I am! It's not helping! As LePetitChoux said on that same thread - this is what frustration feels like! :) I don't suppose it's Bethberry, for her Personal Title....? Ah well, worth a try...

Ok...

So I'm sitting here like an idiot staring at the members list and randomly trying to make names sound like 'southern cross', with some interesting results in trying to fit the whole phrase into about one syllable. Not having much more success with the anagram line either... I would guess it is a sound-alike, being as it is 'I am said to be', but I could be entirely wrong; besides, I can't think of anything that a 'southern cross' could possibly be. Giving off light = glowing = Gloin. Southern cross = ?!

I'm nowhere near, am I?

I would agree with Perky, that cryptic clues belong, indeed, in Cryptic Clues. However, I am intrigued - and also now really rather frustrated! ;)

mark12_30

And the word 'said' is important, right?

"†…is?" indeed, Eomer ;) Why Mark12_30, out of interest?

You are not entirely wrong. In fact, you are entirely on the right track.

Hint:

If northern nought is negative, southern cross is ...?

I thought it might have been something biblical, I don't know – leave me alone! :o ;)

Positive?! I have never heard that before...

Maybe The Perky Ent? Positive (?) -> Good natured -> Perky -> The Perky Ent?

Nope.

Easier hint:

If northern nought is NO, southern cross is ...?

YES?

You seem to be making an alliteration with "n's" so my only guess is...

Nightknight?

Probably way off. I'm not good at these deeper meanings/headache thinking riddles.

'Fraid not. :p

I have no idea where this guess even comes from, but the half-ignored part of my brain keeps yelling "narfforc". I can't even remember what line of thought brought me there.

*mutters obscenities about cryptic clues*

Nope.

*mutters condescendingly about people who can't solve the simplest of cryptic clues* :p ;)

hmmm... Lush? or has she been said...

<- Lemme have a 'hand' in this.
 

:rolleyes: *groan*

Salix?

Southern -> S
Cross -> X
I dunno where the rest figures in. :o

I have 2 Downers in mind . . .

The simple:

Esty ----- S-t - (S-outhern + cross = t)

OR

The more complicated:

Essex ----- ‘es’ (‘to be a’ in Spanish) + ‘s’ (Southern) + ‘ex’ = x (cross)

----

I'm ready - crush me with a resounding 'NO'! :cool:

At last!
 

Actually, it's less complicated than that.

Southern cross = SX which, when said, sounds like Essex.

Congratulation pio. The thread is yours. :)

Right, then . . .


Pass back through the portal; rake in the prize!

Please, please not another cryptic clue. Please.

Roggie Morgoth?

Eomer? It sounds quite pirate-y to me.

This is not cryptic - very straight forward!

NO - not Roggie or Eomer . . .

Think location and linked sigs . . .

Durelin?

Well done!

Her location: 'back on this side of the door'
Her sig link: to her Xanaga site where she's know as 'Rakein'

Your turn . . .

Thanks!
 

Hmmm . . .

A fruity word of the Grey-Elves.

Melonwen?

Hehe, 'melon'.
 

:D

But sorry, no.

I presume the name is derived from a Sindarin word for a fruit. Unfortunately, I am far too busy [read lazy] to research this at the moment.

The cloud of confusion settles comfortably.
 

No, the name has two parts. You must determine in my clue where the first, then the second part of the name is described.

Oh, and I've edited my clue, just to remove the awkward word 'filled'.

Aww shucks... It's a two part clue? I was going to say Legolas. ;)

Elwe Singollo? Singollo means "of the Sindar" I think. And Elwe could be a Filipino word for "mango," couldn't it? Maybe? Please? :p

Teehee!
 

*chuckles* What made you think that, Ms. Fea?

the guy who start[sic] quenya lessons, I be shocked! Singollo is short for sinda + collo, grey cloak!

And no, the Filipino for mango is 'mangga'. :p

The fruit is English, vy ze vay.

Maybe?
 

yavanna II

(most active of the four deviations of the name among our members)

On account of it being translated as 'giver of fruits'

T'was but a joke. I'd have snickered mightily if my sense of humor had, for once, gotten me a correct answer. :)

Unless to trade of the melon idea it is Helen /Mark12-30. Who has a RPG Character Mellonin... melon is the fruit (of course ) and isn't "in" Sindarin for of?

As I said . . .
 

So :p.

And it's a kind of fruit, not a word for 'fruit'. :p

I only wish Bethberry was Elvish.

Fea, you didn't mean that, did you?
 

If so, you can snicker mightily now!

bêth = word (Sindarin)
berry = a fruit!

Hence, Bethberry . . . I mean Bêthberry!

Your turn! :D

Bêthberry feels her ears ringing and pokes in. Nice one, Nilp!

How delightful. Here goes... this one might be tough due to accent, but maybe not...

Heren Istarion - Heron is tarrying?

Yes! It's all yours, m'dear.