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Aethelwyne Bolger
Bree
Dec 19 2012, 1:30am
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Before the whole world knew about Tolkien. I guess it's good I never had kids, because on the baby name sites the ones named for Arwen and Aragorn are always teased in school ( and I know how that feels!). After the movies came out, I thought the name Lorien would be pretty for a child, but, alas, I had none of my own. Now in the 80's and early 90's, I had goldfish named Strider, Whizzer (wizard), Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin, if that counts! I read a book when I was a teen about a troubled child who was in the foster system, and it was called The Great Gilly Hopkins. Her real name was Galadriel, and the social worker said, "God help the children of the flower children." I took that to mean, if I had a child named after a Tolkien character, I was a closet hippie. Darn right!
(This post was edited by Aethelwyne Bolger on Dec 19 2012, 1:31am)
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Time
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Would you name your kids after Tolkien characters?
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CuriousG
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Nov 29 2012, 4:16pm
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Elanor
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imin
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Nov 29 2012, 4:26pm
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Middle names
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CuriousG
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Nov 29 2012, 4:38pm
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Love the name Elanor
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Ardamírë
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Nov 29 2012, 5:56pm
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Yeah,
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sherlock
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Dec 4 2012, 5:25pm
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Sure!
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Kassandros
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Nov 29 2012, 4:45pm
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Risky ones and nicknames
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CuriousG
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Nov 29 2012, 4:56pm
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Whenever I call someone "Sam" online, I always hear it in Frodo's voice.
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Kassandros
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Nov 29 2012, 5:13pm
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I've never met an Adric
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zarabia
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Nov 30 2012, 6:27am
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It certainly sounds fine so long as the child isn't teased for it..
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Radagast-Aiwendil
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Nov 29 2012, 5:46pm
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No.
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sador
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Nov 29 2012, 6:16pm
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No... as well
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Magpie
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Nov 30 2012, 2:03pm
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I don't see why not!
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DanielLB
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Nov 29 2012, 8:18pm
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The secret to success in relationships is
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CuriousG
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Nov 29 2012, 8:28pm
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We've mutually agreed on Sam
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DanielLB
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Nov 29 2012, 8:45pm
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Do you mind if I ask a question?
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Ardamírë
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Nov 29 2012, 8:50pm
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I'm offended!
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DanielLB
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Nov 29 2012, 9:36pm
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Didn't work!
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Ardamírë
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Nov 29 2012, 10:31pm
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I'll just have to try harder next time ;-) /
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DanielLB
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Nov 30 2012, 7:54am
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Kind of a moot point for me, but still a fun question
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zarabia
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Nov 30 2012, 6:23am
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Depends...
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Otaku-sempai
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Nov 30 2012, 5:41pm
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Peregrin would actually be a good name.
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Kassandros
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Nov 30 2012, 6:52pm
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I met a child named Peregrin...
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Magpie
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Nov 30 2012, 8:12pm
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That's great!
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Kassandros
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Nov 30 2012, 8:52pm
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It was 2007 ... so, after the LOTR films //
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Magpie
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Nov 30 2012, 9:54pm
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It's the same for me Magpie.
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DanielLB
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Nov 30 2012, 8:56pm
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My father was named after his mother.
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Kassandros
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Nov 30 2012, 9:02pm
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Nope, guess again.
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DanielLB
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Nov 30 2012, 9:12pm
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Loren?//
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Ardamírë
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Nov 30 2012, 9:38pm
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Leslie?
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Lacrimae Rerum
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Dec 1 2012, 12:46am
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do you remember...
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Magpie
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Dec 1 2012, 12:48am
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Talulah Does The Hula From Hawaii
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Starling
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Dec 1 2012, 1:08am
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There's a family down here who named their daughter
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Kelvarhin
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Dec 1 2012, 2:04am
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Oh dear, Kel
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Starling
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Dec 1 2012, 3:26am
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Pretty horrible
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Kelvarhin
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Dec 1 2012, 3:36am
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Ha ha
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Starling
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Dec 1 2012, 4:14am
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listen... I worked in a community where made up names were very common
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Magpie
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Dec 1 2012, 2:25am
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I know
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Starling
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Dec 1 2012, 3:09am
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Alas no
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Lacrimae Rerum
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Dec 1 2012, 1:15am
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lol //
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Magpie
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Dec 1 2012, 2:26am
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I remember
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sherlock
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Dec 4 2012, 6:10pm
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How much to keep you quiet? ;-) /
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DanielLB
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Dec 1 2012, 9:17am
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"Suri" and "Brooklyn" sound like lovely names to me. //
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Kassandros
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Dec 1 2012, 9:28pm
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I think
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imin
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Dec 2 2012, 12:37am
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Not that it works in the conetext of this thread, but that was voted the best joke at the Edinburgh Festival
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Lacrimae Rerum
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Dec 3 2012, 5:18pm
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Really?
