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N.E. Brigand
Half-elven
May 18 2020, 7:09am
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Antidepressants or Tolkien?
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A quiz.
Post your score. I got all 24, but two gave me pause. Some drugs almost seem to have been deliberately named to sound Toklienian!
Treachery, treachery I fear; treachery of that miserable creature.
But so it must be. Let us remember that a traitor may betray himself and do good that he does not intend.
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Elizabeth
Half-elven
May 18 2020, 7:41am
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Terrific quiz, thank you!
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dernwyn
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May 18 2020, 11:43am
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I had thought that no drug name was spelled with an accent mark.
Some were easy to dismiss, as Tolkien never ended a name with the letter "x". But so many of them sure look like obscure Sil names! 
Thanks for the Monday morning laugh, NEB!
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"I desired dragons with a profound desire"
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Solicitr
Gondor
May 18 2020, 2:52pm
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Actually got tripped up by Nardil, which could be a regular Sindarin name.
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Voronwë_the_Faithful
Valinor
May 18 2020, 4:32pm
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'But very bright were the stars upon the margin of the world, when at times the clouds about the West were drawn aside.'
The Hall of Fire
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Ataahua
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May 18 2020, 7:23pm
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Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded beggar with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
Fantasy novel - The Arcanist's Tattoo
My LOTR fan-fiction
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Hamfast Gamgee
Tol Eressea
May 18 2020, 8:17pm
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Strange how some of these can be both quite easily! I got around 20 correct, not perfect, but then Tolkien never liked anyone getting too smart, did he!
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N.E. Brigand
Half-elven
May 18 2020, 10:04pm
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I paused longest when I saw that name, crossed my fingers, and lucked into the right choice. Just one letter off from a real Tolkien name!
Treachery, treachery I fear; treachery of that miserable creature.
But so it must be. Let us remember that a traitor may betray himself and do good that he does not intend.
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Solicitr
Gondor
May 18 2020, 10:55pm
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I paused longest when I saw that name, crossed my fingers, and lucked into the right choice. Just one letter off from a real Tolkien name!
A Sword and a Steward
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CuriousG
Half-elven
May 19 2020, 12:05am
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Thanks. 22/24. At least I got Bilbo right. //
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No One in Particular
Lorien
May 19 2020, 12:38am
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Missed the drug with the accent mark and misread Nardil as Narsil.
While you live, shine
Have no grief at all
Life exists only for a short while
And time demands an end.
Seikilos Epitaph
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Kimi
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May 19 2020, 2:12am
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I agree, though, some look so very Tolkienesque that it almost seems deliberate. Elronel! Eskalith! Nardil - I very nearly tripped over that one, with its similarity to Mardil. And then Narmacil, if I hadn't recognised the name I would've thought it as likely a medication as a king.
Fun quiz, thanks, NEB.
The Passing of Mistress Rose
My historical novels
Do we find happiness so often that we should turn it off the box when it happens to sit there?
- A Room With a View
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Starling
Half-elven
May 19 2020, 6:47am
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I got 19 and I ain't never read no Tolkien.
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sevilodorf
Tol Eressea
May 19 2020, 9:01pm
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Fourth Age Adventures at the Inn of the Burping Troll http://burpingtroll.com
Home of TheOneRing.net Best FanFic stories of 2005 and 2006 "The Last Grey Ship" and "Ashes, East Wind, Hope That Rises" by Erin Rua
(Found in Mathoms, LOTR Tales Untold)
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N.E. Brigand
Half-elven
May 19 2020, 11:13pm
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Oh that's right! Voronwë doubtless would have remembered that. //
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Treachery, treachery I fear; treachery of that miserable creature.
But so it must be. Let us remember that a traitor may betray himself and do good that he does not intend.
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Paulo Gabriel
Lorien
May 20 2020, 7:09pm
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But I did it really fast and didn't think much, so you all have to cut me some slack. 
The Tolkien fan in me got frustrated, I will give you that.
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NottaSackville
Valinor
May 20 2020, 7:14pm
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Happiness: money matters, but less than we think and not in the way that we think. Family is important and so are friends, while envy is toxic -- and so is excessive thinking. Beaches are optional. Trust is not. Neither is gratitude. - The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner as summarized by Lily Fairbairn. And a bit of the Hobbit reading thrown in never hurts. - NottaSackville
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NottaSackville
Valinor
May 20 2020, 7:15pm
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The 2 N's you mention are the ones that got me.... //
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Happiness: money matters, but less than we think and not in the way that we think. Family is important and so are friends, while envy is toxic -- and so is excessive thinking. Beaches are optional. Trust is not. Neither is gratitude. - The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner as summarized by Lily Fairbairn. And a bit of the Hobbit reading thrown in never hurts. - NottaSackville
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Asger
Rivendell
May 29 2020, 5:28pm
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Nardil tripped me too. ‘Fire-friend’ in Sindarin I guess, but it’s a drug
"Don't take life seriously, it ain't nohow permanent!" Pogo
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Ettelewen
Rohan
May 31 2020, 5:32pm
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I had to think carefully about a couple, too.
Fun quiz, thanks!
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