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Originally Posted by Puppetminion
You could steal the idea David Drake used in the Lord of the Isles series (which I think is based on authentic ... ?Sumerian? magical theory). The words are the whole of the spell, but because they are magic words they are mystically hard to say, if you don't have the discipline and power to cast the spell you simply can't force the words out. He explains it better.
So words = spell but you still need the skill.
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I could go with that, but I think Gandalf uses Sindarian to cast his fire spells. The Witch-king does use words in a long forgotten language to break apart the gates of Middle-earth though.