Do YOUR friends frustrate you? - Page 7

Lalaith · 04-13-2003, 05:13 AM

Quote:

On topic: What frustrates me even more is other Mooters spelling character's names wrong.

Me too, but I guess that happens sometimes by mistake.

Aralyn · 04-16-2003, 10:56 PM

My mom always says "Elvis" instead of "Elvish" and my dad says the names wrong to annoy me.
I also get
Legless
Argon
The wizard guy
The hoppit

OH well we Tolkien people just have to bear up and feel sorry for all the poor souls who don't know what they're missing

Lalaith · 04-17-2003, 04:47 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Aralyn
My mom always says "Elvis" instead of "Elvish" and my dad says the names wrong to annoy me.
I also get
Legless
Argon
The wizard guy
The hoppit

OH well we Tolkien people just have to bear up and feel sorry for all the poor souls who don't know what they're missing

People always think that I'm a Frodo/Elijah Wood fan just because I love LotR. Annoying.

Aralyn · 04-17-2003, 08:49 AM

KNow what you mean,

"Oh So your an Orlanda Bloom fan?"

"Um no and it's Orlando."

or

"The guys in that movie are so hot. Who do youlike?"

"Well actually I just kinda like the movie."

Indril Anarion · 04-17-2003, 07:30 PM

my dad always calls Frodo: "Photo"
I can't stand it...

My friends almost never can get the characters and their names in order...weird...Like I get: "Who was that guy...you know the guy in love with the girl elf...but he wasn't an elf?"

Frustration!!!!!!

TopazJedi · 04-18-2003, 09:38 PM

You know, i was just thinking about it, and despite the fact that a bunch of people still get the names wrong, think how much worse it would be if PJ hadn't made the movies. A lot of people wouldn't even know anything about LOTR if it weren't for the movies. At least you can be talking about Legolas and they say "Is that the hot elf dude" instead of "who the heck are you talking about, why are you obsessing over Lord of the rings, its just a book"

Lalaith · 04-19-2003, 05:37 AM

Talking about my dumb cousin.
Christmas 2001. FotR had just started in cinemas.
We were sitting together and I had my LotR books with me. And he said: LotR, never heard of it!
The movie didn't help.
The movie did help finding new Tolkien haters, I guess.

Elvellyn · 04-19-2003, 03:21 PM

I watched FotR with my little brother and sister the other day. It was horrible.

Bro: Who's that?

Me: That's Aragorn.

Sis: Is he a black rider?

Me: NO.

Bro: Is he Sharon?

Me: Sharon?

Bro: You know the bad guy...Saddam?

Me: AHHHHHHH!

Sis: Who's that?

Me: That's Legolas.

Sis: Oooh. He's hot. Is he a black rider?

Me: Oh my gosh.

My brother and sister are 10 and 7 respectively.

Bombadillo · 04-19-2003, 04:31 PM

Hahahaha. I know how you feel. I watched the Fellowship with my little bro a while ago. For some reason he always zones out during every movie, so he still doesn't know anybody's name or if they're good or bad. And I can't convince him that Galadriel is on the good side friggin Peter Jackson or that Borimir and Aragorn aren't brothers, and neither are Gandalf and Saruman, and he still thinks that Gollum and Smeagol are 2 separate people who travel together and hate each other and he can't figure out why they don't split up. Some people...

Elf Girl · 04-19-2003, 09:40 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Elvellyn
Bro: Who's that?

Me: That's Aragorn.

Sis: Is he a black rider?

Me: NO.

Bro: Is he Sharon?

Me: Sharon?

Bro: You know the bad guy...Saddam?

Me: AHHHHHHH!

Sis: Who's that?

Me: That's Legolas.

Sis: Oooh. He's hot. Is he a black rider?

Me: Oh my gosh.

Bombadillo: Well technically, you could call Gandalf and Saruman brothers...

