Linguistic puns, riddles, and jokes in LotR, etc. - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

littlemanpoet · 02-28-2003, 08:42 PM

Phrim: All the reports are that Tolkien created the language and then wrote the history to figure out how they came to be. Which means the phonemes (word-pieces) were there before the characters and their names.

Rina: A very enlightening post! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
Galadriel seems to have 'lady' in it, too.

El-rond = star-roof. Weird.
Galadriel = ?
Glorfindel = ?____-hair-star

That's using the glossary in back of the Sil. I don't know my elvish well enough to do much good. I guess connotations will have to do.

But I do see the "glory" in Glorfindel. Elrond feels like 'rock' to me, somehow. Aglarond? Nargothrond? A fortress?

Now for my pet peeve - Tolkien's worst name: Legolas. Leg 'o lamb. An elf with a lass's leg? See what I mean? erk [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

02-28-2003, 08:42 PM	#11
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Phrim: All the reports are that Tolkien created the language and then wrote the history to figure out how they came to be. Which means the phonemes (word-pieces) were there before the characters and their names. Rina: A very enlightening post! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Galadriel seems to have 'lady' in it, too. El-rond = star-roof. Weird. Galadriel = ? Glorfindel = ?____-hair-star That's using the glossary in back of the Sil. I don't know my elvish well enough to do much good. I guess connotations will have to do. But I do see the "glory" in Glorfindel. Elrond feels like 'rock' to me, somehow. Aglarond? Nargothrond? A fortress? Now for my pet peeve - Tolkien's worst name: Legolas. Leg 'o lamb. An elf with a lass's leg? See what I mean? erk [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]