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littlemanpoet · 10-04-2004, 07:23 PM

Boromir and Faramir.

I can't imagine that Tolkien thought this way: boring pond and faraway pond. Faramir always has struck me as the more feminine of the two names.

More likely, he was after Boromir as a forceful boar (or bore?); Faramir as farsighted?

10-04-2004, 07:23 PM	#60
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	You may yell at me if this is old territory.... Boromir and Faramir. I can't imagine that Tolkien thought this way: boring pond and faraway pond. Faramir always has struck me as the more feminine of the two names. More likely, he was after Boromir as a forceful boar (or bore?); Faramir as farsighted?