You know you're obsessed with LOTR when ...

[Eönwë]

You pass a place called Crickhowell, and read it wrong three times before realising your mistake.

[Morsul the Dark]

Siii many instances hearing incorrectly, phrases that sound like Lord of the Rings

[Pitchwife]

Originally Posted by Eönwë

You pass a place called Crickhowell, and read it wrong three times before realising your mistake.

That's why I stick with the Welsh version of the place-names when I'm in Wales. Crug Hywel doesn't look quite so misleading, does it? Although it looks remotely like Sindarin (like almost everything Welsh).

Another symptom is when you misread Cotton buds as Cortirion buds. (I thought I'd already posted this weeks ago, but search says I haven't.)

[Eönwë]

Originally Posted by Pitchwife

That's why I stick with the Welsh version of the place-names when I'm in Wales. Crug Hywel doesn't look quite so misleading, does it? Although it looks remotely like Sindarin (like almost everything Welsh).

I try to too, but I had an English map. And also, since Elvish was based partly upon Welsh, it's not surprising that there are similarities.

[Loslote]

YKYOWLOTRW (You know you're obsessed with Lord of the Rings when): you giggle uncontrollably when you encounter a Tolkien reference in a book.
When: you have a shelf devoted to assorted Tolkien works.
When: You dress up as a elf for Halloween.
When: You then insist: "I am and elf! Elves do not get cold!" in response to the -17 temperature.
When: You write a fanfic about a made-up reality show staring lotr characters.

[Bom Tombadillo]

Originally Posted by Loslote

. . . you giggle uncontrollably when you encounter a Tolkien reference in a book.

This is me. I laugh when I realize people outside of the Downs and my church (a veritable hotbed of Tolkien fans!) even know the books exist.

Originally Posted by mormegil

. . . you have to enter fake names into the computer database and the first ones that come to mind are not common ones like 'Bob Jones' but rather LOTR names.

Also me. I had to create another user-thingamajig so Tech Support could get a program working on my computer (I forget exactly why) and I put in "Tom Bombadil."

Originally Posted by TheGreatElvenWarrior

You want to change mothers? Mine's really annoying. She'll start talking about some sort of Tolkien-esque thing and she doesn't even know what she's talking about. I'll say "Mum, that wasn't even in the book." and "You've never read about Tom Bombadil!" She does the same thing with Doctor Who...

Argh, I don't think I could bear that. My father knows next to nothing about Lord of the Rings (he though Gollum was a Golem - as in, animated clay) but he at least understands Who most of the time. I'd hate it if he were confused by BOTH of my favorite media . . .

[Galadriel55]

...When you see it written all over the Periodic Table of Elements, as well as other sources.

[Galadriel55]

When your little sister, to whom you've just finished reading LOTR aloud, already knows the names of the Valar, the difference between Valar and Maiar, the names of all 5 Istari and who they are, Beren's and Turin's stories, Vanyar Noldor and Teleri, Elrond's lineage, the kinslayings, all the names in the family trees at the end of The Sil, etc etc.