Linaewen · 04-20-2003, 07:41 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Aralyn
My mom always says "Elvis" instead of "Elvish" and my dad says the names wrong to annoy me.
I also get
Legless
Argon
The wizard guy
The hoppit

OH well we Tolkien people just have to bear up and feel sorry for all the poor souls who don't know what they're missing

I know! When my cousin was staying here recently (He got very annoyed because every time we went online I used to hover around, waiting for him to get off so I could go on my 'Ent-Moot'), we were going to do a LotR play type thing. But I was forced to settle on a LotR parody, because my sister and him could not get over having a 'Legless' character.

Aralyn · 04-23-2003, 08:39 PM

Um hello if you've seen the movie it is so not the same as the book!!! I'm a TOLKIEN fan not a PETER JACKSON fan!!
Some people do not get it.
I had someone tell me the book is tupid an HP is better. He's incredibly lucky I don't kill him

Lalaith · 04-24-2003, 02:16 PM

when I told a friend that I'll learn Quenya, she said that she thinks that Quenya is a language for people in a sect.

Aralyn · 04-25-2003, 11:02 AM

Get stuff like that too. I mess up a Spanish sentence and someone undoubtedly says it's cause I spend too much time with my Tengwar
And you get those people who just roll their eyes as if we're to stupid to comprehend

Bombadillo · 04-25-2003, 03:17 PM

I get really bad grades in algebra cause I've been reading RotK in the back of class. FOr some reason I'm hearing about it from all the other students. But it's none of their business. People are really annoying, especcially when they're so goody-goody.

Anglorfin · 04-28-2003, 10:54 PM

From now on when people ask me who my favorite LotR character is I say somebody obscure like Elladan and Elrohir or Dain Ironfoot. That way I can distinguish between those that have read Tolkien and those that haven't and then carry the discussion in a direction that suits me. Usually if it's a person that has no idea who Dain is I tend to smile and walk away.

It also irks me when people mispronounce Celeborn; saying "Seleborn" instead of "Keleborn". I thought of all the pronunciation things that the "C" pronounced as "K" would be one of the easiest to remember.

Elvellyn · 04-28-2003, 11:47 PM

I got these from watching FotR with my brother and sister.

Sauron-Sairooms
Saddam
Saran
Sharon

Nazgul- Napon?

Arwen- Urwen
Liv Tyler

Gandalf- Gilmore?

The Liv Tyler one was my persona favorite.

Bombadillo · 04-29-2003, 01:25 AM

Gilmore!? Hahahaha... oh that's terrible.

Yeah my friend was telling me he just started reading LotR, and he was on page 44. I went over his house yesterday and found his book so I looked in it, and I found out he had only read the info pages and the 40-page foreward.

The Dunadan · 07-01-2003, 05:58 PM

ok my stupid friend says gollum is like stupid jar jar binks from star wars. gollum is not at all annoying.

Ruinel · 07-04-2003, 12:55 AM

I don't get annoyed when they mispronounce the names. I just correct them.

What DOES annoy me, though, is when my friends tell me they are concerned seeing all the Tolkien books in my house and saying I'm obsessed with Tolkien's works.

Sheesh! Do I say anything about all the freakin' Grisham books laying around their homes?

04-16-2003, 10:56 PM	#122
Aralyn FloraAzul Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Anywhere as long as there is a library in a one mile radius of here Posts: 751	My mom always says "Elvis" instead of "Elvish" and my dad says the names wrong to annoy me. I also get Legless Argon The wizard guy The hoppit OH well we Tolkien people just have to bear up and feel sorry for all the poor souls who don't know what they're missing __________________ Atheism: A Non-Prophet Organization Yet many shall be amazed when they see Him-yes even far off foreign nations and thier kings; they shall stand dumb-founded, speechless in his prescence. For they shall see and understand what they had not seen before-Isaiah 52:15a Civil War- 498,332 dead WWI-116,708 dead WWII-407,316 dead Korean War-54,246 dead Vietnam War-58,665 dead Persian Gulf-372 dead War on The Unborn=35,000,000 dead and counting

