Fordim or Fordhim? The Horrors of S-p-e-l-l-i-n-g

[Lhunardawen]

Originally Posted by wilwa

I never pronounce Lhuna's second A. I always have it in my head as Lhunardwen.

Is this your dilemma too, Kath? Tsk, tsk. A major mistake in Quenya.

Originally Posted by tgwbs

I never could figure out what a "Lhun" in "Lhunardawen" is though.

It's supposed to be the name of the river, near Lindon. The name has a story behind it. I'm not sure about the 'arda,' though.

Originally Posted by Fea

Lhunardawen got spelled lots of ways before I gave up and started saying Lhuna, Lhunatic, or LhunArtemis the Hunter. See, instead of Lhun-arda-wen, it ended up being Lhun-ad-arwen. Yeah... I got a few unsent PMs back when trying to assign that role.

Arwen...*laughs out loud then catches herself, reducing the guffaws to chuckles* I love the Lhunartemis name, by the way. Very nice play on the words. But isn't that a bit contradictory? Lhuna *chuckles yet again* being goddess of the moon and Artemis the goddess of hunting...unless I'm both.

Originally Posted by Formy

I've always assumed that LHUN+ARDA+WEN = BLUE+EARTH+WOMAN.

So, I guess, in my mind, Lhunardawen is a blueish earth woman. Like so- , but happier.

Hmm...I didn't know Lhun means blue. But you formally declared picturing me as Gollum, didn't you? Forgetful little hobbit...*gollum*