Questions about the name generator - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

03-06-2003, 10:13 AM

A. What's a Shirriff?

B. How does the name generator work?

Inderjit Sanghera · 03-06-2003, 10:39 AM

1-A Shirrif is kinda like a police officer for the Shire, isn't it? He keeps the boundaries right so that no men can pass though, without their general decree.

Pippin Took · 03-06-2003, 11:06 AM

As a answer on your question B. I guess your meaning the name generator here at Barrow Downs.
It works like this:
*First you write down your name!
*Then you press some big button below. ( I dont remember what it says)
*After that you got a list of your names that you do probably got if you were a elf, hobbit, dwarf or a orc.

DaughterofVana · 03-06-2003, 01:10 PM

(as Elvish names) the generator just puts random words together and sticks a feminine/masculine suffix on it. It has nothing to do with the meaning of your *real* name. Though it is fun to look up the meanings of the parts and find out what they mean.

Ex:

Arnorvanwen-

Arnor: Arnor, "land of the kings"
Van: vana, "beauty"
wen: (outdated) "maiden" suffix

Ta-da! Beauty from the Land of the Kings.

And so it goes...

-'Vana

DarkRose · 03-06-2003, 11:17 PM

Just to elaborate on Inderjit's answer to your first question, the Shirrifs were the police-type officers in the Shire. Of course, their services were not direly needed until ROTK. The Shirrifs wore little feathers in their hats.

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Tasslehoff_55 · 03-07-2003, 12:10 AM

ya... there were about 5-8 shirrifs until Sharky came along... [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]

03-07-2003, 07:54 AM

Thanks [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

03-07-2003, 08:30 AM

Some times you get names that really have nothing to do with you at all. I think I got something about me being blonde once and I have brown hair. I guess its best not to look them up.

03-06-2003, 10:13 AM	#1
Odie Guest Posts: n/a	Questions about the name generator A. What's a Shirriff? B. How does the name generator work?

03-06-2003, 10:39 AM	#2
Inderjit Sanghera Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Wolverhampton, England Posts: 716	1-A Shirrif is kinda like a police officer for the Shire, isn't it? He keeps the boundaries right so that no men can pass though, without their general decree. __________________ “If I’m more of an influence on your son as a rapper then you are as a father then you've got to look at yourself as a parent” ~>Ice Cube. "Life is so beautiful"->Don Vito Corleone

03-06-2003, 11:06 AM	#3
Pippin Took Pile O'Bones Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: The Shire, Tookbank Posts: 11	As a answer on your question B. I guess your meaning the name generator here at Barrow Downs. It works like this: First you write down your name! Then you press some big button below. ( I dont remember what it says) *After that you got a list of your names that you do probably got if you were a elf, hobbit, dwarf or a orc. __________________ Fool of a Took ;)

03-06-2003, 01:10 PM	#4
DaughterofVana Wight Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: twirling contentedly in a flower-filled field Posts: 134	(as Elvish names) the generator just puts random words together and sticks a feminine/masculine suffix on it. It has nothing to do with the meaning of your real name. Though it is fun to look up the meanings of the parts and find out what they mean. Ex: Arnorvanwen- Arnor: Arnor, "land of the kings" Van: vana, "beauty" wen: (outdated) "maiden" suffix Ta-da! Beauty from the Land of the Kings. And so it goes... -'Vana __________________ "There is a kind of happiness and wonder that makes you serious. It is too good to waste on jokes." Hi! Did you miss me?

03-06-2003, 11:17 PM	#5
DarkRose Wight Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Sauron's Garden Posts: 157	Just to elaborate on Inderjit's answer to your first question, the Shirrifs were the police-type officers in the Shire. Of course, their services were not direly needed until ROTK. The Shirrifs wore little feathers in their hats. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ "All rivers go to the sea, yet never does the sea become full."

03-07-2003, 12:10 AM	#6
Tasslehoff_55 Pile O'Bones Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Near Edmonton Posts: 13	ya... there were about 5-8 shirrifs until Sharky came along... [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] __________________ His love for Frodo rose above all other thoughts, and forgetting his peril he cried aloud:"i'm coming, Mr.Frodo!" He ran forward to the crown of the climbing path, and over it. At once the road turned left and plunged steeply down. Sam had crossed into Mordor. ¤§ Tåsslehoff §¤

03-07-2003, 07:54 AM	#7
Odie Guest Posts: n/a	Thanks [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

03-07-2003, 08:30 AM	#8
rintintinuviel Guest Posts: n/a	Some times you get names that really have nothing to do with you at all. I think I got something about me being blonde once and I have brown hair. I guess its best not to look them up.