04-17-2003, 08:49 AM	#124
Aralyn FloraAzul Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Anywhere as long as there is a library in a one mile radius of here Posts: 751	KNow what you mean, "Oh So your an Orlanda Bloom fan?" "Um no and it's Orlando." or "The guys in that movie are so hot. Who do youlike?" "Well actually I just kinda like the movie." __________________ Atheism: A Non-Prophet Organization Yet many shall be amazed when they see Him-yes even far off foreign nations and thier kings; they shall stand dumb-founded, speechless in his prescence. For they shall see and understand what they had not seen before-Isaiah 52:15a Civil War- 498,332 dead WWI-116,708 dead WWII-407,316 dead Korean War-54,246 dead Vietnam War-58,665 dead Persian Gulf-372 dead War on The Unborn=35,000,000 dead and counting

04-17-2003, 07:30 PM	#125
Indril Anarion Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: My heart is forever in Mirkwood Posts: 429	my dad always calls Frodo: "Photo" I can't stand it... My friends almost never can get the characters and their names in order...weird...Like I get: "Who was that guy...you know the guy in love with the girl elf...but he wasn't an elf?" Frustration!!!!!! __________________ I'm a Jesus Freak and proud of it... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to do is decide what to do with the time that is given to us." -Gandalf, FOTR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Nobody tosses a Dwarf." - Gimli, FOTR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Save Ferris!!!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My true Elven name is Idril Anarion, but I misspelled in the username, and now I can't fix it... Oh, well...now you know... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don't be afraid of death....Be afraid of the unlived life- Tuck Everlasting

04-18-2003, 09:38 PM	#126
TopazJedi Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Imladris Posts: 105	You know, i was just thinking about it, and despite the fact that a bunch of people still get the names wrong, think how much worse it would be if PJ hadn't made the movies. A lot of people wouldn't even know anything about LOTR if it weren't for the movies. At least you can be talking about Legolas and they say "Is that the hot elf dude" instead of "who the heck are you talking about, why are you obsessing over Lord of the rings, its just a book" __________________ Your cursor is magically drawn to my smiley

04-19-2003, 05:37 AM	#127
Lalaith The Elvish Temptress Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 3,055	Talking about my dumb cousin. Christmas 2001. FotR had just started in cinemas. We were sitting together and I had my LotR books with me. And he said: LotR, never heard of it! The movie didn't help. The movie did help finding new Tolkien haters, I guess. __________________ What I am and what I would are as secret as maidenhead.

04-19-2003, 03:21 PM	#128
Elvellyn The Redneck Elf Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: In a house Posts: 539	I watched FotR with my little brother and sister the other day. It was horrible. Bro: Who's that? Me: That's Aragorn. Sis: Is he a black rider? Me: NO. Bro: Is he Sharon? Me: Sharon? Bro: You know the bad guy...Saddam? Me: AHHHHHHH! Sis: Who's that? Me: That's Legolas. Sis: Oooh. He's hot. Is he a black rider? Me: Oh my gosh. My brother and sister are 10 and 7 respectively. __________________ Oliphants make great pets.

04-19-2003, 04:31 PM	#129
Bombadillo "The Bomb" Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: all over the place Posts: 1,601	Hahahaha. I know how you feel. I watched the Fellowship with my little bro a while ago. For some reason he always zones out during every movie, so he still doesn't know anybody's name or if they're good or bad. And I can't convince him that Galadriel is on the good side friggin Peter Jackson or that Borimir and Aragorn aren't brothers, and neither are Gandalf and Saruman, and he still thinks that Gollum and Smeagol are 2 separate people who travel together and hate each other and he can't figure out why they don't split up. Some people... __________________ Could it be that one path to enlightenment leads through insanity?

