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Gil-Galad 08-16-2005 08:01 AM

One person i've had trouble with was H-I, spelling his name and guessing his gender... i also got mixed up about Mormegil and The Perky Ent...i'm pretty sure there both males...oh yeah and Nilp...still confused about Nilp...

Durelin 08-16-2005 01:29 PM

I always forget whether to capitalize the second G in your name or not, Gil. Gil-galad or Gil-Galad?

And yes, that matters to me.

Boromir88 08-22-2005 11:12 AM

I've been wondering why I add in the "h" to Fordhim...? I think it's just because there's this good college that's close by called Fordham. Maybe, that's the reason? :p

Anyway, I've had a bunch of spelli Laitaineng problems lately. In the Werewolf thread I kept writing "Lataine" instead of Laitaine. And I called Dancing Spawn, Dancing Awn, don't ask me why. Not difficult names by any means, must of just had a mind lapse.

Durelin 08-22-2005 11:18 AM

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I think it's just because there's this good college that's close by called Fordham.
I know Fordham as a brewing company. :p

mark12_30 08-22-2005 01:37 PM

I think we oughta start calling him Forthim.

Fordim Hedgethistle 08-22-2005 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by mark12_30
I think we oughta start calling him Forthim.

Just don't call me late for supper.

Durelin 08-23-2005 01:52 PM

*knights Fordim as Sir Forthim the Pollmaster*

You know, you get some interesting things when you try to type Saucepan Man too fast...

Suceman Pan

You know, it's not too far from Superman... Hmm...

You also get interesting results when you try to type 'interesting' while talking on the phone. Example: 'interestesting', meaning: interesting ^nth.

Thinlómien 10-30-2005 02:19 PM

The most embarrassing mistake ever...
 
I just yesterday realized that it was davem, not davern... :eek:
It's the font, you know... :rolleyes:

Gil-Galad 10-30-2005 02:35 PM

poor Late For Supper, alot of people always get his name mixed up, i sometimes call him Fordhim cause i see other people spelling it like that...

Eonwe 10-30-2005 02:56 PM

ha ha this is hilarious. i just realized that whenever i see fordhim, i read forthim. so i was kind of mystified by this whole deal. then i realized people were meaning ford-him - the very way i always say his name. :rolleyes:

Amanaduial the archer 10-31-2005 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Fordim Hedgethistle
Just don't call me late for supper.

Well, now you're asking for it.

Thinlómien 09-07-2007 01:23 AM

I must say I have serious problems with Shasta's "last name".

I used to read it as Atheldruin.
But I think it's really Althreduin.
But it might be Althereduin.
Or it might be something else.

:D

edit: yep, it's Althreduin...

Gil-Galad 09-07-2007 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Thinlómien (Post 531574)

edit: yep, it's Althreduin...

really? i always thought it was Arthanis...

Rikae 09-10-2007 07:26 AM

Lommy, I read "Davem" as "Davern" too for a long time (I think until I saw it typed on LJ!) so you're not alone...

I had a terrible time trying to spell Isabellkya - or Izabellkya? Isabelika? Izzabellkya? Isabellica? :p and "Izzy" sounds too much like "Xyzzy" - if I'm pronouncing the latter correctly.

*sigh*

I think errors like "Fordhim" tend to become memes - other people who would never have misspelled it on their own become confused after seeing certain well-respected downers do so enough times. Herd instinct, if you will.

Actually, I think the same phenomenon is to blame for making Macalaure female, sometime last fall, in the minds of a few downers (including yours truly). :rolleyes:

Thinlómien 01-14-2008 09:28 AM

I started to write a post on this thread on how I have constant trouble with Zxcvbn's name and never remember it right and fail to see any logic in it and then, doing an experiment of trying to actually type the name here, realised that z, x, c, v, b and n follow each other neatly in the keyboard. So :rolleyes: at me. :D At least I will know how to spell his name from now on (but I still can't claim to remember it without looking at the keyboard).

Thinlómien 02-05-2008 06:07 AM

Me again
 
I can't believe my own stupidity. I always thought William Cloud Hicklin's name was William Cloud Hickli, without the 'n' and then I was slightly annoyed be people adding the 'n' - I was wondering if they can't read at all. Then, today, I looked at the active topics list and couldn't believe my eyes when it said William Cloud Hicklin. Really. :rolleyes: So my apologies for you people who I thought were stupid while I was being that myself... ;)

Legate of Amon Lanc 02-05-2008 06:14 AM

Wait - there is any N in there? From what time? :eek:

*looks it up*

*returns*

Indeed. But he must have changed it, that's impossible! I'm 100% sure it wasn't there before!!!

Thinlómien 02-05-2008 06:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc (Post 546188)
Indeed. But he must have changed it, that's impossible! I'm 100% sure it wasn't there before!!!

That's exactly how I felt. Maybe it has indeed been changed, because the length of his name looks distinctively unfamiliar.

Legate of Amon Lanc 02-05-2008 06:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thinlómien (Post 546189)
That's exactly how I felt. Maybe it has indeed been changed, because the length of his name looks distinctively unfamiliar.

Yes, I really think he changed it. Because I am 100% sure it used to be Hickli. Well, he can help us solve this by telling us personally. William?

And if not, then I guess we can both go and dig ourselves somewhere deep... :rolleyes:

Thinlómien 02-05-2008 07:10 AM

I found it! It has been changed. Evidence. Because that automatic quote thing can't have put the wrong name in there.

:D

Eönwë 02-06-2008 05:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thinlómien (Post 546187)
I can't believe my own stupidity. I always thought William Cloud Hicklin's name was William Cloud Hickli,

exactly how I feel.

Oh, and Ibrîniðilpathânezel is the hardest name of all. I can never remember it and can never bother to do accents anyway.

I was forced to do the accents.

Azaelia of Willowbottom 02-06-2008 06:22 PM

I only just clicked on this thread, out of curiosity...and I was surprised to see my own name come up on the first page. I'd assumed it was fairly simple. :P There is a spelling error in the actual name, I'm aware--I got it from the Hobbit Name Generator waaaay back in the day. I knew that when I registered here, but for the first time in my life, I liked the misspelling better than the actual spelling, at least in reference to myself--Azaelia looks like me. Azaelea does not. Can't explain it any better than that. *shrug* Just didn't want you all to think I wasn't aware that my own name was spelled wrong. :p

Ibrin's name takes the cake, though: Ibrîniðilpathânezel. Sooo many accents, so little time! Heh. Took me forever to work out a pronounciation, which I finally achieved by ignoring the accents alltogether. I feel like I should hand her (?) an award for "Best Use Of Accents" or some such. :D

EDIT: Also, a-HAH! I thought I was going crazy. It's nice to know that William did, for whatever reason, add an 'n' to his name. I'd been squinting at his name for days, wondering what wasn't right about it. :p


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