Mark Eddy Smith's Tolkien's Ordinary Virtues

Gildor · 08-24-2002, 07:25 PM

A couple of months ago I bought a little book called Tolkien's Ordinary Virtues. It reviews LOTR using a stairway approach with virtues as the steps, following the storyline, revealing values and relating them to Biblical ones.

I read it quickly and thoroughly enjoyed it. Has anyone else read it?

Ñólendil · 08-25-2002, 02:54 AM

I have not, but I wanted to inquire. What is a "stairwell" approach?

Gildor · 08-25-2002, 09:25 AM

Sorry. It was a spoonerism typed in haste. (With two teenagers in this family, my computer time is always rushed) I've fixed it now. (My husband said since we live in Oklahoma I should have called it a Soonerism.) I would emote, but I've forgotten how to program it. Imagine a smilie face.

Telperion · 08-31-2002, 12:20 PM

I would also like to know what a soonerism? spoonerism is. It sounds wierd

I have never heard of the book but it sounds interesting.

Gildor · 09-01-2002, 12:51 AM

A spoonerism is substituting one word for another or one phrase for another because you aren't really thinking...just typing quickly. Your mind reads it right, but it is a glaring error...usually obvious to anyone else who reads it. It can be a word, like substituting moonshine for moonlight...or (in sayings) "bright as a new nickle" or "a house of a different color". Twisted cliches work: like "a switch in time makes children polite" or "what goes up must .... make investors happy."
Any way, you get the idea. The University of Oklahoma has a team called the "sooners", and, in the States, people from Oklahoma are often called Sooners. (It has to do with Oklahoma history.) So a "soonerism" would be a spoonerism inflicted upon the world by a person from Oklahoma. Sometimes, we just can't help it. Sorry for all the confusion.

08-24-2002, 07:25 PM	#1
Gildor Hobbit Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: rural America Posts: 37	Mark Eddy Smith's Tolkien's Ordinary Virtues A couple of months ago I bought a little book called Tolkien's Ordinary Virtues. It reviews LOTR using a stairway approach with virtues as the steps, following the storyline, revealing values and relating them to Biblical ones. I read it quickly and thoroughly enjoyed it. Has anyone else read it? __________________ Yet such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere. Last edited by Gildor : 08-25-2002 at 09:19 AM.

08-25-2002, 02:54 AM	#2
Ñólendil Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: California Posts: 60,865	I have not, but I wanted to inquire. What is a "stairwell" approach? __________________ Falmon -- Dylan

08-25-2002, 09:25 AM	#3
Gildor Hobbit Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: rural America Posts: 37	Correction Sorry. It was a spoonerism typed in haste. (With two teenagers in this family, my computer time is always rushed) I've fixed it now. (My husband said since we live in Oklahoma I should have called it a Soonerism.) I would emote, but I've forgotten how to program it. Imagine a smilie face. __________________ Yet such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere.

08-31-2002, 12:20 PM	#4
Telperion Enting Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Calgary Posts: 78	Re: Correction I would also like to know what a soonerism? spoonerism is. It sounds wierd I have never heard of the book but it sounds interesting. __________________ Wherever you go, there you are. Aim for the stars, if you miss, you'll at least land on the moon! He who is made of air should not accuse the wind. My mind wanders. "Not all those who wander are lost." Therefore, my mind is not lost. Now, my question to those of you who doubt my sanity is this: How can someone who has not lost their mind be insane?

09-01-2002, 12:51 AM	#5
Gildor Hobbit Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: rural America Posts: 37	spoonerisms A spoonerism is substituting one word for another or one phrase for another because you aren't really thinking...just typing quickly. Your mind reads it right, but it is a glaring error...usually obvious to anyone else who reads it. It can be a word, like substituting moonshine for moonlight...or (in sayings) "bright as a new nickle" or "a house of a different color". Twisted cliches work: like "a switch in time makes children polite" or "what goes up must .... make investors happy." Any way, you get the idea. The University of Oklahoma has a team called the "sooners", and, in the States, people from Oklahoma are often called Sooners. (It has to do with Oklahoma history.) So a "soonerism" would be a spoonerism inflicted upon the world by a person from Oklahoma. Sometimes, we just can't help it. Sorry for all the confusion. __________________ Yet such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere.