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Anonymous Wed Apr 10 09:57:43 2019 No.12912426 [Reply] [Original]

One thing I appreciate about Tolkien is his skill at choosing names for things, the names suit characters perfectly and you can just "feel" a bit about their character from a name.

all the elvish terms especially manage to sound very pleasing to the ear as well as smooth on the tongue, their names just "flow" very easily compared to the much more abrupt human names like "Bo-Ro-Mir" where the syllabic split is much stronger.
this "roughness" of the names is of course most shown by the Hobbits.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 10 10:08:45 2019 No.12912465 > One thing I appreciate about Tolkien is his skill at choosing names for things, > Evil guy is called Sauron > Second evil guy is called Sauronman

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 10 10:15:42 2019 No.12912488 >>12912465 it works because they are both very distinctive for an English native yet they have the same sinister feel which links the two characters before you even hear about them personally. its clever light foreshadowing

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 10 10:20:19 2019 No.12912511 It's almost like he was a philologist!!!!!

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 10 10:23:26 2019 No.12912524 >>12912488 I think it sucks :)

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 10 10:28:58 2019 No.12912553 >middle earth >mount doom Think I'm going to have to disagree with you there chuck

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 10 10:47:32 2019 No.12912634 File: 1.01 MB, 1600x1129, ted nasmith_the complete guide to middle-earth_minas tirith at dawn.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12912553 these are "common" tongue terms used by lower men.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 10 10:59:35 2019 No.12912666 >>12912634 GIDDY UP SON

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 10 11:00:17 2019 No.12912668 I disagree I always found tolkien names gay as fuck

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 10 11:00:59 2019 No.12912676 >Bo-ro-mir: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Bo. Ro. Mir.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 10 11:35:59 2019 No.12912818 >>12912676 quality post

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 10 15:19:59 2019 No.12914025 >>12912511 >Word

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 10 15:42:27 2019 No.12914145 >>12912426 >Glorfindel Sounds like someone gagging on a cock

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 10 15:50:39 2019 No.12914182 >>12912634 what happens if army comes over top of mountain to attack

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 10 15:52:01 2019 No.12914190 >>12912676 >>12912818 Not a quality post. Actually quite shallow. Your tongue doesn't touch your palate when saying "Boromir". Cringe.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 10 16:17:33 2019 No.12914378 >>12914145 lmao

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 10 17:33:57 2019 No.12914820 >>12912553 >Ambarenya (but the more usual word is Endor/ Endórë) >Amon Amarth

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 10 17:37:14 2019 No.12914835 >>12914190 it does if you speak elvish

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 10 17:41:19 2019 No.12914858 >>12914182 You summon the eagles and bring castle to mt. doom

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 10 22:19:52 2019 No.12916135 >>12912676 Boromir: The mouth joins the mind as it makes the trip from pinched and pursed at petty men to a grin of good faith, greeting a friend. Borr-a-mere.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 10 22:25:34 2019 No.12916160 File: 136 KB, 594x576, with_finns_you_win.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12912426 The Elvish sounds good because Tolkien was inspired by the true language of the gods, Finnish.

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 11 01:17:02 2019 No.12916727 File: 189 KB, 473x662, The_Fall_of_Turgon's_Tower.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] How come evil always triumphs?

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 11 08:41:34 2019 No.12917809 Glorfindel Galadriel Thranduil Celeborn Fingolfin all like a breath of air off the tongue >>12916160 "Jukola, Toukolan kylästä" hrmmm....

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 11 08:45:00 2019 No.12917824 >>12912426 Phonetics is a very powerful school of magic

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 11 11:09:05 2019 No.12918333 >>12912676 based

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 11 12:16:32 2019 No.12918649 The reason you feel this way is because Tolkein has had such a massive influence on the culture since before you were born. You are confusing cause and effect, brainlet.

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 11 13:07:55 2019 No.12918862 >>12912524 I think you're an igga but you don't see me complaining

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 11 14:50:26 2019 No.12919404 >>12914145 Are you a Murken?

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 11 14:51:33 2019 No.12919410 >>12912676 Is this a mf lolita reference?

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 11 14:52:27 2019 No.12919413 ITT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHoJSgq6mqc

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 11 15:59:19 2019 No.12919735 >>12912465 >Second evil guy is called Saruman ftfy

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 11 16:07:19 2019 No.12919786 File: 12 KB, 256x281, 1447106762646.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12919413 >Gundam the Good

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 11 18:55:34 2019 No.12920579 >>12912634 >white outer wall Gethafuckouttahere

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 11 19:27:55 2019 No.12920694 >>12916727 It perishes every time. It persists in new form.

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 11 19:38:44 2019 No.12920738 >>12914145 fitting

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