04-23-2003, 08:39 PM	#132
Aralyn FloraAzul Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Anywhere as long as there is a library in a one mile radius of here Posts: 751	Um hello if you've seen the movie it is so not the same as the book!!! I'm a TOLKIEN fan not a PETER JACKSON fan!! Some people do not get it. I had someone tell me the book is tupid an HP is better. He's incredibly lucky I don't kill him __________________ Atheism: A Non-Prophet Organization Yet many shall be amazed when they see Him-yes even far off foreign nations and thier kings; they shall stand dumb-founded, speechless in his prescence. For they shall see and understand what they had not seen before-Isaiah 52:15a Civil War- 498,332 dead WWI-116,708 dead WWII-407,316 dead Korean War-54,246 dead Vietnam War-58,665 dead Persian Gulf-372 dead War on The Unborn=35,000,000 dead and counting

04-24-2003, 02:16 PM	#133
Lalaith The Elvish Temptress Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 3,055	when I told a friend that I'll learn Quenya, she said that she thinks that Quenya is a language for people in a sect. __________________ What I am and what I would are as secret as maidenhead.

04-25-2003, 11:02 AM	#134
Aralyn FloraAzul Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Anywhere as long as there is a library in a one mile radius of here Posts: 751	Get stuff like that too. I mess up a Spanish sentence and someone undoubtedly says it's cause I spend too much time with my Tengwar And you get those people who just roll their eyes as if we're to stupid to comprehend __________________ Atheism: A Non-Prophet Organization Yet many shall be amazed when they see Him-yes even far off foreign nations and thier kings; they shall stand dumb-founded, speechless in his prescence. For they shall see and understand what they had not seen before-Isaiah 52:15a Civil War- 498,332 dead WWI-116,708 dead WWII-407,316 dead Korean War-54,246 dead Vietnam War-58,665 dead Persian Gulf-372 dead War on The Unborn=35,000,000 dead and counting

04-25-2003, 03:17 PM	#135
Bombadillo "The Bomb" Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: all over the place Posts: 1,601	I get really bad grades in algebra cause I've been reading RotK in the back of class. FOr some reason I'm hearing about it from all the other students. But it's none of their business. People are really annoying, especcially when they're so goody-goody. __________________ Could it be that one path to enlightenment leads through insanity?

04-28-2003, 10:54 PM	#136
Anglorfin Alasailon Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: college Posts: 861	From now on when people ask me who my favorite LotR character is I say somebody obscure like Elladan and Elrohir or Dain Ironfoot. That way I can distinguish between those that have read Tolkien and those that haven't and then carry the discussion in a direction that suits me. Usually if it's a person that has no idea who Dain is I tend to smile and walk away. It also irks me when people mispronounce Celeborn; saying "Seleborn" instead of "Keleborn". I thought of all the pronunciation things that the "C" pronounced as "K" would be one of the easiest to remember. __________________ "and then this hobbit was walking, and then this elf jumped out of a bush and totally flipped out on him while wailing on his guitar." "Anglorfin was tall and straight; his hair was of shining gold, his face fair and young and fearless and full of anger; his eyes were bright and keen, and his voice like music; on his brow sat wisdom, and in his hand was great skill."

04-28-2003, 11:47 PM	#137
Elvellyn The Redneck Elf Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: In a house Posts: 539	I got these from watching FotR with my brother and sister. Sauron-Sairooms Saddam Saran Sharon Nazgul- Napon? Arwen- Urwen Liv Tyler Gandalf- Gilmore? The Liv Tyler one was my persona favorite. __________________ Oliphants make great pets.

04-29-2003, 01:25 AM	#138
Bombadillo "The Bomb" Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: all over the place Posts: 1,601	Gilmore!? Hahahaha... oh that's terrible. Yeah my friend was telling me he just started reading LotR, and he was on page 44. I went over his house yesterday and found his book so I looked in it, and I found out he had only read the info pages and the 40-page foreward. __________________ Could it be that one path to enlightenment leads through insanity?

07-01-2003, 05:58 PM	#139
The Dunadan Sapling Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Ventura Ca Posts: 6	ok my stupid friend says gollum is like stupid jar jar binks from star wars. gollum is not at all annoying. __________________ Andrew

07-04-2003, 12:55 AM	#140
Ruinel Banned Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: I have no idea. Posts: 5,441	I don't get annoyed when they mispronounce the names. I just correct them. What DOES annoy me, though, is when my friends tell me they are concerned seeing all the Tolkien books in my house and saying I'm obsessed with Tolkien's works. Sheesh! Do I say anything about all the freakin' Grisham books laying around their homes?

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