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I wanted a name such as I would be able to register anywhere online, and not need to seriously fear another using it.
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As did I.
I wanted a name which was not one where you'd have to compete for at a forum, or one which is likely to be chosen - e.g: "Aragorn" and all his derivatives ("Aragorn_luver_2004"
) but I wanted something that was more unique and suited me.
So, when I was tracking my way through LotR forums, the first stage would be to chose an appropriate name for myself before signing up.
So... I - being a huge victim of Sod's Law - when trying to thing of a name, nothing comes up. My mind was like... just empty... So a few days went by, and nothing I liked poped up into my head. So, then, I decided to write down a few ideas in English and then later translate them into Elvish.
And one of those happened to be "Silver Wolf". Come to think about it, it was a pretty common English username, so the next stage was translating it to Elvish. Thanks to the handy translations at the back of The Silm. I came up with
Celebdraug. I liked it, okay! But it sounded a bit rough when spoken, a little German-like in my opinion.
And later, when I'd joined up at a certain LotR board, where I met a few nutty (I say that proudly) Quenya obsessed members, they translated the name for me into Quenya (Oh! What a beautiful language) which turned out to be my current username.
I also use that as my username under the HP (oh!) forums too. And HEY! at least it's a
purdy, shiney name...
::Squees like a magpie::