Did you know?

[idlerat]

Celeborn was originally named "Teleporno."

Please continue to go about your business as if nothing had happened.

Comments

[ellen_fremedon]

I did, in fact, know that. Proto-Elvish *ty (the y representing a palatal offglide, not a vowel) became a plain /t/ in Quenya, but a palatal stop (/c/ or /kj/), and thence a velar (in some environments, but I think underlyingly across the board), in Sindarin.

God I love Tolkein. *lights cigarette*

[idlerat]

Of course you did :)

Your ad sounds brilliant, btw.

[lolaraincoat]

Ah. So Galadrial originally would have been named Hello Kitty?

[idlerat]

you made me laugh. Seriously. (j'accuse!)

[lolaraincoat]

*bows to you*

So now I want to see the AU that keep everything exactly as Tolkien wrote it, except for the names of people and things.

[tekalynn]

Alatariel, actually, IIRC. IMHO a prettier name than Galadriel, but not if its counterpart would make her husband sound like he's the Hunter 9 of Middle Earth.

[sistermagpie]

Bravo, Tolkien. Bravo.