12-07-2002, 10:32 AM | #41 |
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If/when I have children I would love to name them Middle-Earthen names. not LOTR.... LOTR = too overused. But, poor kids, Imagine them in a class with a teacher trying to pronounce their name....
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12-08-2002, 03:58 PM | #42 |
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Glorfindel is quite cool.
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12-08-2002, 04:16 PM | #43 |
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Fëanor/Fëanaro
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12-13-2002, 01:11 PM | #44 |
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I just like Pippin and Frodo!
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06-20-2005, 07:58 AM | #45 |
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Whay too much lovely names to think of my favourite. Most of the Quenya names are cool - not just the sound of it, but also the meaning. I like Feanórë pretty much. Oh yeah, the spelling also counts for making a name cool Quenya looks pretty.
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06-20-2005, 08:35 PM | #46 |
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There are many lovely names in the books, but Glorfindel is my favorite. Was quite distressed when he was cut from the movie. Also like Eowyn a lot.
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06-23-2005, 01:05 PM | #47 |
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Don't mention that. He shouldn't have been cut out - makes me *frantically grabs hair*... so angry *supress a tantrum*.
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06-24-2005, 07:57 AM | #48 |
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Why do you like this Glorfindel-dude? He has done NOTHING of importance in his life. Why had he bothered to return from Mandos at all?
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06-27-2005, 05:12 AM | #49 |
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Because he was cool! And he actually bothered to venture out into the dangerous woods to find Frodo, not Arwen.
"Glorfindel was tall and straight; his hair was of shining gold, his face fair and young and fearless and full of joy; his eyes were bright and keen, and his voice like music; on his brow sat wisdom, and in his hand was strengh." - Fellowship of the Ring, book II, ch. I |
06-27-2005, 04:57 PM | #50 | |
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Yeah, I really like Glorfindel, esp. in the Fall of Gondolin story, but I'm not wild about his name. I just don't like the "glor" sound, for some reason. I like most of the names Tolkien came up with, tho, and I like how they hang together "ethnically" (how you can see a name and kind of tell the background of the person because of their language styles). I thought it was interesting how the elves coming from Valinor made Sindarin forms of their names because it was linguistically displeasing to them to not change -
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! Last edited by Rían : 06-27-2005 at 04:59 PM. |
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06-28-2005, 07:28 AM | #51 |
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Cool. Where did you get The Shibboleth of Fëanor?
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06-28-2005, 06:28 PM | #52 |
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The Shib is in the History of Middle Earth series, Vol. 12 (The Peoples of Middle Earth).
The HoME (History of Middle Earth) books are 12 books that JRRT's son, Christopher, put together. They consist of previously unpublished works by JRRT in various levels of finished-ness. They're a great read after you've read Hobbit, LOTR and the Sil - they give lots of fascinating background. There's a bunch that are just drafts of LOTR, which I don't have. The ones I really like are the ones that deal mostly with Elvish history: 10 - Morgoth's Ring 12 - The Peoples of Middle Earth 11 - The War of the Jewels 3 - The Lays of Beleriand 1 and 2 - The Book of Lost Tales, 1 and 2 I think there's a thread on the HoME series somewhere... go to your local bookstore and check them out!
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
06-30-2005, 11:06 AM | #53 |
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Oh, thanx. I've only read Vol. 3
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06-30-2005, 02:02 PM | #54 |
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If you're into Elvish stuff, you'll like the volumes I listed A lot of it is repeat stuff, but there's some great new stuff, too! Definitely worth getting, IMHO
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
07-01-2005, 01:02 PM | #55 |
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Well the only problem is that I have this thing for buying books. I don't like reading a book if its not mine. And right now, I really don't have the money to buy another series. I've thought of getting vol. I & II also, but not just yet.
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07-01-2005, 02:29 PM | #56 |
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I mean go to a bookstore and check them out to see if they're worth buying, IYO - I don't mean sit down and read the whole thing at a bookstore
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
07-05-2005, 02:47 PM | #57 |
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That won't work. I've only once (about a year ago) actually seen 4 of them in a book store. Thei're not in high demand - I'll have to order them.
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07-05-2005, 08:49 PM | #58 |
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yeah, there's usually only 1 copy of each in my Borders, if that ...
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
07-06-2005, 09:36 AM | #59 |
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Cool names? I like a lot of the names, especially the ones that have significant meaning: y'know, Wind in His Hair (he invented the first blow-dryer, you know), Stands with a Fist, Standing Room Only... Ooo, wrong tale. Okay, Middle-Earth, right. Yeah, so I like the ones that mean something (although I can't think of any right now- not been into Tolkien's stuff that much lately). Here's some I like off the top of my head, though:
Elbereth Findulias Niniel .... I. Am. Drawing. A. Blank. Where is my brain? Call me if you find it. It's grey, looks like everyone else's except it's about 0.01 the normal size. K?
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07-21-2005, 01:20 PM | #60 |
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To support my earlier assertion, I recently (maybe 4-5 months ago) named my car Ancalagon the Black.
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