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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Is the unit 'one league' used in LOTR (esp in elvish) the same as in our universe. Just asking as nobody here is questioning the units.

[–] sness 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yes. The books are all carefully translated from elvish and would have accounted for unit conversions.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I thought they were written by Bilbo and Frodo in Westron and later 'translated' by Tolkien

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Yea that's how i remember it

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I remember asking my dad how far a league was when I first read the book, and then repeatedly questioning whether that could be right in the context of the writing.