Linguistic puns, riddles, and jokes in LotR, etc. - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

littlemanpoet Linguistic puns, riddles, and... 02-26-2003, 08:56 AM

Manardariel Very interesring point,... 02-26-2003, 09:47 AM

Selmo Manardariel, I'm afraid to... 02-26-2003, 10:41 AM

littlemanpoet And that's the joke. Sam's... 02-26-2003, 11:55 AM

Carorëiel The book, "The Hobbit... 02-26-2003, 02:30 PM

Rina A very interesting topic! ... 02-26-2003, 02:58 PM

Eressië Ailin Actually, I've only looked... 02-26-2003, 03:00 PM

Angry Hill Troll Here's a linguistic pun... 02-26-2003, 03:29 PM

littlemanpoet Rina: This is... 02-26-2003, 05:40 PM

Rina That is really interesting... 02-26-2003, 06:09 PM

Isilmëiel In Tom Shippey's book, he... 02-26-2003, 08:19 PM

MLD-Grounds-Keeper-Willie Hmmm...Interesting thread. ... 02-27-2003, 02:04 AM

Eönwë But isn't it always Aragorn... 10-10-2008, 04:03 PM

Galin I think Éomer means... 10-12-2008, 04:05 PM

Alfirin Oops, I;m sorry must have... 10-12-2008, 06:05 PM

Annunfuiniel Interesting discussion... 02-27-2003, 02:34 AM

Phrim Actually Tolkien has a lot to... 02-27-2003, 08:36 AM

littlemanpoet Rina: Well, it's not... 02-27-2003, 11:37 AM

GaladrieloftheOlden Did Tolkien know Hebrew? If... 02-27-2003, 11:46 AM

MLD-Grounds-Keeper-Willie Actually, I think the word... 02-28-2003, 01:20 AM

littlemanpoet Here are some interesting... 02-28-2003, 05:12 AM

Phrim In looking at those names, I... 02-28-2003, 08:15 AM

Rina To me, all the elvish names... 02-28-2003, 10:48 AM

littlemanpoet Phrim: All the reports are... 02-28-2003, 08:42 PM

The Saucepan Man And as for the ego in Legolas... 02-28-2003, 08:58 PM

the guy who be short In elvish, Elrond is... 06-17-2003, 01:30 PM

Cúdae Interesting topic! Why am I... 06-17-2003, 02:54 PM

Finwe "theod" means "people" in... 06-18-2003, 08:48 AM

the guy who be short Legolas is sindarin for... 06-18-2003, 02:53 PM

Telchar Rina Said: We all get... 06-18-2003, 03:53 PM

Sophia the Thunder Mistress I've always wondered about a... 06-18-2003, 09:20 PM

Cúdae Good point, Sophia! I had... 06-18-2003, 09:27 PM

Daisy Brambleburr Here is a thought. I read... 06-19-2003, 01:55 PM

Guinevere Here is something interesting... 06-19-2003, 02:33 PM

Finwe Actually, I'm surprised that... 06-19-2003, 06:20 PM

Samwise Gamgee Galadriel I always thought... 06-21-2003, 09:15 PM

Guest Yes, you can certainly haev... 06-22-2003, 01:02 AM

Finwe Actually Sam, her name... 06-23-2003, 07:40 AM

Rumil I think there are two sides... 06-23-2003, 04:34 PM

Frodo Baggins ok here we go Galadriel ... 06-24-2003, 09:19 PM

Eönwë On reading 'alata' I... 10-10-2008, 04:25 PM

Morquesse Interesting discussion! ... 06-27-2003, 01:13 PM

Samwise Gamgee Also, and I think this is... 06-30-2003, 04:35 PM

Guest One of the Rohan names I find... 07-02-2003, 01:27 PM

Mithalwen Although the standard... 10-04-2004, 11:42 AM

littlemanpoet You may yell at me if this is... 10-04-2004, 07:23 PM

Estelyn Telcontar While poring over hobbit... 10-14-2004, 04:50 AM

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Alfirin A few others, Pippin's real... 10-11-2008, 05:00 AM

Morthoron The use of pompous names are... 10-12-2008, 06:22 PM

Alfirin Pompus names remind me what... 10-13-2008, 06:15 AM

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Galin To add a bit on Pippin: as... 10-12-2008, 07:38 PM

Lord of Angmar I think that we should look... 07-02-2003, 02:04 PM

akhtene Just found this in a... 07-02-2003, 06:52 PM

Bêthberry cul also means fesse, as in... 10-14-2008, 09:39 AM

Mister Underhill Smallest? Puns and jokes... 10-14-2008, 11:11 AM

Bêthberry Hobbits also seem to lack a... 10-18-2008, 09:32 AM

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The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Humour of the less 10-14-2008, 11:57 AM

skip spence In modern Swedish and... 10-14-2008, 12:31 PM

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Neferchoirwen Bilbo sounds like biblios,... 07-07-2003, 01:39 AM

Rimbaud I've always seen Legolas and... 07-08-2003, 11:45 AM

Måns Hmmm, something just crossed... 07-09-2003, 01:07 PM

Sharkû That's because the name is... 07-09-2003, 02:28 PM

Elennar Starfire A wierd thought: El=god... 07-11-2003, 05:27 PM

littlemanpoet Barliman Butterbur - hee hee!... 07-13-2003, 05:29 AM

Eönwë Now that is a good find. ... 10-10-2008, 03:16 PM

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Tolkien's linguistic puns and... 07-13-2003, 08:32 AM

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh I think this thread is worth... 07-24-2003, 01:18 PM

doug*platypus Back to the topic of puns,... 01-11-2004, 08:45 PM

Joy Bumping this back to the top... 06-05-2004, 02:28 AM

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh A Beleriandic place-name pun 06-11-2004, 12:20 PM

Rilwen Gamgee "Incánus", as Gandalf was... 06-12-2004, 02:45 AM

Ardamir the Blessed Beorn is the most obvious... 06-26-2004, 07:59 AM

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06-18-2003, 09:27 PM	#1
Cúdae Wight Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 160	Good point, Sophia! I had never thought of Loki and the Uruloki... On a side note- if you pronounce Glaurung as "Gl-OW-rung," it sounds an awful lot like "glowering." Do dragons (or very large worms) glower? Or, rather, can they glower? __________________ "And if you listen very hard/ The tune will come to you at last/ When all are one and one is all/ To be a rock and not to roll." --Led Zeppelin "Stairway to Heaven"