#(GNSD = German Nordic Scandinavian & Dutch)

[borom1r]

I've always head-canon/referred to the language as Rohirric, just made sense in my mind, along the lines of Rohirrim-multiple people/nation, Rohir-singular person. I also use it to refer to anything cultural; a Rohirric poem/saga, a Rohirric wedding. Thoughts?

I tend to default to Rohirric = culture and Rohanese = language for no real reason other than Rohanese is the most documented term Tolkien used for the language in his notes, but at the same time even Tolkien went back and forth + other Tolkien scholars use Rohirric for the language so it really doesn’t matter— at the end of the day, use whatever sounds best to you!

(ultimately I do think Rohirric sounds better than Rohanese by a MILE and ik it’s more widely used in fandom so there’s that too lol)

#ive definitely gone back and forth/called the language ‘Rohirric’ bc it does sound better lmao #it’s also fundamentally upsetting to me how many resources are like ‘and here’s a list of Rohanese words :)’ and then it’s just the fucking #Old English. or ‘here’s a list of Westron words’ and it includes attested Rohanese words. I’m going to start throwing bricks #people cannot keep getting it this fucking wrong consistently I will start screaming. I will. #I need to go straight to the fucking source at this rate sir PLEASE #pspspspspspspsps ooooooooo I was a GNSD major ooooooo u wanna let me look at Tolkien’s notes so bad #(GNSD = German Nordic Scandinavian & Dutch)

[borom1r]

hi i saw you majored in german !!!! i wanted to ask what that was like, cuz im considering getting a minor in it (havent started it yet cuz i tested out of all of my unis german classes except for two of them)

oh it was a ton of fun! i think itll depend on what university yr at, my department was technically "German, Nordic, Scandinavian and Dutch" and you chose either "German" or "Nordic, Scandinavian and Dutch" as your focus lol— I wound up taking a ton of really interesting courses beyond the language. The big thing is there'll be Major/Minor work as part of a course so you receive actual credit

like, I took a course on the Holocaust that was a joint course between the German dept and the Jewish Studies dept and for Major credit I had to do some extra work in the language in addition to the regular coursework. It's usually a short essay or you can do your discussion posts in German, sth like that (discussion posts depend on how many German majors/minors are in the class). Also, if your department is like mine where the Germanic languages are lumped together, you might really enjoy the "NSD" side of GNSD. took a Scandinavian Crime Fiction class that was INCREDIBLE.

if you enjoy the language + tested out of most of the German language classes anyways I'd say it's def worth pursuing. I don't know if minors have to do any sort of capstone so I can't speak on that, but for majors at my university we had the option to take a 5000 level course and use our final paper as our capstone— so I got to use my final essay for a course on "War in German Media" as my capstone project, and that was incredibly fun too

#i feel like im exposing myself as a war buff. im really not lol #my DAD is tho #ANYWAYS gonna take a quick sec in the tags to say; to ANYONE. if you have the opportunity to take a course on the Holocaust fucking take it #idgaf how much you know abt WWII/that era. learn abt it in a structured academic setting and hear from actual fucking jewish voices #i cant express how grateful i am that i got to take one that was joint between the german + jewish studies dept. #it is a hard course to take but that is the point + with the wealth of antisemitic bullshit spreading online. take the opportunity to #educate yrself. #also gonna plug Belonging/Heimat by Nora Krug bc as sm1 who.. not necessarily MYSELF as much but watched my dad struggle w/ being german #+ well. the goddamn nazis. that book is a very powerful fuckin read. #ALSO GOTTA FUCKING UHHH PLUG #WESTFRONT 1918 #MY SINGLE FAVORITE WAR MOVIE OF ALL TIME. GOD I LOVE THAT FUCKING MOVIE ITS HORRIFIC ITS TRAGIC ITS BITTERLY FUCKING FUNNY #ask #its been a hot minute since i graduated lol but im always down to answer questions!