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Old 09-28-2002, 05:24 PM   #15
The Barrow-Wight
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The idea of your "real" Elvish name still amuses me. Most people act like their given names have true meaning, when in reality they simply come from a relative or were chosen simply because the parents thought they sounded nice. For instance, my name is Ronald which comes from Reginald which means King (according to babynames.com - elvish.org says its means 'advice ruler'). No one in our family for as far back as we can trace was royalty. So for me to call myself Veurotur would be just as meaningless as calling myself Alcthon (which came from the Barrow-Downs Name Generator). Sure, the BD generator creates random results, but it will give each Ronald his own unique name because it also takes into account his middle and last names.
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