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weathertop
Rohan


Jan 6 2017, 8:33pm

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dernwyn
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Jan 6 2017, 11:01pm

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Where in the world did you find that? // [In reply to] Can't Post

 


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dormouse
Half-elven


Jan 6 2017, 11:12pm

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Bit snide, don't you think? [In reply to] Can't Post

Seems a very unpleasant way of announcing someone's engagement.

For still there are so many things
that I have never seen:
in every wood and every spring
there is a different green. . .


DainPig
Gondor


Jan 6 2017, 11:30pm

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That's incorrect [In reply to] Can't Post

His true name is Ernest Commonwealth


L. Ron Halfelven
Grey Havens


Jan 6 2017, 11:54pm

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I bet Mr. Bandersnatch is frumious about this.// [In reply to] Can't Post



Belegdir
Lorien


Jan 7 2017, 12:03pm

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That's from a couple of years ago [In reply to] Can't Post

Forge Press in Australia did that and were taking the piss out him (I hope).


Morthoron
Gondor


Jan 7 2017, 11:52pm

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Thumbs up on the Lewis Carroll analogy! [In reply to] Can't Post

Bene Gesserit Cucumberpatch.

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Alassëa Eruvande
Valinor


Jan 8 2017, 3:14pm

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My niece calls him Benadryl Cucumberpatch. :-D // [In reply to] Can't Post

 



I am SMAUG! I kill when I wish! I am strong, strong, STRONG!
My armor is like tenfold shields! My teeth like swords! My claws, spears!
The shock of my tail, a thunderbolt! My wings, a hurricane! And my breath, death!


weathertop
Rohan


Jan 8 2017, 5:19pm

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lol [In reply to] Can't Post

 

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weathertop
Rohan


Jan 8 2017, 5:21pm

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on FB but i thought it was worth the humor to the folks here! [In reply to] Can't Post

i tried to find the source but alas, as is much of today's media, it's been cropped and posted without reference.

Enginerd


weathertop
Rohan


Jan 8 2017, 5:23pm

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AH! that helps, thanks [In reply to] Can't Post

here's a reddit thread discussing the origins.

Enginerd


Annael
Immortal


Jan 8 2017, 5:25pm

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my niece & I have always called him Bandersnatch Cummerbund // [In reply to] Can't Post

 

I am a dreamer of words, of written words. I think I am reading; a word stops me. I leave the page. The syllables of the words begin to move around … The words take on other meanings as if they had the right to be young.

-- Gaston Bachelard

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squire
Half-elven


Jan 8 2017, 5:51pm

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It's from a UK college newspaper, published a week or so after BC quaintly announced his engagement in the Times in Nov. 2014. [In reply to] Can't Post

Many of the reprints I found were able to follow the links back to the source.

I agree that the internet is notorious and annoying for disregarding authorship, but I always like to take the time to try to find out who makes the funnies (or the fake news). Sometimes the results are quite surprising.

For instance, during this little search I found there has long been a thriving business of making fun of BC's name.



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Starling
Half-elven


Jan 8 2017, 9:01pm

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Help me please [In reply to] Can't Post

Is the second part of the last pretend name in the piece not considered offensive in the USA?




Morthoron
Gondor


Jan 8 2017, 9:26pm

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Cabbagewank? [In reply to] Can't Post

"Wanker" is a vulgar Brit term, not American.

P.S. although the term is "mainstream" enough to be heard on any number of TV shows.

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Starling
Half-elven


Jan 8 2017, 9:48pm

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Far out [In reply to] Can't Post

So I can say wank and wanker on TORn? Who knew? Here it is a word I could never say at work. I would rank it as third tier swearing.
Mind you, I do get a kick out of people on TORn saying 'rooting' and 'fanny', which have quite different meanings here.




Eowyn of Penns Woods
Valinor


Jan 8 2017, 10:14pm

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I was shocked the first time I heard it on U.S. television. [In reply to] Can't Post

Now, I hear it on British imports all the time, but I did not expect it on a homegrown show at the time.

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Silverlode
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Jan 8 2017, 10:19pm

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It's rude, but [In reply to] Can't Post

I suspect most Americans don't really know what it means, so they tend not to react to it as much. There are several terms like that. We're just like "So British!" instead of "So inappropriate!".

In general, however, TORN prefers that terms that are considered swearing in major English-speaking countries not be used by our members.

Silverlode

Roads go ever ever on
Under cloud and under star
Yet feet that wandering have gone
Turn at last to home afar.
Eyes that fire and sword have seen
And horror in the halls of stone
Look at last on meadows green
And trees and hills they long have known.




squire
Half-elven


Jan 8 2017, 10:44pm

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Swears from minor English-speaking countries will have to do, then... [In reply to] Can't Post

Wha di raas wrang wid yu? Dat quashie PJ pwile di Hobbit, ah suh di ting tan.



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Starling
Half-elven


Jan 8 2017, 10:46pm

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I was kind of wondering [In reply to] Can't Post

if some people don't know what it means.
Darn it, there goes my TORn swearing window. Unless NZ doesn't count as a major English speaking country. Laugh




Ethel Duath
Half-elven


Jan 8 2017, 11:35pm

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Heh! But they were all [In reply to] Can't Post

"girls." CrazyAngelicEvil



swordwhale
Tol Eressea


Jan 11 2017, 8:51pm

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bwaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa [In reply to] Can't Post

Have long been a fan of Bakeabatch Cumbercookies.

He even thinks his name is kind of funny. It does make him unusually memorable, rather like the guy who picked Englebert Humperdink...

There are a number of fabulous name generators online, a hoot!

http://benedictcumberbatchgenerator.tumblr.com/

(I got Brewery Cragglethatch)

http://www.languageisavirus.com/...-generator/index.php

(Tamperplum Sparklecrumb)

https://www.buzzfeed.com/...ict-cumberbatch-name

(Bendyduck Cumberpants)

and there's more...

bigger on the inside...

Na 'Aear, na 'Aear! Mýl 'lain nallol, I sûl ribiel a i falf 'loss reviol...
To the sea, to the sea, the white gulls are crying, the wind is blowing and the white foam is flying... (JRR Tolkien, Legolas Song of the Sea)

Aue, aue,
Te fenua, te mālie
Nā heko hakilia
We know the way
(Te Vaka, Moana soundtrack)

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Greenwood Hobbit
Valinor


Jan 14 2017, 5:38pm

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I don't know where I've been hiding all this time... [In reply to] Can't Post

because I wasn't aware of all these wacky names, and the popularity of making new ones! What a good job he wasn't called John Smith, or the world would have been cheated of an entertaining pastime.


Cuwen Maegmacil
Rivendell


Jan 17 2017, 1:19am

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I immediately knew who you were talking about just from seeing the Thread title! [In reply to] Can't Post

I see stuff like this on Pinterest all the time! There's some really hilarious ones out there, but this is probably one of my favorites! I really hope this is a gag, though, and not how they really announced his engagement. I would hate to have that happen to me. Seriously, though, no one even tries anymore. He's become famous for being the only actor to portray Sherlock Holmes whose actual name is weirder than his character's!

"I'm not a Psychopath, I'm a High-Functioning Sociopath, do your research."
"But I don't regret, nor will I forget, all who took that road with me. Night is now falling, so ends this day. The road is now calling and I must away. Over hill, and under tree, through lands where never light has shined. I turned at last to paths that lead home."

 
 

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