To: stands2reason
Are you a book fan or just a movie fan? Movie fans would only know folk had two or so names... Book fans know more.
Gandalf, Mithrandir, The Grey Pilgrim, Stormcrow, Tharkun, Incanus
Aragorn, Strider, Elessar, Estel, Thorongil....
Tolkien had a thing about everything having four names minimum.
To: HairOfTheDog
Hmmm... I have an excuse for multiple names now! LOL
436 posted on
03/16/2004 3:46:46 PM PST by
Wneighbor
(Well the view looks better from ahead than it looks behind)
To: HairOfTheDog
I believe in many names. In fact I'm thinking of telling random strangers to call me Jen, Spammer Queen of Dooo-OOO-oom.
437 posted on
03/16/2004 3:54:16 PM PST by
JenB
To: HairOfTheDog
Oh yeah, I know what you're talking about. I didn't know what you meant by "Tolkien folk" I was thinking you meant Tolkien fans and I was lost...
Tolkien was a big-time onomatophile (I'm guessing at the Greek for "name-lover") and took great care in his name choices. Though he did go a little crazy on the number of them given to one person.
The etymology fits the names well-- "Bucca" is Old English for "buck" for example. And The "Eo" root on the names of Eowyn and Eomer comes from "Eoh" meaning "horse" in OE.
463 posted on
03/16/2004 4:20:17 PM PST by
stands2reason
("PEACE" is not pronounced "APPEASE.")
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