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Old 08-06-2013, 02:53 AM   #361
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Belegorn is the 4th Steward of Gondor. I forgot why I chose it, but it means Mighty Tree in Sindarin.
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Old 08-08-2013, 05:28 PM   #362
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Aganzir is lost in the dark paths of Moria.Aganzir is lost in the dark paths of Moria.Aganzir is lost in the dark paths of Moria.Aganzir is lost in the dark paths of Moria.
Turns out I haven't replied on this thread.

Aganzir means death love in Adűnaic. I had an RPG character by that name when I was 14-ish, which is also when I started frequenting forums and chatrooms. The character was left behind long ago but the name stuck, and it's still very appropriate for me.
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Old 08-25-2013, 07:30 PM   #363
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It's what Gollum calls fish
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Old 10-19-2013, 08:50 PM   #364
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haha, maybe juicy, I doubt sweet.
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Old 10-28-2013, 10:11 PM   #365
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haha, maybe juicy, I doubt sweet.
Read Gollum’s poem “Alive without breath” which ends with the lines (with emphasis by me):
We only wish
to catch a fish
               so juicy-sweet!
For the whole poem, see http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showpos...5&postcount=18

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Old 11-24-2013, 06:42 PM   #366
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Pretty much self-explanatory. Though, I'm not entirely sure why I chose Galadriel when my favourite character is Maglor. Maybe it was my attraction to Lórien.
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Old 11-24-2013, 06:57 PM   #367
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Read Gollum’s poem “Alive without breath” which ends with the lines (with emphasis by me):
We only wish
to catch a fish
               so juicy-sweet!
For the whole poem, see http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showpos...5&postcount=18

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You misunderstand. I was just referring to fish being juicy, not sweet, & not denying that Gollum referred to fish as juicy-sweet. I probably should have said, "they may be juicy..."
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Old 07-11-2014, 10:32 AM   #368
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Im pretty sure mine is Adunic for Jason.
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Old 12-08-2014, 02:18 PM   #369
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Aganzir means death love in Adűnaic. I had an RPG character by that name when I was 14-ish, which is also when I started frequenting forums and chatrooms. The character was left behind long ago but the name stuck, and it's still very appropriate for me.
So I was googling my screenname (because is there anything better you can do on a Monday night, no? - and because a presumably Slovakian person has adopted my name for video games and I like to stalk them occasionally) and found a crackpot book about Sumerian gods and aliens. Apparently Anganzir = first night, first darkness; and Agenzer (darkness) and Ganzir (the world of the dead) were derived from it.

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Old 12-08-2014, 05:54 PM   #370
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Hey cool thread!

Okay, my name has nothing to do with Lotr. But with a very beautiful prose poetry/philosophy book called "The Prophet" by the Lebanese author Kahlil Gibran. I am neither Lebanese nor a follower of the Islamic faith, but I was given the book by a friend.
It is very melancholic and beautiful, the titular Prophet Almustafar has lived in the city of Orphalese for many years and prepares to return to his home. On the way to his ship, he discusses philosophy with a group of people.
To me it always seemed the "journey home" of Almustarfar was a metaphor for his death and he tried to impart his wisdom on others before passing on.

I also fell in love with the name Orphalese and want to use it as a name for a city, somewhere, somehow.
Orphalesion cam from Orphalesian (which I presumed a citizen of Orphalese would be called in modern English, though Orphalesan would have also worked) and then changed the a into an o for aesthetic reasons.
Theoretically it could be semi Quenya/Sindarin for "son of Orphalese"
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Old 12-08-2014, 08:16 PM   #371
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Tolkien

When I was young, I was playing some of those classic stock Windows games on a 98, and when I finished a game, it asked me to put in a name. I randomly hit the keyboard and Jex appeared. That stuck with me.
The circumflex e is used in Welsh (uncommon) and is a long, stressed e, like in air.

Tar, as we know, was the prefix used for kings of Númenor, and my personality matches that of a leader/dictator, so I decided that it was fitting in the context of Tolkien.
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Old 12-10-2014, 07:37 AM   #372
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I picked this name for no particular reason, really. No deeper meaning behind it. I probably just liked the way it sounds and was in a hurry.
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Old 11-25-2015, 04:57 AM   #373
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Tolkien

It's just my radio name. It sounds cool.
Feel a bit left out! Everyone else has some well thought out elvish name or something
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Old 11-30-2017, 10:09 AM   #374
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Literally, my name is the Quenya words for 'shadow' and 'eagle' smooshed together into something that's surprisingly hard to pronounce ('hui' not coming naturally to the English-speaking tongue). My usual translation is 'Eagleshade' these days. More figuratively?

It means the moment when you feel a shadow pass over you, and look up to see the great wings of a Messenger flying on some grand errand.

It means the servant of the West who keeps to the shadows, dark-feathered and secret-hearted, but still ever faithful.

It means the black murk where even the Eagles dare not go, the darkness that you can taste on every breath as it oozes into you.

