Entings - For the kids - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lalwendë · 09-24-2008, 03:45 PM

So, another of my bedtime ponderings....What would you call a child fan of Tolkien?

I was just reading the latest issue of Amon Hen and child members of the Tolkien Society are called Entings. Could you call your own little one an Enting? Or would something like Elfling or Hobbit be more appropriate?

And yes, you can be a Tolkien fan at 11 months old. We changed channels last week when TT was on Channel Four and ye childe was shrieking and laughing with delight when he saw Gollum...

Thinlómien · 09-25-2008, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Lalwendë

We changed channels last week when TT was on Channel Four and ye childe was shrieking and laughing with delight when he saw Gollum...

Haha, quite unlike me, then. Reputedly, when I saw the Gollum of the Finnish LotR TV series as a very small kid, I was terribly afraid of him.

(In my defense I must say the Finnish Gollum was far more scary than Jackson's Gollum...

)

As for the original question, I don't know. Enting is fine. Or what about halfling? Or does that create wrong kind of connotations for a native speaker?

Lalwendë · 09-26-2008, 06:52 AM

I like halfling, that sounds about right for a half-sized (or less) little guy

I don't think Gollum would scare the Halfling, he's already a Doctor Who fan and he's seen Davros and everything. I know he's a Doctor Who fan because he goes all quiet when he hears the theme tune - or maybe it's that he knows it's not the time to start pulling the cat's tail and so on when the show starts?

Mithalwen · 09-26-2008, 10:27 AM

I rather like entings since Tolkien so loved his trees and Tree and Leaf is such a wonderful metaphor for his life and work that it seems "very right and proper".

However I remember overhearing at Oxonmoot 06 a mother saying that she had wanted to make her (absolutely cherubic looking son) a "Pippin in the livery if gondor costume" but had been too busy at which the elven fair moppet had scowled and said "I wanna be an orc". But a bit dangerous to suggest other peoples children are orclings....

but then since they are commonly referred to as baby goats maybe it shouldn't be...

Lalwendë · 09-26-2008, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Mithalwen

I rather like entings since Tolkien so loved his trees and Tree and Leaf is such a wonderful metaphor for his life and work that it seems "very right and proper".

However I remember overhearing at Oxonmoot 06 a mother saying that she had wanted to make her (absolutely cherubic looking son) a "Pippin in the livery if gondor costume" but had been too busy at which the elven fair moppet had scowled and said "I wanna be an orc". But a bit dangerous to suggest other peoples children are orclings....

but then since they are commonly referred to as baby goats maybe it shouldn't be...

But of course small boys would rather be Orcs than be Pippin! They get to run round going "Raaaaaaargh!" and scaring the pants (or cloak) off Gandalf, rather than just mildly irritating Gandalf.

Um I have to admit I saw some Doctor Who dress up outfits in Toys R Us (I wish I did not have to shop in stores with grammatically incorrect names but there you go...) the other day and I felt disappointed because they were for ages 5-6. I secretly can't wait til the poor lad is old enough to want to go to fancy dress parties

Morthoron · 09-26-2008, 03:37 PM

How about Orclings if they are brats? Or Dwarflets if they are stubborn?

09-24-2008, 03:45 PM	#1
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	Entings - For the kids So, another of my bedtime ponderings....What would you call a child fan of Tolkien? I was just reading the latest issue of Amon Hen and child members of the Tolkien Society are called Entings. Could you call your own little one an Enting? Or would something like Elfling or Hobbit be more appropriate? And yes, you can be a Tolkien fan at 11 months old. We changed channels last week when TT was on Channel Four and ye childe was shrieking and laughing with delight when he saw Gollum... __________________ Gordon's alive!

09-26-2008, 06:52 AM	#3
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	I like halfling, that sounds about right for a half-sized (or less) little guy I don't think Gollum would scare the Halfling, he's already a Doctor Who fan and he's seen Davros and everything. I know he's a Doctor Who fan because he goes all quiet when he hears the theme tune - or maybe it's that he knows it's not the time to start pulling the cat's tail and so on when the show starts? __________________ Gordon's alive!

09-26-2008, 10:27 AM	#4
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,460	I rather like entings since Tolkien so loved his trees and Tree and Leaf is such a wonderful metaphor for his life and work that it seems "very right and proper". However I remember overhearing at Oxonmoot 06 a mother saying that she had wanted to make her (absolutely cherubic looking son) a "Pippin in the livery if gondor costume" but had been too busy at which the elven fair moppet had scowled and said "I wanna be an orc". But a bit dangerous to suggest other peoples children are orclings.... but then since they are commonly referred to as baby goats maybe it shouldn't be... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

09-26-2008, 03:37 PM	#6
Morthoron Curmudgeonly Wordwraith Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ensconced in curmudgeonly pursuits Posts: 2,515	How about Orclings if they are brats? Or Dwarflets if they are stubborn? __________________ And your little sister's immaculate virginity wings away on the bony shoulders of a young horse named George who stole surreptitiously into her geography revision.