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LuthienTinuviel
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 Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 4:38 pm Post subject: Call me silly... |
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I was just researching something for a new fic of mine when I discovered that Celeborn's Noldorin name is...
Teleporno
Guess Tolkien, linguistic genius or no, did miss out of a few things ay?
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LOL! He most certainly did! 
Another one, although not as groovy: Merry's "real" hobbit name is Kali... why name the poor lad after a bloodthirsty Indian goddess???  |
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Must admit, this cracked me up when I first read it too. The world was a different place at the time and it has a different connotation now. But really, how can you not laugh?
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Because it's history? Lol....nah....that's kind of cool though. Kali is my Merry. Well....isn't that Ironic?
On the one hand there's "Merry" while on the other hand there's Kali after the goddess of death and destruction. I suppose Kali had a merry time of it.  Okay, that was overdone.
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DarkElfChilde
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Teleporno...now that you mentioned it, it is funny. 
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Ok - you're silly!
Sorry I just couldn't resist.
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Eyborg
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Teleporno... Celeborn the Porn Star.
(Hmmm... I see a plot bunny coming up... anyone? LOL) |
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LuthienTinuviel
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Celeborn the Porn Star?
Make in an AU abou him in Hollywood and the ups and downs of his career...
hahaha... oh, well... If anyone would take up this plot bunny it'll be high on my list for sure!
 
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| LuthienTinuviel wrote: | Celeborn the Porn Star?
Make in an AU abou him in Hollywood and the ups and downs of his career...
hahaha... oh, well... If anyone would take up this plot bunny it'll be high on my list for sure!
Tolkien, linguistic genius or no, did miss out of a few things? |
That's great just thinking about that one!
How about: The elf-strippers of Middle-earth! Wearing nothing but--what else--leaves? No need to wax body hair...
I guess the professor did not know Greek:
tele - far or distant
porno - from "pornai" prostitutes (as in pornografikos, the writing of prostitutes...)
LOL!
--Eruanna, who loves the absurd
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Eyborg
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| Eruanna wrote: | | I guess the professor did not know Greek |
Did he actually ever study Latin or Greek? I mean in details? (Well, back then they taught it in all highschools, so I guess he learned the basics, but...)
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| Eyborg wrote: | | Eruanna wrote: | | I guess the professor did not know Greek |
Did he actually ever study Latin or Greek? I mean in details? (Well, back then they taught it in all highschools, so I guess he learned the basics, but...)
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I am sure the Professor studied Latin and Greek, but maybe he just concentrated on Anglo-Saxon the rest of his career, along with Old English, Finnish and Welsh, the bases for his LOTR world.
(Celeborn's parents must have had a sense of humor. Maybe that's why Nerwen was intrigued...)
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Texasgirl
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was there even porn at the time when he wrote it? dude, that was like, a BILLION years ago!
naw, but really, he was, what? 77? happily married with a kid? living in nice england wearing those kinky little waistcoat things and those chainy-things that hook one side of the jacket to the other?
i doubt porn was even present in the mind of our virtuous professor tokein.
but who can tell..............?
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Eruanna
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| Texasgirl wrote: | was there even porn at the time when he wrote it? dude, that was like, a BILLION years ago!
naw, but really, he was, what? 77? happily married with a kid? living in nice england wearing those kinky little waistcoat things and those chainy-things that hook one side of the jacket to the other?
i doubt porn was even present in the mind of our virtuous professor tokein.
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You never know what passion beats 'neath some of those waistcoats, Tex! I went to England when I was in college, and those English lads, whooo! My heart was indeed tugged!
In all fairness to the good professor, my hero, his love story with his wife is one we can all admire! (Despite all the silly stuff we read into his characters!) His beloved Edith WAS indeed his Luthien--says it on her gravestone! 
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ZeeDrippyVessel
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Actually, one has been written....
The Adventures of Teleporno and Orgasmo-O.
Celeborn and Elrond being naughty during Galadriel's and Celebrians' "time of the year..."
You would LOVE their costumes. I read it in the midst of my pneumonia spell last month and I hurt myself laughing.
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Eruanna
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| ZeeDrippyVessel wrote: | Actually, one has been written....
The Adventures of Teleporno and Orgasmo-O.
You would LOVE their costumes. I read it in the midst of my pneumonia spell last month and I hurt myself laughing. |
Costumes??!! Somebody say costumes???!!
ZDV, tell me MORE! 
--Eruanna, who loves the CLOTHES!
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