What does your screenname mean? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 06-09-2008, 12:37 PM

My screen name is well.... not that creative, I was stumped on a name for myself and the quote that is always on the top of the page was about Sam going into Cirith Ungol and the orc was talking about how there was probably an elf or a Gondorian somewhere near, so I thought up the name TheGreatElvenWarrior for myself, which refers to Samwise and is one of my most favourite characters! So I went with it... man that was almost a year ago!

Olórin the White · 06-10-2008, 04:56 PM

my screen name actually has a two fold meaning... Olórin is the Maian name of Gandalf, who of course came to be known as Gandalf the White. However, Olórin the White is also a play on the fact that he was considered one of the wisest of the Maia...so Olórin the White-Olórin the Wise...I know they don't really relate in a linguistic sense but it works on my head! maybe think of it like a cross between Gandalf the White and Olórin the Wise.

Hot, crispy nice hobbit · 06-11-2008, 10:30 PM

Howdy! Aloha!

Been a reeaallll looonnng time since my last update.

But Hot&Crispy(TM) is still hot in the market, serving the palate of hungry trolls Arda-wide for ISD$666.66. (No, we don't take Mordor Red Eyes here, only real Isengard dollars). So get'em while they're juicy!

Nerwen · 06-12-2008, 06:26 AM

I guess my screenname means that I have serious delusions of grandeur.

...Well, I do think Galadriel's pretty cool, don't you?

I also chose it because my handle elsewhere on the net is Topazlily, or "Topaz" for short and to me the name "Nerwen" sounds yellow.

*everyone stares at Nerwen and backs away slowly*

Rikae · 06-12-2008, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Nerwen the Yellow

to me the name "Nerwen" sounds yellow.

Well, actually, it's sort of golden-yellow...

My name means that I am an ancient north european Goddess of Death. See my profile for more info. Somehow I have combined this with the whole rising out of lakes and throwing swords at people idea, although, being a Goddess of Death, I drag people into lakes instead. (Mathematicians especially, but only if they are superstitious ones, because those are the tastiest.) This is also why my avatar is blue - because I am underwater.

Really, that's what it means.

Nerwen · 06-12-2008, 10:56 AM

*backs away slowly*

Pitchwife · 12-28-2008, 07:11 PM

Mine is from Stephen R. Donaldson, "The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever".

(I know many fantasy readers dislike these books as 'too depressing' or something of the like. Actually, my namesake is one of the least depressing, or rather most positively un-depressing characters I've ever met in fiction. And by the way, both of us are male, whatever the name may suggest.)

06-09-2008, 12:37 PM	#1
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	My screen name is well.... not that creative, I was stumped on a name for myself and the quote that is always on the top of the page was about Sam going into Cirith Ungol and the orc was talking about how there was probably an elf or a Gondorian somewhere near, so I thought up the name TheGreatElvenWarrior for myself, which refers to Samwise and is one of my most favourite characters! So I went with it... man that was almost a year ago! __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead.

06-10-2008, 04:56 PM	#2
Olórin the White Newly Deceased Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9	my screen name actually has a two fold meaning... Olórin is the Maian name of Gandalf, who of course came to be known as Gandalf the White. However, Olórin the White is also a play on the fact that he was considered one of the wisest of the Maia...so Olórin the White-Olórin the Wise...I know they don't really relate in a linguistic sense but it works on my head! maybe think of it like a cross between Gandalf the White and Olórin the Wise. __________________ wise yet tookishly foolish

06-11-2008, 10:30 PM	#3
Hot, crispy nice hobbit Wight Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Troll's larder Posts: 195	It is what it say it is... Howdy! Aloha! Been a reeaallll looonnng time since my last update. But Hot&Crispy(TM) is still hot in the market, serving the palate of hungry trolls Arda-wide for ISD$666.66. (No, we don't take Mordor Red Eyes here, only real Isengard dollars). So get'em while they're juicy! __________________ 'He wouldn't make above a mouthful,' said William, who had already had a fine supper, 'not when he was skinned and boned.'

06-12-2008, 06:26 AM	#4
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	I guess my screenname means that I have serious delusions of grandeur. ...Well, I do think Galadriel's pretty cool, don't you? I also chose it because my handle elsewhere on the net is Topazlily, or "Topaz" for short and to me the name "Nerwen" sounds yellow. everyone stares at Nerwen* and backs away slowly* __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo. Last edited by Nerwen; 06-12-2008 at 06:47 AM.

06-12-2008, 10:56 AM	#6
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	backs away slowly __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.

12-28-2008, 07:11 PM	#7
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	Mine is from Stephen R. Donaldson, "The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever". (I know many fantasy readers dislike these books as 'too depressing' or something of the like. Actually, my namesake is one of the least depressing, or rather most positively un-depressing characters I've ever met in fiction. And by the way, both of us are male, whatever the name may suggest.)