02-04-2002, 06:17 PM | #61 |
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I feel a little better.....
Then again, my middle name is Rose, so that's OK.....For those who don't know, Rose = Rosie Cotton, the hobbit Sam marries back in the Shire...
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02-04-2002, 06:54 PM | #62 |
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You sure have to consider how the kid would feel with a name out of Lord of the Rings, especially if it were Mithrandir or Denethor or, clutch the pearls, Bilbo! Can you imagine the little kid's peers getting hold of a name like Frodo or Bilbo or Ghan-buri-Ghan??
However, there are a couple of names one could use and not be ridiculed, such as Elanor or Sam or Bill. It's tough on a kid having a name which is easy to ridicule, I'd hate to make life harder. Sort of like "A Boy Named Sue". However, considering how I feel about children at this advanced age, I'd probably coin the example of a previous poster and call 'em Grishnakh Ugluk or Snaga Shagrat.
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02-06-2002, 09:27 PM | #63 |
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i agree with bropous, and in agreement with earlier posts, i'd have to say that if you WERE going to give your child a name from LOTR or tolkien, perhaps it would be best to make it their middle name(s)!
problem is, i don't like any boring names that children wouldn't be ridiculed for. two other favourite names of mine are valida and antianara - amazonian queen and warrior. so tolkienian or no, my kids will hate their names |
02-07-2002, 01:00 AM | #64 |
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But a lot of the names are really pretty. Dwarf names would be almost as bad as Orc names though. Still, not all would sound too odd:
Merry & Pippin are both very nice Eowyn Lobelia Galadriel Estel Really, I would love to have a name like that. At least it's not your every day Tom and Bob.
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02-07-2002, 01:21 AM | #65 |
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I have an odd name, and because of it I have gone through a lot of ridicule (but trust me, it has to do with medication, of all things)
I used to hate it, but I like it now. HINT: My name is the female version of a musical term.
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02-07-2002, 04:18 AM | #66 |
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erm, harmony? melody? *shrugs*
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02-07-2002, 12:00 PM | #67 |
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Allegra?
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02-07-2002, 01:05 PM | #68 |
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Aria? Opera? Muse? Give a hint!
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02-07-2002, 01:14 PM | #69 |
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Oh, Starr Polish...
Coda, Nota, Mandolina, Cella, Pianissima, Symphonia, Concertina, G-Cleffa, And-a-one, And-a-two-a, Breva, Forta, Crescenda, or Decrescenda, maybe?
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02-07-2002, 01:55 PM | #70 |
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LOL
Maestra then? or Doremi? |
02-07-2002, 01:58 PM | #71 |
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YES, YES, YES!!!
LOOK, LOOK I'M AN ELVEN WARRIOR!!! I MADE IT!!! WOOHOOOOO!! YES!!!!
although elven warrioress would probably be more acurate, or even elven worrier would suffice... Ah, now I'm a happy camper... |
02-08-2002, 12:55 AM | #72 |
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Staccatoa? Marcatoa? Andanta? Accentine? Wait . . . it has to do with medication and it's the female version of a musical term? What??!!
P.S. Has anyone here ever played/heard the concert piece called "Hobbits"?
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02-08-2002, 01:01 AM | #73 |
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Vanimdil guessed correctly
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02-08-2002, 01:21 AM | #74 |
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Wow, cool! A medication, and a musical term. It all makes sense now.
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02-08-2002, 07:32 PM | #75 |
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Now you see why I hated it a few years ago...gah, it took awhile for people to stop calling me "fexofenedine"
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02-08-2002, 10:37 PM | #76 |
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I think it's pretty. It's nice having an unusual name, that way you don't get confused with other people.
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02-09-2002, 06:18 AM | #77 |
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WTF? i must be really stupid, because i have no idea what the HELL "allegra" has to do with medication!
incidentally, i think it's quite a nice name! it's not very common, although it's not extremely bizarre, either. |
02-10-2002, 05:06 PM | #78 |
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Allegra is an allergy medication.
I think it's a pretty name, Starr Polish!
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02-10-2002, 06:29 PM | #79 |
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Thank you! It is nice to have a different name then someone else, but I did meet someone with my name once, in Kansas City...how odd!
I love unusual names, and my kids are going to hate me for at least a little while because of their names...I'm lucky though, my sister was almost named Sky Blue (insert last name here), but my dad woudln't hear of it! I have contemplated naming my first daughter Arwen...I think that is SUCH a pretty name. Maybe I'd spell it Arwyn. ::shrug::
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02-13-2002, 06:11 AM | #80 |
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Sky Blue? Now that's a VERY unusual name! Maybe if you translate it to Elfish....
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