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Kassandros
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Dec 3 2012, 5:23pm
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There can be a lack of bullying
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CuriousG
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Dec 3 2012, 6:58pm
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I think it just depends
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imin
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Dec 4 2012, 4:41pm
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The thing I don't understand...
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Kassandros
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Dec 4 2012, 10:27pm
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The curmudgeonly English answer would be
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Lacrimae Rerum
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Dec 4 2012, 11:01pm
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But they are names!
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Kassandros
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Dec 5 2012, 4:01pm
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No not at all.
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Lacrimae Rerum
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Dec 5 2012, 7:30pm
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to me
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imin
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Dec 5 2012, 11:10pm
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When I was pregnant & people asked us about
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sherlock
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Dec 4 2012, 6:01pm
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That hilarious!//
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Ardamírë
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Dec 4 2012, 6:17pm
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When we bought our house,
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Alassëa Eruvande
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Dec 4 2012, 6:21pm
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That's funny!
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sherlock
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Dec 4 2012, 6:26pm
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I once knew someone
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Ardamírë
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Dec 4 2012, 6:27pm
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I have a family member called ...
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DanielLB
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Dec 4 2012, 6:34pm
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Well, I hope his dad was named John so the surname will be true.//
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CuriousG
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Dec 4 2012, 7:03pm
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I don't understand why
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Ardamírë
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Dec 4 2012, 7:05pm
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Not a clue
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DanielLB
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Dec 4 2012, 7:12pm
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Hugh Hughes
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Ardamírë
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Dec 4 2012, 7:44pm
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By the way...
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Ardamírë
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Dec 4 2012, 7:10pm
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You're not actually missing much at all
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DanielLB
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Dec 4 2012, 7:13pm
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I'll summarise the forum for you:
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Ataahua
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Dec 4 2012, 7:29pm
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And it's just the beginning!
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Ardamírë
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Dec 4 2012, 7:46pm
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Not yet!
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Ataahua
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Dec 4 2012, 8:14pm
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Then...
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Ardamírë
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Dec 4 2012, 8:46pm
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They're unavoidable,
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Ataahua
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Dec 4 2012, 8:54pm
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I see I see
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Ardamírë
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Dec 4 2012, 9:15pm
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Stay strong!
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Kassandros
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Dec 4 2012, 10:22pm
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We need a group!
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Ardamírë
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Dec 4 2012, 10:49pm
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I was in school
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sherlock
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Dec 4 2012, 7:53pm
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Poor kids
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Ardamírë
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Dec 4 2012, 8:07pm
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Oh dear lord!
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DanielLB
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Dec 4 2012, 8:24pm
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I have hearrd of a
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Silverlode
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Dec 5 2012, 4:02am
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I have a dog named Pippin
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sherlock
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Dec 4 2012, 5:33pm
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Names from Middle-Earth
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Sam20
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Nov 30 2012, 8:45pm
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That's true of any name, though.
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Kassandros
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Nov 30 2012, 8:57pm
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That can certainly be true of any name, but
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Starling
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Nov 30 2012, 10:47pm
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I know someone who is named after Sauron
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Starling
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Nov 30 2012, 10:39pm
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Thirty years ago I suggested it to my husband, but he nixed it.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Dec 1 2012, 1:29am
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And isn't there someone with a son named
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sherlock
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Dec 4 2012, 6:21pm
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You'd think that maybe some of the later generations of the Tolkien family would pick up these names.
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CuriousG
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Dec 4 2012, 7:06pm
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Come to think of it...
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Eye's on Guard
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Dec 1 2012, 3:36am
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Rohan has been around a long time
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Starling
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Dec 1 2012, 5:06am
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Oh wow, never knew that
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Eye's on Guard
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Dec 1 2012, 5:25am
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I'm (very hopefuly) not going to have kids,
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alienorchid
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Dec 1 2012, 5:04am
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Well, having an unusual name myself, I wouldn't pick one that is too "out there".
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Alassëa Eruvande
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Dec 3 2012, 4:14pm
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Cats
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JWPlatt
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Dec 3 2012, 4:50pm
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I just remembered the name I had once thought would be nice for a girl
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zarabia
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Dec 4 2012, 7:10am
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I like that, too!//
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sherlock
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Dec 4 2012, 6:30pm
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I like Beren, Luthien,
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sherlock
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Dec 4 2012, 5:54pm
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Already did: "Strider" {NT}
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MrCere
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Dec 8 2012, 7:23am
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Your kid is the one that came to my mind.
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Alassëa Eruvande
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Dec 8 2012, 3:21pm
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I can't answer for myself, but
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Laerasëa
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Dec 12 2012, 3:04am
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After reading the Hobbit I thought Durin wasn't a bad choice. It's not too odd but, different.//
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Gimli'sBox
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Dec 16 2012, 6:22pm
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I wanted to back in the 90's
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Aethelwyne Bolger
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Dec 19 2012, 1:30am
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Yes!
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ScholarGipsy
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Jan 1 2013, 7:54pm
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While i love the idea of naming children after literary characters,
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sauget.diblosio
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Apr 2 2013, 1:24am
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