(It means I was at least bright enough to pick two words from the same language, even if they don't exactly sit together that well...)

Ultimately, pretty much exclusively on the internet as far as I know, Huinesoron means... me. Hi. ^_^

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Old 01-09-2018, 09:08 PM   #375
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Always been a fan of the easterlings especially the whole Balchoth and wainriders. The image is the one from Peter Jackson's two towers(which was a pretty awesome depiction of the most elite of the easterlings).
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Old 01-12-2018, 01:25 AM   #376
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Saurondil = “friend of Sauron”. I wanted something simple, that I could remember, and a bit unusual.
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Old 01-21-2018, 11:47 AM   #377
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I am hobbitlike, but also a lover of elves with a strong dash of Took. And I like the name Pervinca.

I'm sure I'm not the only Downer with a hobbit name, but I seem to be the only one who's a regular poster.
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Old 01-22-2018, 06:53 AM   #378
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I have seen this thread appear on top over the years since 2004, and for some reason thought I had replied to it somewhere. But I scrolled through 10 pages and nothing. Anyway... Snowdog. It was a moniker I started using when I first got online and in to ye olde BBS. My email has been Snowdog something since 1994. The reason I used it was I wrote a novel back in the 1970's based on the tale told on the band Rush's 2nd album, By-Tor & The Snowdog. When I first got onto message boards (EZ board?) in '99, I used the name. I think I registered on Barrow Downs in its EZ board days but didn't particapate much. Anyway, it's still my email, and its still my user name here, Entmoot, and Minas Tirith. Snowdog has been banned from The One Ring.Com for 15 years now.
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Old 01-22-2018, 07:47 AM   #379
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I remember the Entmoot bulletin board, from long ago, but thought it had disappeared. Just googled and found it again. Glad it's back/still around.
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Old 01-24-2018, 04:51 AM   #380
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I have seen this thread appear on top over the years since 2004, and for some reason thought I had replied to it somewhere. But I scrolled through 10 pages and nothing. Anyway... Snowdog. It was a moniker I started using when I first got online and in to ye olde BBS. My email has been Snowdog something since 1994. The reason I used it was I wrote a novel back in the 1970's based on the tale told on the band Rush's 2nd album, By-Tor & The Snowdog. When I first got onto message boards (EZ board?) in '99, I used the name. I think I registered on Barrow Downs in its EZ board days but didn't particapate much. Anyway, it's still my email, and its still my user name here, Entmoot, and Minas Tirith. Snowdog has been banned from The One Ring.Com for 15 years now.
I suppose you'd like someone to ask what you *did*?
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Old 01-24-2018, 05:52 AM   #381
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I suppose you'd like someone to ask what you *did*?
Hear, hear. You can't throw that out and not deliver.
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Old 03-14-2018, 09:34 PM   #382
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"Son of the star-land" in Sindarin. It was the name of a role-playing character I briefly played on the LOTR Plaza many years ago. I remember the RPing with some embarrassment but the name stuck, though typically abbreviated to Eldo.
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Old 06-16-2018, 10:28 PM   #383
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Two parts-the charioteer part is in reference to the wainriders and Rhun is of course a reference to Rhun.

My screen avatar is a depiction of a Rhunish soldier from Jackson's two towers-I always liked Jackson's interpretation of easterling forces-good if somewhat fancy looking armor, discipline, devotion to Sauron(you can hear them chanting), with halberds and poleaxes.

Out of all the unexplored areas of middle earth Rhun has always struck me as fascinating.

Edit: Already posted on this thread and forgot-well this is just a more detailed explanation.

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Old 07-04-2018, 04:58 AM   #384
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Two parts-the charioteer part is in reference to the wainriders and Rhun is of course a reference to Rhun.

My screen avatar is a depiction of a Rhunish soldier from Jackson's two towers-I always liked Jackson's interpretation of easterling forces-good if somewhat fancy looking armor, discipline, devotion to Sauron(you can hear them chanting), with halberds and poleaxes.

Out of all the unexplored areas of middle earth Rhun has always struck me as fascinating.

Edit: Already posted on this thread and forgot-well this is just a more detailed explanation.
At least you didn't contradict yourself...

There is always room for elaboration and afterthoughts.
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Old 09-25-2018, 05:14 AM   #385
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Hear, hear. You can't throw that out and not deliver.
Come on, Snowdog, you've kept everyone in suspense for over eight months!
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Old 10-23-2018, 03:13 PM   #386
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Come on, Snowdog, you've kept everyone in suspense for over eight months!
It is exhilarating...
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Old 10-23-2018, 04:02 PM   #387
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It is exhilarating...
If he ever does come out with it, it'd better be spectacular.
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Old 02-22-2019, 08:55 PM   #388
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My name is rather obivious choice; it’s the same name as my old Edain mod account before i deleted it. Although originally I had plans on using a name in Black Speech to match my beautiful icon...

As you can tell by my icon, I’m more of an orc than hobbit, despite what my name implies
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