the coolest name - Page 3

Sminty_Smeagol · 12-07-2002, 10:32 AM

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....

Alatariel

"Uh.... Al...Alter.....yell? Alteryell?"

Eothain · 12-08-2002, 03:58 PM

Glorfindel is quite cool.

Falagar · 12-08-2002, 04:16 PM

Fëanor/Fëanaro

Blackboar · 12-13-2002, 01:11 PM

I just like Pippin and Frodo!

Lenya · 06-20-2005, 07:58 AM

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.

cee2lee2 · 06-20-2005, 08:35 PM

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.

Lenya · 06-23-2005, 01:05 PM

Don't mention that. He shouldn't have been cut out - makes me *frantically grabs hair*... so angry *supress a tantrum*.

CrazySquirrel · 06-24-2005, 07:57 AM

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?

Lenya · 06-27-2005, 05:12 AM

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

***Rían*** · 06-27-2005, 04:57 PM

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 -

Quote:

from The Shibboleth of Fëanor
The changes from the Quenya names of the Ñoldor to Sindarin forms when they settled in Beleriand in Middle-Earth were on the other hand artificial and deliberate. They were made by the Ñoldor themselves. This was done because of the sensitiveness of the Eldar to languages and their styles. They felt it absurd and distasteful to call living persons who spoke Sindarin in daily life by names in quite a different linguistic mode.

The list of translations of names following this quote is really interesting to me.

Lenya · 06-28-2005, 07:28 AM

Cool. Where did you get The Shibboleth of Fëanor?

***Rían*** · 06-28-2005, 06:28 PM

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!

Lenya · 06-30-2005, 11:06 AM

Oh, thanx. I've only read Vol. 3

***Rían*** · 06-30-2005, 02:02 PM

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

Lenya · 07-01-2005, 01:02 PM

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.

***Rían*** · 07-01-2005, 02:29 PM

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

Lenya · 07-05-2005, 02:47 PM

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.

***Rían*** · 07-05-2005, 08:49 PM

yeah, there's usually only 1 copy of each in my Borders, if that ...

Rosie Gamgee · 07-06-2005, 09:36 AM

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?

Andúril · 07-21-2005, 01:20 PM

To support my earlier assertion, I recently (maybe 4-5 months ago) named my car Ancalagon the Black.

12-08-2002, 03:58 PM	#42
Eothain Enting Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 73	LOTR Glorfindel is quite cool. __________________ Where now the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright hair flowing? Where is the hand on the harpsting, and the red fire glowing? Where is the spring and the harvest and the tall corn growing? They have past like rain on the mountain, like a wind in the meadow; The days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow. Who shall gather the smoke of the dead wood burning, or behold the flowing years from the Sea returning? Frodo lives

12-08-2002, 04:16 PM	#43
Falagar Death of Mooters and [Entmoot] Internal Affairs Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 2,870	Fëanor/Fëanaro __________________ Fëanor - Innocence incarnated Still, Aikanáro 'till the Last battle.

06-28-2005, 06:28 PM	#52
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	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! __________________ . 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, 02:02 PM	#54
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	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 __________________ . 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, 02:29 PM	#56
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	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 __________________ . 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!

12-07-2002, 10:32 AM	#41
Sminty_Smeagol Manic Cardboard-Box Dweller Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In a house Posts: 1,071	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.... Alatariel "Uh.... Al...Alter.....yell? Alteryell?"

12-13-2002, 01:11 PM	#44
Blackboar Legolas's beloved sister and Queen of the Wood Elves of Mirkwood Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Under the hill at Bag-end, Hobbiton the Shire Or Rivendell,I can't remember!!!!!!!!!! Posts: 1,086	I just like Pippin and Frodo!

06-20-2005, 07:58 AM	#45
Lenya Elentári Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: South Africa Posts: 727	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.

06-20-2005, 08:35 PM	#46
cee2lee2 Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: 2nd star to the left..... Posts: 566	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.

06-23-2005, 01:05 PM	#47
Lenya Elentári Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: South Africa Posts: 727	Don't mention that. He shouldn't have been cut out - makes me frantically grabs hair... so angry supress a tantrum.

06-24-2005, 07:57 AM	#48
CrazySquirrel Shape-shifting, men-grabbing NAZGUL Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Mirkwood Posts: 796	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?

06-27-2005, 05:12 AM	#49
Lenya Elentári Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: South Africa Posts: 727	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

06-28-2005, 07:28 AM	#51
Lenya Elentári Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: South Africa Posts: 727	Cool. Where did you get The Shibboleth of Fëanor?

06-30-2005, 11:06 AM	#53
Lenya Elentári Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: South Africa Posts: 727	Oh, thanx. I've only read Vol. 3

07-01-2005, 01:02 PM	#55
Lenya Elentári Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: South Africa Posts: 727	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.

07-05-2005, 02:47 PM	#57
Lenya Elentári Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: South Africa Posts: 727	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.

07-05-2005, 08:49 PM	#58
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	yeah, there's usually only 1 copy of each in my Borders, if that ... __________________ . 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
Rosie Gamgee The Lovely Hobbit-Lass Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bounded in a nut-shell Posts: 1,593	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? __________________ It's New Years Day, just like the day before; Same old skies of grey, same empty bottles on the floor. Another year's gone by, and I was thinking once again, How can I take this losing hand and somehow win? Just give me One Good Year To get my feet back on the ground. I've been chasing grace; Grace ain't so easily found One bad hand can devil a man, chase him and carry him down. I've got to get out of here, just give me One Good Year!

07-21-2005, 01:20 PM	#60
Andúril The Original Corruptor Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,881	To support my earlier assertion, I recently (maybe 4-5 months ago) named my car Ancalagon the Black.

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