Clueless in Middle Earth (WAS LOTR movie)

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "blpurdom" <blpurdom at y...> wrote:

> Does this mean JRRT based Elvish on Welsh?  Since Welsh is one of 
> the Brythonic languages, that would make a certain amount of sense, 
> I suppose.  

In one of his essays, Tolkien said something like often people 
have the experience of encountering one language that, as soon as 
they hear it and even tho' they don't understand a word, seems to 
be the most beautiful language possible, and that English people very 
often have this experience with the Welsh language. Thus, it would 
make a lot of sense for him to have based the sounds of Elvish on the 
sounds of Welsh.