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Alassante
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| Viv wrote: | | Alassante wrote: | | I think I made Do spew her water when I posted that one in an RPG. She thought I was kidding. |
Do was drinking water? |
She was drinking....I gave her the benefit of the doubt on what she was drinking. Maybe it was Cuervo
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lissaselves
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| Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 5:26 am Post subject: |
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| Haleth wrote: | Oh. Sorry. It's Cuervo and it's a brand of tequlia.
Come to think of it, that would explain an awful lot... |
 It sure would!
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I think I made Do spew her water when I posted that one in an RPG. She thought I was kidding. |
No wonder! I had a laughing fit the first time I came across that name - wonder what the Professor was thinking? Sampling Cuervo, perhaps? Oh-oh - sacrilege! 
Good thing he changed it. If that name had been in the movies, there's no telling what Celeborn fanfic could have turned into.  |
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NancyBrooke
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| Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 8:21 am Post subject: |
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I agree that I don't like reading dimishing/childhood nicknames - although Lothi for Lothiriel works for me, for some reason - Fari and Bori being the most annoying, personally.
Ages ago I had a conversation with Tango (who I miss) about how Boromir and Faramir might have nicknames following the Russian system (just because of the Russian-sounding -mir suffix), but I can't remember exactly what her response was and I can't find the e-mail. 
Perhaps just because Tolkien has so firmly (although incompletely) established language rules I feel compelled to try and follow them, or let them lead us (with varying degrees of success ...).
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elea24
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| Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 1:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | although Lothi for Lothiriel works for me, for some reason |
AH! Nooooooo! La La La *puts fingers in ears* Not listening! 
I'm afraid I'm in the camp where I can't stand shortened forms of names like Lothi, Leggy, Bori, Fari, Ari etc etc. I don't mind nicknames like 'tiny' or 'squirt' or 'skinny' etc, if it is in a suitable context though. |
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NancyBrooke
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| Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 1:20 pm Post subject: |
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| elea24 wrote: | | Quote: | | although Lothi for Lothiriel works for me, for some reason |
AH! Nooooooo! La La La *puts fingers in ears* Not listening! |
I make no defense ... *shrugs*
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NancyBrooke
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| Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 1:23 pm Post subject: |
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Actually, I think it has something to do with 'otherness'. I don't want Tolkien characters in fic to sound like a normal person I might meet at a party, using everyday, current day, terms and expressions. I want them to sound like they are truly in another world at another time. But "Lothi" (with a hard 't'), to my American inner ear, sounds sort of German and therefore unusual, not run-of-the-mill.
So, I have a defense after all ... *shrugs again*
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elea24
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| Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 1:44 pm Post subject: |
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| NancyBrooke wrote: | | Actually, I think it has something to do with 'otherness'. I don't want Tolkien characters in fic to sound like a normal person I might meet at a party, using everyday, current day, terms and expressions. I want them to sound like they are truly in another world at another time. But "Lothi" (with a hard 't'), to my American inner ear, sounds sort of German and therefore unusual, not run-of-the-mill. |
Ah, okay. I get that. To me, Lothi seems like a perpetual-child name. But then, I live in a country full of Millies, Freddies, Alfies, Maisys and Gracies (as full names!!!) which drives me potty. |
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Valinorian
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I'm fairly sure hobbits do.
Elves certainly ( in my opinion ) don't, and Men, I would do on a case-by-case basis- e.g, a little kid in Gondor might have a shortened name, whereas Theoden or Faramir would not. Hope this helped.  |
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Haleth
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| Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 7:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Valinorian wrote: | I'm fairly sure hobbits do.
Elves certainly ( in my opinion ) don't, and Men, I would do on a case-by-case basis- e.g, a little kid in Gondor might have a shortened name, whereas Theoden or Faramir would not. Hope this helped. |
Elves actually do but you really have to look for them. Russandol was Maedhros' nickname.
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