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Old 01-06-2006, 10:41 PM   #1
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Nicknames for Characters

While playing an intense game of Lord of the Rings Trivial Pursuit, I discovered my neighbor has the affection nickname for Gimli as "Gim-Gim."

Just wondering if anyone knew somebody with, or had heard of, strange nicknames for the other characters of Middle-Earth...
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Old 01-07-2006, 03:13 PM   #2
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Well, ever since I first watched RotK in theatres and misheard Gimli's line,
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Aragorn has become Arrie. (Though, sometimes he is Laddie as well, just because he simply does not have enough names... )
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Old 01-09-2006, 04:00 AM   #3
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Blasphemy. :P
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Old 01-09-2006, 09:47 PM   #4
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Of course there's always Legolas:Or Leggy!
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Old 01-09-2006, 10:10 PM   #5
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The most blatantly obvious ones: Sam, short form of Samwise. ( I know, smart aleck! ) And we can't forget Merry for Meriadoc and Pippin for Peregrin.
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Old 01-09-2006, 10:14 PM   #6
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Old 01-19-2006, 12:02 AM   #7
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Of course there's always Legolas:Or Leggy!

and then theres Leggy-Boppers *points to Valier*
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