tolkienlanguages1-1 Exercise 3: Trusting a Tattoo Phrase ========================================================= A sample answer. 1. Which language is it, Quenya or Sindarin? A phrase must not mix them. 2. Did Tolkien publish the words, or were some invented by a fan? Is each word in his published material or his edited notes? 3. Which period does the form come from? Tolkien revised his languages, so a form from one decade may not match the grammar of another. Also useful: ask a source that cites where each word comes from, and have someone who knows the language check the grammar.