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12-13-2007, 08:50 AM
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Princess of Skwerlz
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If one was to be gender-persnickety, one could of course point out the "fellow" in "Fellowship", meaning that Tolkien emphasized the fact that his company of questers was exclusively male!
  (That was rectified in the "Entish Bow" RPGs, where the group of adventurers was referred to as the "Fellow/Galship" - among many other names...
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12-13-2007, 09:22 AM
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12-13-2007, 10:17 AM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
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Company sounds too corporate for my tastes. Fellowship sounds nice and friendly.
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12-13-2007, 11:42 AM
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Loremaster of Annúminas
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"Group of companions" isn't friendly?
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12-13-2007, 01:01 PM
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Fellowship reminds me too much of earnest voluntary organisations (spent too much of my youth expected to help at Rotary functions and avoiding joining hte youth wing). Or alternatively of an academic office which seems to cerebral for a quest. Company with its military and busines connotations is far more dynamic -ctive not passive. And I think I would rather have good company rather than good fellowship.
But it doesn't make as good a title. So I guess JRRT got it right using Fellowship on the cover and Company in the text.
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12-13-2007, 01:49 PM
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Cryptic Aura
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If Tolkien had used the League of Extraordinary Journeymen we might have been spared some latterday adventurers of similar nomenclature. But alas no . . .
Company, on the other hand, has military connotations as well as business uses, so that could be one reason why Tolkien referred to da guys so often as Company of the Ring. Bravo Company doesn't suit Frodo although possibly Boromir would have fancied it.
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12-13-2007, 11:52 PM
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Laconic Loreman
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"Fellowship of the Ring" has a better flow to it than "Company of the Ring," but "Company" sounds more friendly actually.
When I have family and/or friends at my house I usually say "I'm having company over." That's just me though.
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