You know, I get a serious attack of gigles, whenever I read the names of Fingolfin or Fingon or any other Elven name beginning with "Fing". That particular word happens to mean "fart" in Hungarian. *g*
It's true, I swear! I laughed myself through half the Silmarillion hysterically.
Isn't Hungarian a wonderful language?
Still I wish Tolkien would have studied Hungarian as well as Finnish - they're related, after all. Then he wouldn't give his characters names like Teleporni, which, in turn, means literally "full of porn" in Hungarian. Poor Celeborn, no wonder he never used the Quenya version of his name...
Teleporni is pretty funny in English too and Anglicised-Spanish (sounds like televised pornography). It's a silly name--one of those "what was he thinking?" names.
Ignoble Bard pointed out a funny line from Tolkien that I quoted in my very sad account of the Battle of Unnumbered Tears as well (of course, he has a rare sense of humor): "the banners of the sons of Fëanor assailed the enemy in the rear." To IgBard that reads as the sons of Fëanor poking the Orcs in their rearends with their banner poles. This whole discussion is so disrespectful!
Well, to his defence, there wasn't any television in his times... and perhaps even the word porn didn't exist yet. I'm not that good at the history of English language - actually, I'm not good at all at it - but sometimes a language takes funny turns...
I think I'm probably the only Tolkien geek who's found the Sil funny! All that doom and gloom and puffy language and apocalypses in a row, and I was laughing through it like a loon because of High King Fart... and his boy, Prince Fartling...
Which remains me: I really ought to continue Elvenhome one day. Poor Meril-i-Turinqi has been waiting for years for her dark secret to be revealed...
It's a Celebrían story. It starts with how she went to the Undying Lands, whom she met during and after her journey, what she learned about Elven history and so on. I have it both on TFF and in FF.Net's Silmarillion section. Couldn't post it to SoA because it has one side plot that contains Teh Evil Slash... a G-rated version of it, but still Teh EVil, as we know.
I swear...I'll never look at the Silm quite the same way again *having my own hysterics* Fantastically funny tale! Can just see Erestor's eyes bugging out! Makes you wonder if Feanor may have invented gel and giant rollers...*snortles*
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No, you're not. *g*
Oh dear. ;-)
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Isn't Hungarian a wonderful language?
Still I wish Tolkien would have studied Hungarian as well as Finnish - they're related, after all. Then he wouldn't give his characters names like Teleporni, which, in turn, means literally "full of porn" in Hungarian. Poor Celeborn, no wonder he never used the Quenya version of his name...
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Of course I had to read this right after taking a big gulp of water... *g*
Oh boy, I can just imagine those orcs... No! no more bunnies today!
*still giggling*
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*imagines Soledad rolling with laughter after reading SIL* hehe - now I know what to say next time you need a laugh!
And yes, Teleporno has got to be the worst name EVER for an Elf (or anyone else, for that matter). *g*
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Which remains me: I really ought to continue Elvenhome one day. Poor Meril-i-Turinqi has been waiting for years for her dark secret to be revealed...
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I can see how that would have been rather distracting. XD
Hmmm, I don't remember 'Elvenhome'. ???
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Fantastically funny tale! Can just see Erestor's eyes bugging out! Makes you wonder if Feanor may have invented gel and giant rollers...*snortles*
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