Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Corrections and Clarifications

Because I'm still learning how to do live radio, I made a few slip-ups in this story on Here and Now on NPR. None majorly significant, I think, but I just wanted to correct that I knew Unfinished Tales was published in 1980, not 1983. Also, the request to "speak Elvish" threw me for a loop, so the pronunciation probably wasn't perfect.

I also wanted to correct This St. Petersburg Times piece. I must have been unclear to the reporter, because, although I have corresponded with Christopher Tolkien (with regard to Beowulf and the Critics, it is not at all accurate to say that I have "long corresponded with him." Not unless you define "long" and "corresponded" in some very weird way. And I think he is now 83, not 82.

Hopefully I will get the second half of my review finished later.
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2 comments:

Rodrigo Jaroszewski said...

Your Elvish is not so bad, but I like your Anglo-Saxon better. :)

But, honestly, it was comprehensible, due to the time pressure. Not that I consider myself a measure for excellence -- far from that --, but I find myself doing most of the mistakes you've made when I'm reading in English and find something in Elvish in the way. When speaking on my native-tongue (Portuguese), the issue is different: rampant nasalization of vowels preceding N and M. There's just not enough Elvish lines stringed one after the other for a decent practice. :(

Fortunately, in what really mattered, you were flawless.

P.S.: Could I kindly suggest that you put the title of the text on the title box when you're writing? Michael Martinez would be a better coach when it comes to internet, but doing this makes your content easier to find by users and search engines. Your blog's too good to be hidden.

12:59 AM
Unknown said...

Must say i loved your reading a lot at "Here and Now"-- The passage you picked was brilliant. :D

12:13 AM

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