330-20160729224639/@comment-26347028-20160813191634

ChazmanianDevil wrote: Maltalidenta Kwuitidherali wrote: ChazmanianDevil wrote: Maltalidenta Kwuitidherali wrote: Originally Quendya = Calaquendi found it Originally Sindarin = Númenorë, Gondor, etc. found it Originally English = (old) Rohan, (common tongue) Hobbits

99% of stuff was found by Númenorë, and probably about 1% of lands that were named as things not by their natives. Take Harad. "South" in Sindarin. Take Rhûn. "East" in Sindarin. Everything in Sindarin is quite literal, and probably about 99% of stuff is originally named in Sindarin. If my belief is correct that the land of of the sun is the other side of Valinor then it seems rather unlikely that the Numenoreans would have been the ones to discover and name it, as the Valar would not have let them come that close to Valinor. And if they didn't go that way? Anyway, Aman was removed in favour of the land put there, so you require your entirely weird theory for that. Seriously. Possible, but improbable in my mind. I already told you my theory explaining it. And you're opinion is as much a theory as mine, albeit a more widely accepted one. Since the greatest lore-keepers are the only authority on this, I think we can safely say it's not simply just acceptance. While, yes, Argumentum ab Auctoritate is a fallacy, all that really means is I'm questioning the authority the subject matter has on the issue in question. In the case of the Elves, it's clear enough that they have rather good authority on this. A coverup of this magnitude seems entirely unlikely.