Except you know what? Years ago on the SFF-F newsgroup, you posted all about the horses that, iirc, might have been native to a Celtic region such as Middle Earth at the time, and you wrote about the ponies that were native to the Isles, and how they were strong, sturdy mounts, but not the sort of horse one thinks of when one thinks of war steeds. Rather small, in fact, so that they would not have the overall visual effect that a line of Shadowfax-like horses would have. So that when Theoden gave the order to charge, it would go something like,
"Forth, Aer Lingus!" ::pittypittypitty::
So now, every time I hear Theoden shout , "Forth, Aer Lingus!", a little voice in the back of my head whispers "Pittypittypitty."
O_o I was talking about the movie "The Vikings," which was filmed in Iceland, using Icelandics. No reference whatever to LOTR. But very very funny to watch.
Anglo-Saxons had more or less normal-sized horses. Though mostly their thing was boats. (Sam Gamgee would not approve.)
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Date: 2009-09-13 10:48 pm (UTC)"Forth, Aer Lingus!"
::pittypittypitty::
So now, every time I hear Theoden shout , "Forth, Aer Lingus!", a little voice in the back of my head whispers "Pittypittypitty."
I blame you for this.
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Date: 2009-09-13 10:52 pm (UTC)Anglo-Saxons had more or less normal-sized horses. Though mostly their thing was boats. (Sam Gamgee would not approve.)
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Date: 2009-09-13 10:55 pm (UTC)I still blame you.
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Date: 2009-09-13 10:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-13 11:01 pm (UTC)no subject
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